Either Progress or Religion?

By
Muhammad Yousaf Gebriel

Oqasaorg@gmail.com

The entire world today follows Bacon’s philosophy of modern atomism that is man’s dominion over nature as his right through continued, systematic Research of science. For the material benefit of mankind in general, as man’s purpose on earth, and as God’s commands to Adam. Moral philosophy according to Bacon is man’s persistence in Adam’s first transgression of God’s command in testing the fruits of forbidden tree of the knowledge of good and evil. This philosophy is directly antithetic to revealed religion. Moral philosophy and not natural philosophy for material benefit is the basis of revealed religion. Therefore either the philosophy of revealed religion or this philosophy of Bacon. The two cannot coexist. The modern progress is based on Bacon’s philosophy of modern atomism. It is continuous, systematic, organized, ever-increasing, infinite, and universal .Because it is ever–increasing, therefore it is bound to expel the thought of the otherworld and religion gradually from man’s mind and time. And because it is infinite, it has to possess man’s mind and time completely and expel the thought of the other world and religion completely. Therefore either this progress or religion. These two cannot coexist this modern science also is continuous, systematic, organized, and infinite. And it is the hand-maid of this material progress and is confined to material benefit only therefore religion cannot coexist with it. Either this or religion. No break could be applied to this modern progress to keep it in balance. Now ban the atomic energy, and the industrial set up will freeze for want of energy, since the harmless resources of energy are about to exhaust. Adopt the atomic energy and both this progress and mankind with it will be destroyed. Now therefore either life and safety or this progress these two cannot coexist.