Acharya Prashant observes that for nearly a thousand years, India experienced zero scientific growth despite a highly religious population, suggesting that religion became a distorted and anti-life force. He argues that when people are prepared to believe anything without questioning, it stifles innovation, creativity, and originality across all fields, including art, sports, and science. While acknowledging other factors, he identifies religion as the primary force that, if healthy, could rejuvenate a nation and produce great human beings, poetry, and architecture. He criticizes the modern tendency to create separate 'spiritual sciences' that avoid objective evaluation, noting that such notions are often used to bypass standard education and rigorous testing. He emphasizes that true science is for lovers of truth who are willing to experiment and see their notions dismantled, whereas the weak rely on beliefs and feel hurt when those beliefs are challenged.