... degree of agnosticism, atheism and the absence of the sacred. As the modern age began, religion (particularly Christianity) resisted the cosmological observations and theories of scientists (consider the case of Galileo) because of a perceived opposition to and discrediting of certain biblical and theological propositions. This pattern of responses to science would have negative results down to the present time. It was ... ...

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... . The role of the church in pre-modern Europe was to keep the deck of cards in reasonable order, which is why Cardinal Bellarmine and other prelates tried to prevent Galileo from shuffling the deck (59)." Postman had the difficult task of writing a book concerning the very complicated subject of Technology and its severe effects on society. His clever writing style ... ...

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... Stoic religion emphasized an "eternal cosmic cycle of birth, expansion, conflagration, contraction, and regeneration.""3 This cycle of the cosmos was later applied to the behavior of the universe and life. Galileo supported this concept through his telescope discoveries of the orbiting moons and planets. This displayed the cycle in which the planets move. The application of religious doctrines to science also ... ...

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... not being a God fearing Christian would brand you heretical and all your theories would be dismissed as the work of the devil, irregardless of how correct they may be. If Galileo was excommunicated because of his work (and he was a good church going catholic) what would happen to an atheist? Such a person would have to live in exile for fear of ... ...

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