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Originally Posted by Sumeragi
Unfortunately, that is the wrong kind of assumption to make. There are flexible religions that are supposed to change in the face of errors and changes, such as the initial state of Shinto (before we got the static State Shinto and all the problems that brought about). The belief that religions are incapable of admitting error is in itself an error, given that it ignores the development of religions. Just as Protestantism is a growth out of Catholicism, religions are capable of admitting errors (in terms of doctrines) and changing.
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Protestantism is NOT proof that religion can change. It denies that Christianity made an error; only that the Catholics read the Holy Book wrong.
Science grew out of Alchemy; but you would never consider Alchemy as Science. The only way Abrahamic religion adapts is by literately starting brand new sects. The idea is that the holy book is never wrong, you just have to read it differently.
I remember the story of how one of the earliest female scientists proved Isaac Newton got one of his equations wrong; she was vindicated after much hard work and testing. No one went back and retroactively claim that Newton got it right and we merely read his book wrong.