Basics

• Define belief

  A system where human beings in society understand the world and their place in it.
• Society based on religion has...

  • less change
  • Fixed beliefs as they are revealed truth from God, so people are hesitant to question it
  • Metaphysical thought -> beliefs are just accepted
• In which case may society based on religion cause more change?

  Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela argued God created all men as equal, therefore this helped them advocate for equal rights.
• Why does a society based on science experience more change?

  It is based on empirical evidence (verifiable by observation or experience) that can always be challenged.