(June 18, 2013 at 1:33 am)fr0d0 Wrote:(June 17, 2013 at 9:17 pm)smax Wrote: Science has actually thoroughly destroyed the bible.
Correction: science has destroyed idiotic interpretation of the bible.
But now we have bigger idiots that think that this is what the bible was about. That's a backwards step.
I completely disagree. Science stripped religious fanatics of their belief that scripture is the infallable word of god. With that, they no longer had the same intense motivation to carry out it's wicked and dispicable instructions.
As a result, most bible followers are now tolerable to live amongst because they do not care as much about what the bible says. In fact, most believers prefer to not to read scripture, and can only tolerate being told what it says in relatively small increments.
Oh, and I'd hardly consider the current state of believers to be a backward step. No crusades, no religious inquisitions, no executions of heretics and witches; I'd say a ton of progress has been made.