So then my friend, you have no problem cosigning this statement..
"In the eighteenth century, a remarkable synergy developed between religion and the sciences in England. Newton's "celestial mechanics" was widely regarded as at worst consistent with, and at best a glorious confirmation of, the Christian view of God as creator of a harmonious universe."
If not, can you guys with completely different religious views stop hiding behind the generic term "religion." Your sentence, this thread, and that article would read completely different if it said "myth of war between science and Catholicism."
there's a lot of truth in this.
Both religious groups AND secular groups like to group both sides into one homogeneous buckets when a more nuanced approach should be taken. How often do you see an EXTREMIST do some shyt and the first thing out some fools mouth is, "religion lost", is if the actions of one man, or group of men define an entire thing.
MOST religions, at their core, are beautiful things of piece, where by and large the often overly obtuse theme is to do good, not harm and love.
I've said it before and i'll say it again, humans are generally the wrench in what are otherwise reasonably well intentioned institutions, be they religious, political, or social.
