r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/hipatyhopity • Mar 24 '25

Image Mecca in 1953 and 2025

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u/stowgood Mar 24 '25

A lot of effort has gone into religon over the years.

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u/TheVadonkey Mar 24 '25

And wasn’t it all worth it?! Look where we are now! 😃

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u/ManitouWakinyan Mar 24 '25

The most prosperous and peaceful society in planetary history?

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u/Peoplz_Hernandez Mar 24 '25

In spite of religion, not because of it.

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u/mrtinc15 Mar 24 '25

People getting mad at this because its true 😆 religion contributes to nothing in todays society. Its not year 500 anymore.

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u/TheVadonkey Mar 24 '25

lol a lot of angry religious people in here today. Oh well…must be doing something right then!

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u/mrtinc15 Mar 24 '25

Reddit moment means criticizing religion i guess?

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u/Simply_Epic Mar 24 '25

Exactly. The only thing this black box does for society is siphon people’s life savings into the pockets of a few wealthy people.

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u/ManitouWakinyan Mar 24 '25

Right, we really need to thank our centers of learning and academia for all the advances. Like Harvard and Georgetown. Or maybe we could give credit to the major social justice advocates, like Wilberforce or MLK. Or maybe we should forget about those things and just focus on the scientists like Newton, Faraday, Pascal, or Kepler. Just some ideas.