"Science v Religion"

[Gabriel Syme]

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Discusions with some passing chrsitians on this very forum.

A very fair point. But surely it is unfair to judge Christianity by bible literalists, given how insignificant their number is? The majority of Christians, mainstream Christians, are very far removed from such.

Tell that to Galileo

But you cant credibly use the experience of one man, as a representative example. Examining his in context of the Churchs wider relationship with science, shows his case to be an extreme aberration.

right up until it conflicts with dogma, then they go all out to suppress.

Someone else said something very similar, its almost like you guys are trained in certain responses lol

One Catholic priest destroyed the entire mayan written language.

I guess someone forgot to tell this website which has detailed information on the mayan written language:

http://www.ancientscripts.com/maya.html

How could one man destroy a language? And you say Christians have funny beliefs!

And Mayan languages are still spoken in Mexico, Belize and Guatemala.

http://www-01.sil.org/mexico/maya/00i-maya.htm

The Mayan written language was not destroyed. Rather it was replaced in practice by more efficient means. It was essentially a system of detailed hieroglyphics, not letters, and so a completely impractical and time-consuming means of writing.

Do you really think that, if it wasn't for a single priest, south-american people today would be signing their cheques or writing a shopping list using those intricate little drawings of birds and animals and odd little patterns etc?

Better ways of doing things naturally replace poorer ways. Same things happened to the Egyptians and their equally impractical hieroglyphics.

Take it easy
GS