http://globalpioneering.com/wp02/human-potential/ Transfer scientific authority to people Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:20:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 http://globalpioneering.com/wp02/human-potential/#comment-12352 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 00:10:38 +0000 http://globalpioneering.com/wp02/human-potential/#comment-12352 [...] According to this reasoning there is more to spirituality than its relation to religion. The connection of religion to spirituality is accidental. It is like the relation between teaching and science. A bad combination, detrimental to both. The connection exists because throughout history people who wanted to study theoretical questions such as spirituality had to seek the protection of religious entities. In the so-called dark ages of Europe the Jesuit priests were the most accomplished astronomers. The continuity of scientific record were assured by monks working under the auspices of religious institutions. Copernicus was an employee of the church all his life. Yes, but religious entities also required a price in the form of conformation to the views of the protectors.   [...] […] According to this reasoning there is more to spirituality than its relation to religion. The connection of religion to spirituality is accidental. It is like the relation between teaching and science. A bad combination, detrimental to both. The connection exists because throughout history people who wanted to study theoretical questions such as spirituality had to seek the protection of religious entities. In the so-called dark ages of Europe the Jesuit priests were the most accomplished astronomers. The continuity of scientific record were assured by monks working under the auspices of religious institutions. Copernicus was an employee of the church all his life. Yes, but religious entities also required a price in the form of conformation to the views of the protectors.   […]

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