[Buddha-l] it's not about belief

[curt]

This site provides a glaring example of the kind of muddled thinking 
that comes from failing to adequately distinguish between Christianity 
and the rest of the world's Religions. Specifically the statement:

"The  history of science is replete with discoveries  that were 
considered socially, morally, or emotionally  dangerous in their time."

applies only to Christendom. There has never been any other Religion - 
not Islam, not Judaism, not Confucianism, not Buddhism, not Hinduism, 
not Paganism, not Zoroastrianism, not Taoism, not Shinto, not Santeria, 
etc - that has ever actively opposed scientific progress - or that has 
viewed scientific discoveries to be "socially, morally, or emotionally 
dangerous." How's that for a strong hypothesis? I would be very 
interested to know of any counter-examples.

The statement quoted also possibly contains an implicit assumption that 
"science" is a uniquely European project that began in the 17th century 
of Our Lord. That would be even worse.

- Curt

Wong Weng Fai wrote:

>This is tangentially related to the discussion, I guess...
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>http://www.edge.org/q2006/q06_index.html
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>W.F. Wong
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