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Originally Posted by aturnis
I tend to disagree. Informing people as to how stifling to our civilization religion has been and can be is very important. Otherwise they might just teach creationism in schools, or that the earth is only 6000yrs old and Jesus used to ride raptors.
Where could we be right now as a civilization if religion never oppressed knowledge?
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Do it somewhere else. Educating on science is it's own activity. Educating on the social history of religion is it's own as well.
None of my EE classes discussed religion, ever. Guess what, I learned a lot about science.