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Societies based on Marxism - are they not based on superstition and theocratic authoritarianism? Marxism is a non-falsifiable theory that appears to explain th

Societies based on Marxism - are they not based on superstition and theocratic authoritarianism? Marxism is a non-falsifiable theory that appears to explain things, but in reality it's just wrong, as shown by the many experiments conducted to make it work. Scientific and enlightenment principles got a huge push from the Bible. The Bible makes certain truth claims that make science possible, such as the claim that there is a physical universe that is worth studying in its own right. Many other belief systems emphasize that you can only know the physical through the metaphysical.

krapp 8y ago
>Societies based on Marxism - are they not based on superstition and theocratic authoritarianism? Neither my comment or the quote by Marx were referring to Marxism or advocating a society based on Marxism. And no, a philosophy that rejects religion can't be based on theocratic authoritarianism, because theocratic authoritarianism draws its claim of authority from divine right. >The Bible makes certain truth claims that make science possible, such as the claim that there is a physical universe that is worth studying in its own right. The Bible claims that God created the earth and the universe in seven days, man directly from the dust of the earth, and woman from the rib of the first man. The Bible's claims certainly do not make science possible. No one needs the Bible to claim that there is a physical universe worth studying, to see that this is the case. On the other hand, people still believe evolution is heresy because of Genesis, and will pray themselves and their children to death believing God will cure them and that modern medical science is sinful. Belief in miasma theory and Platonism, while not Christian, were religious in nature and held back progress in various scientific fields and public health. Religion may hold value in society as a medium for spreading cultural identity and moral teachings, but deserves no credit for the cause of science, except perhaps as the means by which early scientists and philosophers approached inquiry (as a means of better understanding God's creation.) But even then, the inevitable result was not to understand God, but to expose and dismantle the facade of religion, claim by spurious claim.

krapp 8y ago

>Societies based on Marxism - are they not based on superstition and theocratic authoritarianism? Neither my comment or the quote by Marx were referring to Marxism or advocating a society based on Marxism. And no, a philosophy that rejects religion can't be based on theocratic authoritarianism, because theocratic authoritarianism draws its claim of authority from divine right. >The Bible makes certain truth claims that make science possible, such as the claim that there is a physical universe that is worth studying in its own right. The Bible claims that God created the earth and the universe in seven days, man directly from the dust of the earth, and woman from the rib of the first man. The Bible's claims certainly do not make science possible. No one needs the Bible to claim that there is a physical universe worth studying, to see that this is the case. On the other hand, people still believe evolution is heresy because of Genesis, and will pray themselves and their children to death believing God will cure them and that modern medical science is sinful. Belief in miasma theory and Platonism, while not Christian, were religious in nature and held back progress in various scientific fields and public health. Religion may hold value in society as a medium for spreading cultural identity and moral teachings, but deserves no credit for the cause of science, except perhaps as the means by which early scientists and philosophers approached inquiry (as a means of better understanding God's creation.) But even then, the inevitable result was not to understand God, but to expose and dismantle the facade of religion, claim by spurious claim.