(January 16, 2018 at 7:35 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(January 16, 2018 at 4:32 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: Christianity gave us the scientific method. I'd call that a net positive.
If you mean Francis Bacon, he was at best a nominal Christian. Even if he weren't, it is wrong to say that 'Christianity gave us the scientific method'. There is nothing whatsoever in Christianity that would lead to hypotheses testable by observation and experiment.
Take the wedding at Cana, for example. How many of the Jesusites present said, 'Hang on - let's have a look at those wine jars' or 'Neat trick. Let's see you do it again, with wine jars that we provide. And roll up your sleeves while you're at it.' ?
Boru
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
