--- Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So, I guess the fact that officially atheistic > countries, such as the USSR > have had a much better track record in science than > countries with a large > fraction of church going Christians, like the US > supports your contention. > I guess I have to admit that wondrous advances like > Lysenko's genetics > would never have taken place in the US. :-) > > Dan M.
Or, for that matter, the so-often forgotten major contributions of the Catholic Church to scientific research. When one contrasts the record of Christian with non-Christian countries in scientific research, it strikes me as, ummm, unlikely at best that scientific research was all that hindered by Christianity over the long sweep of time. For occasional moments? Sure. The movement of the Renaissance to Northern Europe post-Galileo is probably not a coincidence. But overall? That's a much tougher case to make. ===== Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Freedom is not free" http://www.mukunda.blogspot.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
