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Originally Posted by HPLovecraft
Thomas Aquinas, the great philosopher, certainly wasn't anything mediocre or lacking in ambition. Copernicus first presented his system of the planets circling the sun inside the Vatican, at the behest of the Pope! Bacon, Descartes, Kepler, Sir Isaac Newton
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I've read Aquinas and he's not so great IMO compared to many other philosophers I've read. In fact the Christian philosophers outside of Kierkegaard that I've read paled in comparison to the rest.
The way you present the Copernicus, Church, heliocentric controversy is certainly a flattering one to the Church. The Church most definitely persecuted the idea harshly, perhaps you should read up on Galileo more closely who came after Copernicus and the Galileo affair. That you have the audacity to praise Christianity for the work of scientists who presented ideas that the Church harshly persecuted is bewildering. Where did you learn that history?
Are you really calling on Bacon, Kepler and Newton to support your argument? Many of these examples of yours did not thrive because of the Church or the Bible but because of their intellect and that application of it. That some of them professed to be Christian is not that surprising, you can't expect all scientists and philosophers to have been atheists through the entirety of history would you?
Really bewildering response.