If you went back in time to 19th Century Europe, there's a high probability you would land in the middle of a hot debate between the secularists and the Christian autocrats!
It was a perfect era for the secularists for they finally garnered enough cojones to challenge the Christian autocrats to historicize the biblical scriptures. This unprecedented intellectual challenge is evidenced by the recorded volume of literature written about the historical origin of Christianity at that time.
As though it was not a herculean task, the Christian autocrats accepted the challenge, but failed miserably in historicizing Christianity in a convincing manner. The people responded in kind; they left the church in droves. That was the death of religious autocracy, and the emergence of "progressive secularism" in Europe.
Africa of today is reminiscent of Europe that I just described! You stand a better chance of making millions in Africa today, being a pastor, selling indulgences to people than a production engineer. Yes, it's that bad!
So as a secularist, when people ask you to leave religion alone and talk about science and economics, tell them it's impossible to teach logic and economics to people who believe they can get rich just by drinking "holy water."
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