Science and Religion Work Together in the Global Village

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Back in the Industrial Park most social problems could only be resolved with a unilateral solution. If the problem originated in a moral dilemma it was left to Religion to solve. If it were a purely technical problem, then Science was given the go-ahead. This led to some interesting but divisive solutions.

 

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Back in the second half of the 20th Century over-population was one of the major problems of the day. Global Census data projected a major population spike that threatened to exceed our ability to produce enough food to feed the emerging population. Since this projection came from the Scientific Community it was assumed that no technical solution was available. The problem was turned over to the purvey of Organized Religion. What could have been and did become a solvable technical problem turned into a divisive moral discussion on population control.

Artificial Birth Control, Abortion, Family Planning and Promiscuity became household words. Politicians won or lost key elections dependent on their view of these hot button issues. Yet if anyone cared to look for a feasible solution from the Scientific Community they would have discovered that, by the turn of the Century, agricultural technology had evolved unabated. Food production could, and in some cases, did exceed need. At the same time, factors effecting population spikes had changed. Disease, War, and reliable birth control devices merged to slow global population increases.

However, this awareness came along too late to dampen the moral firestorm spanned by Organized Religion. A bi-lateral solution that may have dampened the willingness to fight wars over scarce resources was pushed to the curb. It might have disturbed the status quo that sustained one faction at the cost of the other.

In the Global Village, Religion and Science work together to find sustainable solutions to problems which affect the common good. Dwindling water supplies is one of those problems. Back in the Industrial Park if it were determined that there was not enough water to support 10% of the population, Organized Religion would have been called upon to decide how to cut off  10% of the population in the most humane way. But in the Global Village, the Scientific Community is empowered to find technical solutions first. These might include Salt Water Desalination, Usage control and prioritization and Conservation. Only when a given technical solution might violate moral codes such as property rights and greater need agreements is Organized Religion called in for a collateral solution.

In all cases both sides work proactively to find a win-win solution. That's just how it is in the Global Village.

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