Christianity inhibits US advancement

Pro's repeated infatuation of man's written scripture believing the Earth is 6000 years old, somehow, this fantasy condemns all Christians, and therefore, “inhibits US advancement.” Con again must remind Pro, this “77%” Christian population helped made the US the most advance country known to mankind throughout recorded history. Pro stated, “77% of the adult population identifying with a Christian religion.” That “adult population” put man on the moon, no other country did that. That population invented, developed, and manufactured: electric generation, the transistor, airplane, light bulb, the phonograph (aka CD player), motion pictures, telephone, television, harness atomic energy, the PC, the internet, Windows, Apple, iPhone, Debate.com, many other technological advances, countless medical achievements, including mass food production, etc. Oh the humanity, thank God for Christians and those founding Fathers of the US inspired by religious faith. With all due respect to Pro, Con feels Pro would be best in a debate dealing with such Christian nuances dealing with the “6000 year” issue, etc. and to scientifically debunk them. Instead Pro claims such fibulas Christian beliefs are responsible for inhibiting the advancements of the most advance country known to mankind. If Pro's claim is true that “77% of the adult population identifying with a Christian religion,” is in some way “inhibits US advancement,” then, the empirical data should reflect that other countries, atheistic or dominated by some other religion, should be more advance than the US.I understand Pro's distress in religious dogma and its effects on our global society. May I add, on the day after the US 9/11 memorial, today's bloodshed throughout the world is giving religion a bad name. What is religion? It is simply a belief in something that transcends you. Throughout recorded history all human cultures possess some form of belief, aka religion. Not one was found to be atheistic. According to Dictionary.com (http://dictionary.reference.com...):Religion: “a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.” I (Con) must admit to be a Christian, and I also contributed to the scientific community throughout my career. During my parochial education, I did not come from one of those “Conservative Christian schools,” but a proud graduate from a Liberal Christian institution, where we studied John Locke, Edmund Burke, Charles Montesquieu, Adam Smith, and many of the great political scholars. As a scientist, I understand the importance of religion. Paraphrasing Dictionary.com on the definition of religion relative to the Laws of Nature, a set of Laws that created humanity. These Laws are the “cause, nature, and the purpose of the universe,” where these Laws are “considered as the creation of a ... agencies” (aka the Cosmos), “usually involving devotional and ritual observances,” (aka the scientific method), “and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs;” hence, the genesis of a moral code via life's Unalienable Rights of “Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness;” as these Rights are part of the Laws of Nature. http://www.amazon.com...http://www.amazon.com...Pro failed to prove that “Christianity inhibits US advancement.” Con presented, what the world already knows, that the US is the most advance country known throughout recorded history. Therefore, thank God for those “77%” Christian population demonstrating the importance of Christianity achieving US advancement. In closing, I wish my Friend Pro a long, healthy “Life” with ample freedom (“Liberty”), in the moral “pursuit of Happiness.” Enjoy your Unalienable Rights, compliments from the scholars of religion and science, during your life's vacation from nonexistence. We must remember, like all vacations, they are far too short.