2. HOLDING SACRED THAT WHICH IS NOT SACRED

2. Holding Sacred that which is not Sacred ~ 97 ~ high pedestal to being just another part of God’s Creation. Now, instead of the phenomena of nature being held as objects of worship, they came to be held as objects of subjugation and conquest. This concept of monotheism had been propounded by all the prophets in the past. However, it remained at the level of pronouncement on an individual level; it could not reach the stage of general revolution. The movement based on monotheism finally reached the stage of revolution only through the struggle of the Prophet and his companions. After this, the tendency to regard nature as holy decreased to the point where it no longer existed as such; this was a necessary outcome of such a revolution. Now man started looking at nature with a view to exploring and exploiting it. This process developed in a positive way over the centuries, sometimes slowing, sometimes accelerating, but finally ushering in our modern scientific age. The Encyclopaedia Britannica states in its article, ‘History of Physical Sciences,’ that Greek science fell into jeopardy after the second century A.D., because