Speaking as a Universal Humanist, I believe religion claims to represent our omnipotent guiding light, but since Copernicus religion has retracted from that role, & since the separation of church & state is left in the corner of society acting like a nurse for the needy, which, while valuable, is not a holistic role. If religion wants to recover respect & glory it needs to synchronise itself with, & sing praises for academic revelations. After all, religion claims to represent & value the light over the dark.
The Catholic Church has not retracted from the sciences in fact it has always valued itself as a patron of the sciences (and the arts) despite the more convoluted Galileo fiasco. There are fields of sciences like seismology that was practically revolutionized by Jesuit priests. Catholic priests from previous centuries were paramount in the fields of genetics, physics . . . But since the Reformation and the Enlightenment we have seen a watering down and liberalization of Christianity that brought with it and a critical view of religion and in particular the Catholic Church thus diminishing the role of the Church and religion in society, particularly in the West.
Speaking as a Universal Humanist, I believe religion claims to represent our omnipotent guiding light, but since Copernicus religion has retracted from that role, & since the separation of church & state is left in the corner of society acting like a nurse for the needy, which, while valuable, is not a holistic role.
If religion wants to recover respect & glory it needs to synchronise itself with, & sing praises for academic revelations. After all, religion claims to represent & value the light over the dark.
The Catholic Church has not retracted from the sciences in fact it has always valued itself as a patron of the sciences (and the arts) despite the more convoluted Galileo fiasco.
There are fields of sciences like seismology that was practically revolutionized by Jesuit priests.
Catholic priests from previous centuries were paramount in the fields of genetics, physics . . .
But since the Reformation and the Enlightenment we have seen a watering down and liberalization of Christianity that brought with it and a critical view of religion and in particular the Catholic Church thus diminishing the role of the Church and religion in society, particularly in the West.