[reasonisfaith]

Although according to post #33, he was Catholic.

Bottom line, it’s probably a bit trivial to pick on the author for including Descartes.

And the whole Descartes question has no bearing on the larger point that western science is a direct result of Christian culture.

[marktwain]

And the whole Descartes question has no bearing on the larger point that western science is a direct result of Christian culture.

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Precisely. Descartes himself was a direct result of Christian culture.