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Old 07-23-2003, 10:39 AM  
Troels
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Quote:
Originally posted by Colin


If you want to make a generalization that religious cultures cannot succeed because of the presence of religion, then it should also be true in the past too. Many religious cultures have been quite successful.

You would not have made that statement in the sixteenth century because it would have been true. Religion can have both positive and negative effects on the success of a culture.
Ofcourse religious societies can evolve, but religion hinders free thought because it usually clashes with many religious thruths. As a consequence progress slows down considerably.
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