Why Religion Should Affect Scientific Progess - Assumption/university English - Essay

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David​ ​Hebb
Mrs.​ ​Marques-Piett
ENG3U1-02
29​ ​October​ ​2017
Why​ ​religion​ ​should​ ​affect​ ​scientific​ ​progress
Scientific​ ​advancements​ ​are​ ​occurring​ ​every​ ​second,​ ​whether​ ​it​ ​be​ ​a​ ​new​ ​species
discovered,​ ​a​ ​new​ ​invention​ ​made,​ ​or​ ​breakthrough​ ​in​ ​medical​ ​advancements.​ ​However​ ​with​ ​all
this​ ​positivity​ ​come​ ​many​ ​negatives​ ​that​ ​bring​ ​it​ ​further​ ​away​ ​from​ ​the​ ​church​ ​and​ ​faith.
Will​ ​all​ ​these​ ​rapid​ ​advancements​ ​in​ ​science​ ​it​ ​is​ ​forcing​ ​people​ ​to​ ​adapt​ ​very​ ​quickly,​ ​In
some​ ​cases​ ​this​ ​can​ ​be​ ​detrimental.​ ​People​ ​are​ ​losing​ ​their​ ​jobs​ ​to​ ​machines​ ​and​ ​new​ ​productivity
methods,​ ​specifically​ ​the​ ​lower​ ​class.​ ​This​ ​is​ ​because​ ​advancements​ ​in​ ​machinery​ ​and​ ​robots​ ​is
taking​ ​over​ ​labour​ ​work​ ​and​ ​basic​ ​tasks,​ ​the​ ​same​ ​kind​ ​of​ ​work​ ​that​ ​the​ ​lower​ ​class​ ​does​ ​right
now,​ ​and​ ​has​ ​been​ ​doing​ ​for​ ​years.​ ​From​ ​a​ ​business​ ​standpoint​ ​this​ ​is​ ​great​ ​because​ ​it​ ​will​ ​save
money​ ​for​ ​businesses​ ​because​ ​they​ ​won't​ ​need​ ​as​ ​many​ ​workers,​ ​and​ ​it​ ​will​ ​raise​ ​productivity.
From​ ​a​ ​morality​ ​standpoint​ ​this​ ​is​ ​harmful​ ​because​ ​it​ ​is​ ​taking​ ​away​ ​the​ ​jobs​ ​of​ ​the​ ​people​ ​that
already​ ​aren’t​ ​making​ ​a​ ​lot.​ ​This​ ​doesn’t​ ​leave​ ​them​ ​many​ ​options,​ ​although​ ​new​ ​jobs​ ​are​ ​created
for​ ​working​ ​on​ ​these​ ​machines,​ ​robots,​ ​etc.​ ​These​ ​require​ ​much​ ​more​ ​knowledge​ ​and​ ​skill​ ​than
their​ ​previous​ ​jobs.​ ​What​ ​most​ ​of​ ​these​ ​new​ ​jobs​ ​require​ ​is​ ​a​ ​lot​ ​of​ ​education​ ​and​ ​most​ ​people
cannot​ ​just​ ​go​ ​back​ ​to​ ​learn​ ​new​ ​things​ ​because​ ​that​ ​requires​ ​a​ ​lot​ ​of​ ​time​ ​and​ ​money​ ​which​ ​most
of​ ​those​ ​people​ ​may​ ​not​ ​have​ ​a​ ​lot​ ​of.​ ​For​ ​those​ ​workers​ ​it​ ​will​ ​cause​ ​them​ ​a​ ​great​ ​deal​ ​of​ ​stress
because​ ​they​ ​will​ ​be​ ​unemployed​ ​with​ ​little​ ​to​ ​no​ ​options.​ ​Businesses​ ​often​ ​don't​ ​give​ ​workers
alternative​ ​options​ ​of​ ​work​ ​and​ ​would​ ​rather​ ​leave​ ​them​ ​with​ ​no​ ​job,​ ​and​ ​no​ ​source​ ​of​ ​income.
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This​ ​could​ ​be​ ​easily​ ​solved​ ​by​ ​training​ ​workers​ ​to​ ​perform​ ​alternative​ ​tasks​ ​but​ ​it​ ​is​ ​not​ ​that​ ​easy
because​ ​the​ ​new​ ​tasks​ ​businesses​ ​need​ ​completed​ ​often​ ​require​ ​a​ ​lot​ ​of​ ​skill​ ​that​ ​those​ ​workers
might​ ​not​ ​necessarily​ ​have.
Another​ ​example​ ​where​ ​science​ ​has​ ​gone​ ​bad​ ​is​ ​with​ ​drugs/narcotics.​ ​Drugs​ ​have​ ​lead​ ​to
thousands​ ​of​ ​deaths​ ​caused​ ​by​ ​overdosin...