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Originally Posted by JavaBlack
But let's face it, PI. The tables have turned. Despite persecution, Galileo's ideas lived. Science became so big that even the Church stopped persecuting it.
Even the renaissance "principles" you preach are evidence of a dawn of reason (even if they are a bit steeped in faith and wishful thinking, they embody more reason than say the theocratic worldview before them).
Reason is winning... and maybe that gets you guys concerned with your "end of the world" prophecies...
But I think it's also just a little scary to you that all this reason, the science and all, is leading to a better life for more people more of the time. And while there is still violence and there are still wars... the rates are miniscule when compared to other times in history when controlling for population growth.
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Your thought reflects the Progressive belief held before WWI that reason is quickly stomping out everything else and that it will eventually lead to a perfect Utopian society year by year. The problem with this is WWI of course. All of that reason that people thought they believed in lead to the deaths of millions of people. What about WWII as well. It was a direct result of people putting faith and emotion above reason. People didn't follow Hitler because what he said made sense or because they thought it did, they followed him because he fed their hates, their fears, and the prejudices. So I don't know why you think this "end of the world" scenario won't happen because we've all been enlightened, it's happened like this many times before.