I'd have to say they are just as stagnant today as they were then or ever.
Man somehow despite technical advances has remained just as ignorant as they were thousands of years ago.
That doesn't necessarily say as much bad about man as it compliments the control of man. Which I guess does nothing for the definition of man.
Has man ever really stood upright? Without another man telling him how to do it.....
Why are we so afraid to listen to God????????
"Adamant pessimism"
I hold no such view ... God's word has affected so many more people's lives today there's *no* comparison with the past ...
The more I dig into applied science at a really basic, fundamental level the more stunned I grow how marvelous God's universe and his physical laws (so-called "Nature's laws") really are.
Perhaps you've grown jaded in your own life with too much ease, to much observation of only "what's on the surface".