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Exactly, rational people realize that we may have learned something in the past 1300 years. Irrational people believe that whatever we were doing 1300 years ag
by _3u10 11y ago
Exactly, rational people realize that we may have learned something in the past 1300 years.
Irrational people believe that whatever we were doing 1300 years ago is what we should be doing today because... God said so.
- Mikeb85 11y agoTo add to this, some people (both Christian and Islamic fundamentalists) believe any sort of progress is 'wrong' (or at least superfluous) because Jesus will return (ironically Muslims also believe Jesus will return, but that he's Muslim, and not quite the son of God, just a great prophet) to smite their enemies anyway and bring about the 'end'.