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> "Christianity is sheltered in the strong arms of science, the science against which it (Islam) has vainly struggled" I think this means that Christianity is
by nashashmi 11y ago
> "Christianity is sheltered in the strong arms of science, the science against which it (Islam) has vainly struggled"
I think this means that Christianity is "tamed" by the doubts science has laid on it. And that science does not seem to reign Islam much.
- gotchange 11y agoMuslims embraced science before Christians ever thought about it and Al-Andalus rule in Iberia and the scientific development overseen by Muslims there is a great testament to my viewpoint. Furthermore, Islam had a reformation movement albeit unsuccessful hundreds of years [0] before Christendom is engulfed in reformation debates (wars). [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mu%CA%BFtazila https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mu%CA%BFtazila
- dogma1138 11y agoYes but as the Christian world was coming out of the dark ages the Islamic world went into one and has yet to emerge from it.