Time Traveling With Science and the Saints Yet even amidst these suffocating, often bloody conditions, certain individuals doggedly pursued new and dangerous, frequently heretical scientific research, sometimes at the risk of their lives. Eric
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| Title | : | Time Traveling With Science and the Saints |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.94 (191 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1591020352 |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 180 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
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Using the biblical dictum, "by their fruits shall ye know them" (Mt. 7:20), humanist George Erickson surveys the historical record of the defenders of faith and the proponents of reason. His analysis challenges the commonly held belief that despite its many abuses religion on balance civilized the world. Beginning with the unfettered progress of science in pre-Christian, polytheistic societies, he notes that this progress was soon actively thwarted by the growing Christian throng. Aided by the carrot-and-stick appeal of heaven and hell, missionary passion, superstitions, and miracles, Christianity gradually overwhelmed its religious competitors while simultaneously working to destroy all interest in scientific reasoning.Yet even amidst these suffocating, often bloody conditions, certain individuals doggedly pursued new and dangerous, frequently heretical scientific research, sometimes at the risk of their lives. Erickson briefly profiles such pioneers as Giordano Bruno, Copernicus, Gal
Editorial : From the Inside Flap For sixteen centuries Christianity dominated Western culture, during which time a powerful church rigidly, and often ruthlessly, imposed its dogma. Under these conditions powerful thinkers who disputed the Christian worldview encountered stiff opposition from ecclesiastical authorities. Persecution by both church and state as a means of stifling heretics became routine. Using the biblical dictum "by their fruits shall ye know them", humanist George A. Erickson surveys the historical record of the defenders of faith and the proponents of reason, and challenges the commonly held belief that, despite its many abuses, religion has civilized the world. Beginning with the unfettered progress of science in pre-Christian, polytheistic societies, he notes that this progress was soon actively thwarted by the growing Christian throng. Aided by the carrot-and-stick appeal of heaven and hell, missionary passion, superstitions, and miracles, Christianity gradually overwhelmed it
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