RE: How the middle east became muslim
September 22, 2014 at 1:23 pm
(This post was last modified: September 22, 2014 at 1:27 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(September 22, 2014 at 9:46 am)Chuck Wrote: So the entire existence of the respective religions, Christianity had been a heavier burden upon intellectual and cultural development of the people under its yoke for far longer than had Islam.Islam appears to be making up for lost time, whittling down the sizeable lead that christianity worked so hard to establish. Kind of sad, given the history that you just mentioned, particularly. Also, I suppose it might be useful to add that while impressive in it;s own right, the science of the time wasn't really all that challenging for islamic theology. Had there been a medeival Darwin - what do you think the odds are that his head would have remained on his shoulders (or his hands on his arms - with which to pen his work)?
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