[quote=briansd1][quote=Allan from Fallbrook]
Brian hates Christians, so anyone holding that set of beliefs should be held as an object of ridicule, which then sadly overlooks nearly two millennia of knowledge, including the basis for the Western Canon.[/quote]
I don’t hate Christians. I pity them. They can pray all they want, but they should please stop shoving religion down our collective throats.
Millenia of knowledge or blind faith? Today’s world is science based.
I’m all for meditation, and I myself attempt to be calm and zen. But petitioning God for miracles is coo-coo.[/quote]
Brian: Dude, none are so blind as those that refuse to see. Yes, millenia (sic) of knowledge.
Albertus Magnus
William of Ockham (Ockham’s Razor)
Roger Bacon
Nicolaus Copernicus
Michael Stifel
Johannes Kepler
Rene Descartes
Blaise Pascal
Isaac Newton
Charles Babbage (the Difference Engine)
James Clerk Maxwell
Louis Pasteur
Lord Kelvin
Max Planck
Werner Heisenberg
Richard Smalley
Freeman Dyson
John Polkinghorne
I don’t know, but it’s possible you might recognize at least some of the names from the list above.
Anyone who allows their ignorance… Oh, never mind.
