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trotsky

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4. Might be referring to Newton.

Reply to dimbear (Reply #1)

Thu Nov 15, 2012, 09:10 AM

Nov 2012

Nonetheless, while superficially true that much of western scientific progress was made within Christian institutions, (a fact that some of the less informed among us like to pretend means Christianity was *responsible* for scientific progress) it is primarily because the church, through most of its history, sought to keep education away from the masses, and clustered in the institutions where they could shape and control it.

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Agnosticism and Atheism: Five Misconceptions, Five Quotes By Okla Elliott [View all] cleanhippie Nov 2012 OP

The claim toward the end (within the Harris quote) that Christians invented physics dimbear Nov 2012 #1

Might be referring to Newton. trotsky Nov 2012 #4

I'm an atheist not because a god doesn't exist defacto7 Nov 2012 #2

Well put. n/t trotsky Nov 2012 #3

^^THIS^^ cleanhippie Nov 2012 #5

Reason. Iggo Nov 2012 #6

I find it interesting meeshrox Nov 2012 #7

They are ignoring it because they plan on employing each falsehood in current and future threads. trotsky Nov 2012 #8