(June 19, 2019 at 4:25 am)ignoramus Wrote: This thread reminds me of some old Greeks I used to know.
They'd talk all day and tell you how great ancient Greece was and their contribution to the world.
Talk about resting on your laurels for the last 2000 years!
same same ...
Sure Christianity made discoveries (I'd be extremely surprised if they didn't considering everyone was a Christian as others have said), but on the other had, not too many scientists had burned people at the stake in the name of scientific progress.
No one has ever been burned at the stake over scientific issues.
(And if you name Giordano Bruno, I'll know that you don't know what you're talking about.)
