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Bullshit. People had plently of self-interested motives having nothing to do with metaphysical or moral quandries to create tools or methods to improve their basic material lives. The most crucial human discoveries were agriculture and animal husbandry, and those had far more to do with the fact people get hungry than praying to any deity. Religion, as opposed to mysticism or basic superstition, is a creation of civilization, not the cause of it. You say bullshit, yet I agree with you. I did not say religion was the cause of ALL discoveries.



I just don't interpret the Bible literally in believing the Earth is only 6,000 years old or that God created life itself. Yeah, because if you did that, it would make your belief in God troublesome. How convenient.



Frosty Boy, out of curiousity, which religions do you believe created mathematics, war, engineering. I must assume they weren't all a product of one ancient belief system. Similarly, if a Christian developed evolution, does that make evolution a Christian concept? Well i'm no historian, but I could assume easily that Christianity needing a way to mass print their bullshit, lead to the invention of the printing press. But don't assume I think that only Christianity could have lead to that discovery, I just think Christianity gave it a boost.



Why is it that "religious people" are all lumped as one? Hindus and Buddhists are religious, but they do not accept the concept of a singular sentient omnipotent creator 'God.' Many religions have lead to many discoveries. Which is kind of the discussion here.



As opposed to religious disagreements, which are somehow not? Actually they are. Haven't you noticed one religion changes slightly the further they are from each other?



As for Darwin himself, it was his love of God's creations that lead him out to learn about them. It was while he was doing that, that he made his discovery. Proving my point once again.