Nature's Laws

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It's a good point. The truth got out, even while being dragged backwards all the way. If a scientist has a shred of honesty, they have to respect the findings and the evidence, regardless of how it impacts their personal beliefs. It's clear even now how religion is trying to ruin education, literally in the cases of people going around burning books and destroying libraries, and by sabotage through trying to get nonsense taught as "alternatives" in the science room. It would have been far easier to ignore the results, but thankfully some people had the backbone to respect the data.

It is quite incredible that science finally broke free of those shackles and the persecution of anyone daring to challenge the status quo, and scary to think how much time has been lost and knowledge possibly forgotten.

lmao like science broke free of anything.  too funny.  You should put this crap in a atheist bible.  People have always been breaking free. But before the late 19th century they were short on observations so the magic stuff had equal weight.  Now, thankfully magic traits assigned to a thing are silly. 

Never forget the emotional needs being used for a strongly held belief.  Basically, past experience drives present beliefs in many cases.