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Lisa Halverson

Matt J. Rossano: How the Myth of the Flat-Earth Dogma Started the Religion-Science War - 0 views

  • Lactantius was a fourth-century pagan convert to Christianity who took particular delight in arguing against pretty much everything any pagan philosopher ever said, including that the earth was round.
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  • tealthily misrepresent a few church fathers as flat-earthers (Basil, Chrysostom) and to argue that the non-flat-earthers were a few brave soles swimming against a colossal tide.
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  • rigen, Ambrose, Augustine, Clement, and Aquinas
  • . It was a classic fight of good vs. evil, progress vs. regress, ignorance vs. enlightenment -- just what the papers needed to sell copy
  • There never was a flat earth dogma
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  • They fabricated a false history highlighted by a non-existent dogma and used them to brand religion as unceasingly reactionary, dim-witted, and anti-science.
  • Claiming that science and religion have known only unrelenting warfare betrays one's ignorance of history and possibly one's social/political agenda.
  • tarting a war on false pretenses is nothing new. But when a few nineteenth-century academicians declared a science-vs.-religion war, they did us all a disservice.
  • John W. Draper (1811-188
  • Christianity was currently opposing progress because it has always been an impediment to science, reason, and progress. An especially egregious example of this was the Church's insistence on a flat earth,
galencard

Akhenaten - 0 views

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    A site exploring the innovations and dissimilarities presented by the reign of Akhenaten as Pharaoh in Egypt in art and religion.
Jake Kemp

Cardinals - 1 views

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    Provides detailed information about Cardinals and what their responsibilities are.
arholman

Abbey Church of Saint-Denis - 2 views

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    Free Trial Issue Subscribe Back Issue Athena Review, Vol. 4, No. 2 Architecture and Sculpture at the Abbey Church of Saint-Denis Introduction: Rebuilt and enlarged approximately four times from the 7th through 13th centuries, the Abbey Church of Saint-Denis realized its unique status as pioneer in Gothic architecture under the innovative guidance ofAbbot Suger (1122-1151).
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    This article gives a brief history of the creation and use of the church and then a history of the architecture.
Taylor Halverson

Chapter 10: Hellenistic Philosophy and Religion: Ethics, Truth, and Beauty - 0 views

This topic is for key words and great works found in Chapter 10 of the History of Creativity textbook.

Hellenism Philosophy Hellenistic

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Tanner Zylstra

Siddartha Gautama - 0 views

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    The life of Siddartha Gautama(Buddha) is narrated and the religion that he inspired is chronicled in this video by David Grubbin.
hanlutz5

Islam - 0 views

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Sermon on the Mount - 1 views

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    Written by Dr. Bob Zonjic
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    Wonderful resource because it gives a brief summary at the beginning but then it goes into further detail of the entire context of the sermon.
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