Name: History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science
Author: John William Draper
ISBN: 978-1426400445

History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science

By John William Draper 7 Dec, 2020

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A great book in terms of the science, but Draper was a man of his time and was heavily influenced by a strong aversion to Catholicism, characteristic of 19th century anti-clericalism. His assertion that Catholics worship Mary is as wrong as to assert that Muslims worship Muhammad - neither believe they are gods and reserve that act of faith for God alone. He was also selective in his choice of examples, he failed to mention that the fathers of most scientific disciplines were themselves believers, and indeed, clerics/priests, eg Mendel, father of genetics, and that Darwin was an Anglican priest. He failed to account for the fact that the renaissance happened in catholic Italy and modernity in Christian Europe. He failed to mention the universities, schools, hospitals and early industries which were begun by the church out of which the later developments grew. He also failed to recognise that the actions of the laity of the church represents the church, not just the church clerics. In any case, the Church learned from its mistakes and it was a pity the author didn't live to see a Fr George Lemaitre formulate the Big Bang theory in the 20th century. Less

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