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In reply to the discussion: What contirbution has religion given to the advancement of mankind that has come from nowhere else? [View all]tinrobot
(10,885 posts)14. I think it's actually the opposite
People meditate, some become enlightened. Some enlightened individuals teach others their wisdom and thus religions are born.
Siddhartha had to sit under the Bodhi tree, meditate, and become enlightened before he could teach what became Buddhism.
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What contirbution has religion given to the advancement of mankind that has come from nowhere else? [View all]
cleanhippie
Dec 2011
OP
Well, from my POV, everything we as humans have achieved, did not come from religion.
cleanhippie
Dec 2011
#4
I can see how you might think that, but I am simply asking what advancements rteligion has brought
cleanhippie
Dec 2011
#23
If Islam replaced the word religion people would be all over this post denouncing it and would be
Quartermass
Dec 2011
#6
I really don't understand where you came up with that defintion of bigotry.
cleanhippie
Dec 2011
#16
OK, What contirbution has Islam given to the advancement of mankind that has come from nowhere else?
mr blur
Dec 2011
#21
Asking "What has Islam contributed to human society?" is not bigoted.
ChadwickHenryWard
Dec 2011
#25
Did their religion give them some kind of knowledge that they used to make gunpowder?
cleanhippie
Dec 2011
#17
Hmm, thats an interesting way of looking at my question. And you are right.
cleanhippie
Dec 2011
#24
That is an intersting list. Did their belief in a deity, or the dogma of their religion lead to..
cleanhippie
Dec 2011
#28
I couldn't agree more. Christianity has never been concerned with the betterment of man.
cleanhippie
Dec 2011
#39
You might want to confirm the definition of snarky if you don't like what I say. nt
LARED
Dec 2011
#53
I see a trend with your posts: you could care less about what a person actually says...
cleanhippie
Dec 2011
#54
relgion has provided social structure where it probably did more good than the lack of the structure
lindysalsagal
Dec 2011
#59