"Mr.T" MrT@home wrote in message
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"Arny Krueger" wrote in message
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The greeks were a diverse lot. Just because some greek someplace thought
that the earth circulated around the sun didn't keep others from
believing
that Icaraus flew so close to the sun that the feathers on his arms
melted
off.

True, but most knew the difference between science and mythology.
I'm sure you do too.

Science and religion started out being almost completely blended
together.
Early technology was practiced by many as a kind of religious rite. Most
universities were run by the Church. Government, Science and Religon were
blended together.

Yes, and not necessarily for the better. Anything that contradicted the
current wisdom was considered heresy.

Agreed - why the founders of the US settled on religious freedom and
separation of church and state.

And for much of that, priests promoted themselves as the
"scientific establishment", and holders of all wisdom.

That was simply how things were. During the dark ages the churches were
the
places where ancient scientific wisdom was preserved and practiced.

In fact the dark ages was all about them NOT wanting any alternate wisdom
to
be preserved.

The dark ages were about european culture being forced into dire subsistance
mode by a number of natural and man-made disasters. There was the mini ice
age, and there were plagues due to poorly-designed water supplies,
transportation and housing. There was pressure from the Moslems. Politics
was dominated by people who didn't really know what they were doing
organizationally, and wrapped themselves up in religious rhetoric to cover
the slack.

TV faith healers are an aberration, not the mainstream of people of
faith.

Agreed, just like vinylista's are not the mainstream of music listeners
:-)

We're clearly on the same page here! ;-)