Time Traveling With Science and the Saints
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| Rating | : | 4.51 (703 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1591020352 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 180 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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Erickson (New Brighton, MN) is a former director of the American Humanist Association, a member of the Council for Secular Humanism and the National Center for Science Education, and the author of a pro-science, pro-freethought travel adventure book titled True North: Exploring the Great Wilderness by Bush Plane. . George A
7:20), humanist George Erickson surveys the historical record of the defenders of faith and the proponents of reason. Erickson briefly profiles such pioneers as Giordano Bruno, Copernicus, Galileo, Darwin, Linnaeus, and others. Aided by the carrot-and-stick appeal of heaven and hell, missionary passion, superstitions, and miracles, Christianity gradually overwhelmed its religious competitors while simultaneously working to destroy all interest in scientific reasoning.Yet even amidst these suffocating, often bloody conditions, certain individuals doggedly pursued new and dangerous, frequently heretical scientific research, sometimes at the risk of their lives. Using the biblical dictum, "by their fruits shall ye know them" (Mt. His analysis challenges the commonly held belief that despite its many abuses religion on balance civilized the world. While condemning the Christianity that produced such abominations as the Inquisition and witch hunts, Erickson concludes on an optimistic note, emphasizing that science and secular society have broken free from centuries of religious oppositi
"Outstanding book" according to L. H.. A must read! A very factual and well written book. It's frightening how religion has worked, and still works, so hard to keep people from opening their minds and thinking independently. Thank goodness for those indivduals brave enough to face persecution, torture, and death to better our understanding of the world around us.. time traveling with science and the saints Apparently anticipating that a few readers will complain that he has ignored the good works done by the religious, the author's opening notes plainly state, "Time Traveling with Science and the Saints is intended to counter the many pro-Christianity books that ignore its many sins. If the hundreds of authors of church history had been willing (or . Apalling Scholarship PhilosopherZeus I would like to add my support to the general statements that the reviewer Constance Edwards made and add a few of my own.To begin, I am an atheist and pursuing degrees in history and philosophy. What is unfortunate about Erickson's book is that a well meaning idea of documenting the negative aspects of the church (of which there are many), is ove
From the Inside Flap For sixteen centuries Christianity dominated Western culture, during which time a powerful church rigidly, and often ruthlessly, imposed its dogma. Under these conditions powerful thinkers who disputed the Christian worldview encountered stiff opposition from ecclesiastical authorities. Aided by the carrot-and-stick appeal of heaven and hell, missionary passion, superstitions, and miracles, Christianity gradually overwhelmed its religious competitors while simultaneously working to destroy all interest in scientific reasoning. Erickson surveys the historical record of the defenders of faith and the proponents of reason, and challenges the commonly held belief that, despite its many abuses, religion has civilized the world. Yet even amid t