(March 9, 2014 at 10:49 pm)DeistPaladin Wrote:(March 8, 2014 at 1:27 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: ...Islam on the other hand emphasizes that it's a matter of understanding and intellect, and that he condemns and brings uncleanness on those who don't understand and use their intellect. As the intellectual proof of Islam is claimed to be clear and evident for those who reflect, it praises those who reflect, and believers are thus the people of intellect and reflection.
That might explain why the Islamic world helped keep the flame of Greeco-Roman learning alive while Christian Europe festered in the Dark Ages. Europe owes much of its Enlightenment to the Islamic world (and the fracturing of Christian power also helped). Where did it all go so wrong? Why is the Islamic world trapped in its own Dark Ages today?
The Jews were behind the majority of the advances credited to the Arab and Moor muslims. Desert dwelling camel riders simply did not have the educational background to be technically creative. The Jews collaborated with the muslims for centuries. They let the muslims have the credit.
