Here is the thing, religion did not tell people the earth is flat. There are thousands od religions with different views. You are probably talking about a west

Here is the thing, religion did not tell people the earth is flat. There are thousands od religions with different views. You are probably talking about a west european context, the catholic church as an organizarion did a lot of bad things and held incorrect views, however, round or flat the debate was not science vs religion but mainstream false beliefs vs correct new beliefs between two parties that were very mich both religious at the time. Matter of fact they used the same reasoning as you are where as you now believe anything not conforming to the scientific community's consesus on a topic is a fringe crazy/stupid idea unless of course it happens to be blessed by the right academics (or back in the day church officials). Isaac newton and galileo who were very religious would disagree with religion being a tool of stagnation. Established systems of power and control prefer stagnation and resist change. Religion, science and politics all alike. It is a human issue and thinking only religion is affected is silly in my opinion. To your last sentence, morality, justice and ethics like science/knowledge need to be correct. Progression or regression is the means, the end of being correct trumps it all. Your statement is categorically wrong because of your generalized dismissal. Thousands of religions with opposing views wand you judges them all. It is as a incorrect as saying "science only does good and anything else is wrong" because it is too general, are we talking nuke bombs or vaccines, big difference. Are you talking about Islam, Christianity or some guy's cult religion, believe it or not there are differences.