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I'm not sure how one quantifies data to arrive at a conclusion that  
"Christians and governments that allowed Christianity have made the  
scientific discoveries that we base much of our science theories on  
today,"  but I think Galileo and Copernicus might disagree.  Many  
Muslims and Buddhists and Taoists and Hindus might say the same  
thing, swapping their religion for "Christian."

The list at the other end of Martin's link has only one (broken) link  
and no other mention of the oft-cited and absolutely essential  
contributions of Islamic cultures to mathematics.  You can google  
"islam mathematics" or read about it on the wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_mathematics

The list practically skips Asian cultures altogether.  Joseph Needham  
wrote the classic seven volume "Science and Civilisation in China," a  
compendium of his life research on Chinese discovery and invention.
http://www.nri.org.uk/science.html

Jason


On Jan 2, 2007, at 1:25 PM, martin weiss wrote:

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> Nancy;
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> Read: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/science/sciencesbook.html#Islam
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> to understand that western religious thought is not the basis of  
> scientific discoveries.
>
>
> Martin
>
>>
>>
>>
>> One last note, as a science educator, science history shows  
>> Christians
>> and governments that allowed Christianity have made the scientific
>> discoveries that we base much of our science theories and concepts on
>> today. As a Christian, I figure if God gives people the right to  
>> choose
>> him or not choose him, so should I.
>>
>>
>> Nancy Van Beek
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