Re:Islam and science: The road to renewal
by defrost on Sunday January 27, 2013 @10:15PM
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Once upon a time you could argue that most "scientists" were either of a church or mosque or supported by such an institution, for example Gregor Mendel is generally described as both a scientist and as an Augustinian friar.
Cathedrals didn't build themselves or innovate their own designs; contemplating the natural wonders was once considered equivalent to looking upon the works of God.
I'm not religious, my passions are science, mathematics, history (, and the Oxford comma); the narrative that "Religion Hates Science" has as much depth as spelling Microsoft with a $ or describing Americans as sheeple.
Cathedrals didn't build themselves or innovate their own designs; contemplating the natural wonders was once considered equivalent to looking upon the works of God.
I'm not religious, my passions are science, mathematics, history (, and the Oxford comma); the narrative that "Religion Hates Science" has as much depth as spelling Microsoft with a $ or describing Americans as sheeple.