Knowledge?

The knowledge of human society has been in academia since the early ages of the world in the Greek civilization. However it has slowly been modified to fit the current era of thought. Unfortunately we see that this knowledge is not one that is being properly developed thanks in part to the role of religion in this day and age. However the use of religion to prevent the development of this area of knowledge is not a new concept. Socrates was sentenced to death for questioning why things were the way they were in his time, he irritated a few greek officials with his questions and this resulted in him being sentenced to drinking a concoction of hemlock and other poisonous substances.

We see that today the exact same is happening, when a person questions the role of their governments they are deemed as radicals and are either imprisoned or charged with sedition,blasphemy and so on. After more than 2000 years of civilization we are still repeating the mistakes of the past, we are still regressing for fear of advancement.

Religion in its essence should be a sponge rather than its current state in which it rejects any foreign ideas no matter how logical they are. For example the Quran, it was given to the Prophet Mohammad p.b.u.h to advance the people of his era. However as the era's evolved we see that the Quran too has evolved that is in the aspect of what people interpret it to say. When in the Prophet's time women's rights were upheld we see that today in secular Muslim societies that the rights of the women are being oppressed. When a new idea or interpretation of the Quran is suggested, the person who suggested it is deemed a heretic, an infidel by the powers of authority who managed to rule thanks to their own interpretation of the Quran.

Now I am not saying that Islam is a terrible religion, nor am I saying other religions are better or worse, I am just stating that mankind has always used all necessary means to have control over the masses, and this in fact is a hard truth that many people refuse to accept.

My wish is that people would allow the unrestricted flow of knowledge because then the world would be a much better place.

With that I rest my case

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