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Originally Posted by ynwa03
I don't know about you but it's stupid to separate science and religion like they can never coexist or never have. Many people of faith are scientist and believe in the scientific method. Those charts are kind of a smug shot at religions.
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Thats not the point I was trying to make. Lets take it a step further.
Do you believe in flying horses?
Do you believe that angels talk to people and provide them with information to write a holy tome?
If your answer is yes to either then how do you support it using the chart on the left?
I can also use the following:
Do you believe that man was created from dirt and woman from the rib of man?
Do you believe in the story of Noahs Ark?
Do you believe that a holy man walked on water?
If yes to any of the above how do you support it using the chart on the left?
The fact that ancient Muslims figured out mathematic formulae isnt the point.
We also know that Islam used other sources to help them with their "advanced learning". Their prophet encouraged them to learn from ancient China and Greek scholars. Aristotle was likely the first to suggest that mathematics was the basis for all sciences, Islam used his theories to create Arabic numerals and further expand on its use just as the scientists of the 17th and 18th centuries expanded on and turned ancient science into modern science.