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Author Topic:   Ushering In An Age of Reason....Or Not.....?
frako
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Message 4 of 187 (622935)
07-07-2011 12:34 PM
Reply to: Message 3 by Coyote
07-07-2011 10:58 AM


Re: Not
So no, I see no age of reason on the horizon.
It is always darkest before the dawn
I think we are on our first steps on the path to an age of reason, just a few decades ago atheist was synonymous with communist a bad thing no religion no morals. Now its different than x to Muslim fanatics being a religious fanatic is suddenly a bad thing a wrong and misguided person. We could be entering an era of mild superstition and religion where children are no longer so brutally indoctrinated and intellectually raped as they where in the past. And with a bit of luck reason will have an easier road to their children's minds and blind faith will become a thing of the past.
Education is still the best cure for religion and education is on the rise children learn more and more with each generation and that might help them question superstitious notions like 7 day creation .....
So i do have high hopes for the future.
There are of course some things that do not point to a bright future of reason.
Creationist cults forcing their religius dogma in to schools
Muslim schools excluding evolution and anything that goes against the quoran from their schools .....
So it will still be an uphill battle but i think we can say we can finally sea the peak of the mountain.

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