RE: Human Survival
July 25, 2013 at 5:50 pm
(This post was last modified: July 25, 2013 at 5:59 pm by Anomalocaris.)
(July 25, 2013 at 4:00 pm)Gilgamesh Wrote:(July 25, 2013 at 3:45 pm)Chuck Wrote: A billion christians didn't stop us from learning the universe predated god by 13.7 billion years.It did - for a quite while.
Not really. The tools for expanded understanding of the universe wasn't there. The fact that christianity managed to shut a few guessers who by good fortune to have guessed correctly didn't retard the development of science as much as you think. When the physical and intellectual tools for expanded understanding of the universe through not just theorizing, but also verification, is really in place, the stale bible of bronze age is soon overwhelmed.