Education and religion: keys to civilization

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• MINOR CASE 11 years ago

  Christians do not practice what is witten in the Old Testament which was just a shadow of the real dean to come and which has come. Christians do not stone people to death or cut off hand of thieves in the name of Jehova or p ...
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  Christians do not practice what is witten in the Old Testament which was just a shadow of the real dean to come and which has come. Christians do not stone people to death or cut off hand of thieves in the name of Jehova or praise him for slaughter people as if they are goats because the Bible tells us that " ALL HAVE SINNED AND FALLEN SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD " so ther is no justification in slashing throats to pleas God. Get thet right.

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• Joe Turkey 11 years ago

  If religion, in any part, is key to civilization, how come the most developed nations are yhe least religious? Norway, Iceland, Australia, Canada, Sweden, Switzerland, Belgium, Japan, the Netherlands, Denmark, and the United ...
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  If religion, in any part, is key to civilization, how come the most developed nations are yhe least religious? Norway, Iceland, Australia, Canada, Sweden, Switzerland, Belgium, Japan, the Netherlands, Denmark, and the United Kingdom are among the least religious on earth. According to the United Nations' Human Development Report (2005) they are also the healthiest, as indicated by life expectancy, adult literacy, per capita income, educational attainment, gender equality, homicidal rate, and infant mortality. Insofar as there is crime in Western Europe, it is largely the result of immigration. Seventy percent of inmates in France's jails, for instance are Muslims. Conversely, the fifty nations now ranked lowest in terms of the United Nations' human development index are unwaveringly religious. Anecdotally, eighty percent of all deaths on our planet today is not due to cancer or traffic accidents but to religious conflicts. Herein lies the contribution of religion to civilization.

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• Freeman 11 years ago

  Religion is stupid and only fools believe in faith. Religion has taken over the GHANA and made the leadership and masses lose their logical and critical thinking skills. Ex. VRA paying out GHC24,000 to a nonexistent river god ...
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  Religion is stupid and only fools believe in faith. Religion has taken over the GHANA and made the leadership and masses lose their logical and critical thinking skills. Ex. VRA paying out GHC24,000 to a nonexistent river god. Education will help us develop but religion will keep us thinking like barbarians.

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• MARCUS AMPADU 11 years ago

  Well argued Sir.
  
  Throughout the ages, there is no doubt that the human condition has benefited immensely from the civilization ethos of both education and religion, but one dare not overlook the sad fact that human beings ...
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  Well argued Sir.
  
  Throughout the ages, there is no doubt that the human condition has benefited immensely from the civilization ethos of both education and religion, but one dare not overlook the sad fact that human beings continue to engage in miseducation, bigotry, racial supremacy, corruption, and extreme fundamentalism.
  
  Potentially, we can build a world that deliberately uses the civilization mechanisms of education & religion, or is that utopian?

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• Truth Stands 11 years ago

  I am enthaused by this article

  I am enthaused by this article

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