Progress And Religion

The thought of progress is a phenomenon that is unquestioned of why it is happening within the world. Progress is the notion that a certain subject or object is being brought into a greater or better outcome than it was set at its predetermined state. With the thought of progress, there is no telling whether progress happens because of a Devine being setting a predetermined fate for the human public or by reflecting on the past and learning from past occurrences. Throughout history of the world thus far, progress has been stationed through two factors. The two factors consist of Religion and REN (race, ethnicity, or nationality). Specifically, two authors, Edward W. Byrn and H. G. Wells, discusses their own opinion consisting between the thought

G. Wells thinks that progress is related with religion and REN through the thought that the world can not be led and brought out by one single man. It is God, himself, who decides the future and with that the future is obscure and unknown to the world. They both discuss this relation, but ultimately have far different views regarding this topic.

H. G. Wells discussion regarding progress and the relationship between religion and REN is built around the thought that to make sense of progress that had happened so far in history, one has to realize that the future and progress itself is mainly set by a divine being (God) and through a slight ironic statement that we can only understand the future of progress by looking at the past. In H. G wells article, “The Discovery of the Future”, he explains that one single man, cannot rule the world. Wells goes on to elaborate that by looking at past experiences one is able to illustrate and show that only a divine being is able to determine progress of the world. To exemplify, in H. G. Wells article, “The discovery of the future”, he states, “I must confess I believe that if by some juggling with space and time Julius Ceasar, Napoleon, Edward

Byrn argument is based through the thought that in order to have a vision of progress one has to look back at past developments that have happened throughout the world so far and take a sense of why it has shaped the notion of progress in today’s world. In Edward W. Byrn’s article, “The Progress of Invention During the Past Fifty Years”, Byrn leans towards the example of the United States in which it has created a sense of progress through the notion of development. To be specific, Byrn states, “To him what a vista it must present; what a convergence of the perspective; for the past fifty years represents an epoch of invention and progress unique in this history of the world” (Byrn 1896). Byrn is explaining that during this time, man only looked upon the past as an example to progress mankind through many inventions. Considering the future of the United States, Byrn brings up many inventions such as: the railway and telegraph, patents, house printing telegraphy, and so forth (Byrn 1896) that have made progress possible in the United States and has given an entitlement to the belief that through these certain inventions the human population is able to put a meaning to the world. Though Byrn argues that mankind is able to get this thought about development it has not always started with humans. He brings up the thought that the development that has happened so far in history is only a building ladder that was set by God. For instance, Byrn states, “The old word of