> but has been failing for at least 5000 years. I encourage you to take some time and study the Christian church during the Middle Ages. Much of what we consid

> but has been failing for at least 5000 years. I encourage you to take some time and study the Christian church during the Middle Ages. Much of what we consider 'modern' learning, teaching, and method came about because there were monks an nuns who were very serious about their work. Likewise, I encourage you to study Islam since its inception; there also clerics (I don't know the proper terms) sought to increase understanding in literature an science some 500 years before the church in Europe. Also take some time to look into various religious orders (Hindu, Buddhism, and others) throughout Asia that, in very similar fashion, worked to preserve and expand knowledge within their orders and in their surrounding communities. If anything, religion has been a driving force towards foundational methods of understanding, knowledge acquisition, and preservation.