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To: ndt
Yes, because religion dogma has led to the great scientific advances of ... err... ummm... Care to name any?

It makes sense to listen to folks who are both religious and scientific, if we are discussing God and science.

Among the great polymaths of the Scientific Revolution, Copernicus was a mathematician, astronomer, jurist, physician, classical scholar, Catholic cleric, governor, administrator, military leader, diplomat and economist. Amid his extensive responsibilities, astronomy figured as little more than an avocation.

25 posted on 05/21/2007 10:50:56 AM PDT by syriacus (Shock a lib today. Hand them a copy of the censorship rules imposed by Truman's govt in Jan., 1951.)
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To: syriacus
"Copernicus..."

I missed your Copernicus post, but ditto for him. A religious scientist does not equal science based on religion.

Do you also think math is based on Islam?
51 posted on 05/21/2007 3:48:40 PM PDT by ndt
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