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RE: A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the forum....
June 19, 2019 at 5:30 am (This post was last modified: June 19, 2019 at 5:32 am by Belacqua.)
(June 19, 2019 at 5:27 am)vulcanlogician Wrote: We can only guess at how much scientific progress may have been stifled 

Emphasis on "only guess."

There are plenty of examples of high-quality scientific or mathematical work being done with the support of the church. Even Galileo had elite support within the Vatican, which would have let him avoid trouble if he'd been the least bit diplomatic.

So OK -- history could have been better. But it's pure ideology to pretend that it's simply religion against science.
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