Science and religion: The big lies
by Peter Mullen, The Conservative Woman:
WHEN I was in my teens and flexing my muscles in the back streets of Leeds, my dad gave me some good advice: ‘Never argue with a drunk.’ I’ve learned that there are others with whom it is unadvisable – nay, impossible – to argue. Among them are those who complained that a recent theological piece I wrote for TCW was ‘showering is us with religious rubbish . . . beliefs of fairyland . . . the sacrifice of our capacity for critical thinking’.
Piffle spouted by ignoramuses. Here’s why . . .
The biggest issue in public debate today is the relationship between science and religion. It is a difficult subject made treacherous by opponents of the Christian faith who spread lies about both Christianity and science with the deliberate aim of destroying our faith.
The first big lie is that the scientific revolution of the Renaissance and the Enlightenment banished the gloom and superstition of the Dark Ages and the Medieval period. In fact the so-called Dark Ages were not dark at all: they were a period of astonishing technological progress. For example, the Battle of Tours in AD 732 was the first occasion when knights fought in full armour. They could do so because of the invention of stirrups and the Norman saddle. The ancient Romans had neither stirrups nor an effective saddle, so a knight trying to wield his lance would only fall off.
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