I think more and more people resort to Dark Ages belief systems, because they feel overwhelmed by the accelerating technological change. Examples for Dark Ages belief systems are superstition, witchcraft, astrology, creationism, psychic reading, intelligent design and so forth. As the number of followers continues to be on the rise I think there's a real new and serious danger to the future of humanity. Very often science and technology is depicted as evil and dangerous. Religious fanatics already brainwash their kids.

To me the worst case scenarios include book burning, putting "heretics" into prison and eventually burning "witches" at the stake. It happened in the middle ages in Europe and it is happening today in countries like Saudi Arabia or Iran which employs a religious "police force". So far in the West creationists only attempt to modify the curriculum of biology classes. If they succeed their next moves will be far bolder. We have to prevent this from ever happening. How can we reduce the appeal of Dark Ages belief systems?

Has this issue been raised by the Lifeboat Foundation? Any opinions about it?

Greetings,
Matt Browne

http://lifeboat.com/ex/bios.matt.browne