(May 2, 2015 at 4:16 pm)francismjenkins Wrote: In places with poor academic performance (the Islamic world, the midwest and southern United States, Latin America, etc.) religion is alive and well (and growing). This parallels a pattern in religion (think how the Catholic church, at one time, didn't allow its adherents access to its bible).
As people are exposed to information like evolutionary biology, geology, astrophysics, archaeology, etc., it will become exceedingly apparent that religious claims are no more than mythic legend. The only thing that can slow this intellectual evolution is to deny people access to education (like the medieval Catholic church did).
Hence, Republicans!
Yes, that is exactly the case in the USA. Keep the ignorant people ignorant. Keep the educated people silent and give a voice to the ignorant. Too bad for them there are people like us! Too bad for them the reach of the internet keeps growing and growing!
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
