nattyprofessor

Why magic and religion contribute to progression of humankind?

Many poeple may think that magic and religion have nothing to do with progression, technological or economic, however, both of them have play a major role in contributing it. During the medieval, a lot of alchemist tried to transmutate common metal into gold (called chrysopoeia). Though it's now clear that transformation from one element to another without fission or fusion reaction is impossible, the alchemist's discipline, alchemy, was the origin of many disciplines nowadays, espectially chemistry.

Although the catholic church obstructed knowledge accumulation during medieval, the christianity revolution in 16th century is the first chapter of rapid economic growth after the incoming of protestanism. the protestant ethic made the believer work hard. Enabling christians to read the Bible themselves, it seemed to protestant paradigm open the window of knowledge for (used-to-be) ignorance people. In concluding, protestanism contributed economic growth due to not only making the believes work hard, but also triggering technological progression.

posted by nattyprofessor @ 2:33 PM