Topic > The Role and Results of Religious Thought - 1228

Science and technology have been regarded by many people as the Moses who led man from the world of ignorance to the land of knowledge and wealth. Religion, on the other hand, has unfortunately been misinterpreted as the evil Pharaoh who wants to keep man in slavery(. Some people believe that if Newton had not wasted his time searching for God, he probably would have made a much greater contribution to science. "I pity Newton's life in his old age, ... His great contribution to astronomy, optics, mathematics and mechanics is immortal. But his soul was controlled by wrong philosophy and fell into the abyss of idealism and theism... .Try to find evidence of the "existence of God", it's so absurd and tragic." (Digest of Science and Technology, Dong Jin, September 2000) Surprisingly, a good number of people share Dong Jin's unjust view of religion. René Descartes and Francis Bacon are also considered victims of religious belief. However, few of these accusations are true. In the "Scientific Revolution", religious faith also played a positive role in building a new science and philosophy. In building his theory of gravitational force, Newton benefited from his religious thinking. Newton is a notable figure in the period of the scientific revolution. His discovery of the general binomial expansion in 1664 and publication of the concept of Calculus in "Principia" in 1687 introduced practical mathematical tools into modern science. His experiment of light decomposition with prism and basic work in classical mechanics had greatly changed people's view of nature. His work generates a large crowd of followers known as Newtonians. "From the universities Newtonianism permeated the schools, ... In them it applied ... middle of paper ... lief. This shows that faith in science and faith in religion are not mutually exclusive. As far as Bacon is concerned, religion did not stop him from building his great philosophical system. Contributed another proof of the innocence of religion in the "Scientific Revolution". Embryonic stem cell research did not create many obstacles at the time of the "Scientific Revolution". During the process of revealing the secret of nature, science and religion will definitely have some arguments due to their different opinions in the interpretation of the same widespread religion did not kill those great figures in the “Scientific Revolution”, we should claim the innocence of religion in that period and criticize its role more rationally and comprehensively.