In the same context the thoughts of Copernicus and Gallileo came to my mind.
<< I was wondering that out of the comprehensive list you have posted for my perusal, how many people actually attributed their success to the Judeo-Christian values?
In the same context the thoughts of Copernicus and Gallileo came to my mind. >>
At a pinch I'd probably suggest that about half of them may have been so moved and insofar as Copernicus and Galileo are concerned that fact remains their work progressed in the environmement of relative freedom that prevailed only in those parts of the planet in which such values formed the basis of Law.
Charley Darwin, to whom I also awarded a Jersey -- or with due deference to the [Superior] game of flanneled fools -- a cap -- most certainly struggled with his faith while also appearing to be turning it upon its ear!
[He didn't, I would contend, for who am I to know how long was God's day?]
And you and I both know that the only sure-fire way to guarantee, first the attention of and in the end the certain hatred of our fellows, is to do for them .... um .... pretty much anything at all!
As you, just by way of being as bright as I suspect you may indeed very well be, have most certainly experienced.
For as a Man, who spent the first thirty years of His life in a carpenter's shop, who never wrote a book nor owned a house, was dead by the age of thirty three and never said much other than, "Love one another," once observed:
"If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you." -- [ John 15:18-19]
For: "A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country."" -- [Matthew 13:57]
And among his own family.
Blessings -- Brian