Being at a seminar where comparison was made between science/technology on the one hand and religion on the other, I wish to share my candid opinion. It is said that science/technology is inclined to capitalism and should be viewed with caution. Hence, religion is to be preferred as that which brings out the oneness (equality) in humanity. But if our dumping of science is based on the notion that science and technology aligns with capitalism which seeks to exploit the individual, then religion’s flaws lies on the same logic. At the dawn of colonialism, the fundamental question was: “how can we better colonize?” and not “how can we better Christianize?” So Christianity was only a latter development, because in former times, it was primarily a tool of imperialism and by extension, an exploitative technique. Though religion (Christianity) was used as a tool, if its end is worthwhile after all, then does that justify the means? If by any yardstick the end of any scientific endeavour does not justify its means, then both religion and science end up in the same pitfall.
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