Daylight63
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I will keep that in mind next time I go to the past.
You do that.
I will keep that in mind next time I go to the past.
I admit that those come in a close second.Heretic. It's the pancake SUPPERS. Your sect is clearly in error. You will be suppressed.
Correct. In the past, religions resided at the confluence of political power and higher academics.Not so much today, that is true. But it has in the past and to great benefit to our society.
Shoring up the faith of jolly fat men come down chimneys bearing gifts as human reproduction medical pseudoscience is a gift of Christian Nation SCOTUSNot all. Christianity in the Medieval period had quite a few great minds working on shoring up the faith using reason and logic. One can argue about the exercise's ultimate utility, but at least they were putting a lot of effort in on the logical construction of their beliefs. And most of the great Western Universities arose out of the Catholic Church.
And Islam was at one time the world's keeper of ancient wisdom. Islam is why the West was able to develop so well, the Muslims kept the learnings from the Greek world alive during our Dark Ages (not really dark but you get the point).
Sometimes religion can be the home of intellectual pursuits!
Shoring up the faith of jolly fat men come down chimneys bearing gifts as human reproduction medical pseudoscience is a gift of Christian Nation SCOTUS Christiananality pedophilia…..Not all. Christianity in the Medieval period had quite a few great minds working on shoring up the faith using reason and logic. One can argue about the exercise's ultimate utility, but at least they were putting a lot of effort in on the logical construction of their beliefs. And most of the great Western Universities arose out of the Catholic Church.
And Islam was at one time the world's keeper of ancient wisdom. Islam is why the West was able to develop so well, the Muslims kept the learnings from the Greek world alive during our Dark Ages (not really dark but you get the point).
Sometimes religion can be the home of intellectual pursuits!
Nope. The best part of religion is the pancake breakfasts.
right.Correct. In the past, religions resided at the confluence of political power and higher academics.
Today, religions focus on aligning with politics moreso than with any academic discipline.
I would offer the Jesuits as an example of a religious group that historically focuses more on higher learning than on politics or political involvement. The Jesuits stand out because they embrace physics and chemistry with a passion in their zeal to find God in everything. There are no young-earthers among the Jesuits and they are fans of Darwin's theory of evolution (which I mention not because Darwinism is somehow science but to distinguish Jesuits as Christians who embrace the theory). The Jesuits brought us Baroque architecture and construction which emerged from their advancements in geometry and other disciplines. Of course today you will find the name "Loyola" associated with various universities and carries the connotation of "old school solid education."
On the flip side, the Jesuits are Catholics who take various vows, including a vow of obedience to the Pope. This places Jesuits firmly in the "Satanic" category of most Protestant denominations.