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Christianity Helped Give Birth to Science: 8 Quick Points

Posted on 2016/06/30 by Saints and Sceptics

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1) Christianity played a crucial role in preserving the intellectual traditions of the classical world, especially Greek natural philosophy. In the Latin West, Benedict of Nursia ensured that monasteries would combine physical labour with study. Muslims probably gained many texts from Nestorian Christians.

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God of the Gaps: Five Problems with a Terrible Slogan

Posted on 2012/10/20 by Graham Veale

Perhaps the most amusing trait of internet atheists is their tendency to dismiss every evidence of God’s existence as a “God-of-the-gaps” argument. Their concern is that “goddidit” is a lazy man’s approach to explaining phenomena; can’t every mystery be erased by invoking an all-powerful, all-knowing creator?

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