Hi !

The steady advancement of science, while religious thought remains mired in the Middle Ages.

GOOD GOLLY, Don't you know that we have ANCIENT writings from the catacombs with the word YESHUA written on them!

By the way, I believe Ceasars history was recorded 1,ooo years AFTER he existed. Do we question his existance?

Witnesses, *500* at ONE TIME

ARE you AWARE that If it was not for religious thought Science would not even EXIST?

Well since Yeshua (Joshua) was a very common name why are you surprised by this?

But we have ample contemporary references to Julius Caesar, and some of his writings. Here is an extract from Francesco Petrarca's Letter to the Roman Emperor Charles IV in 1355, quoted in A Renaissance Sense of the Past Peter Burke Edward Arnold London, 1969.'I own a number of Julius Caesar's personal letters. His speeches, many of which are to be found in the works of Lucan and other writers, and one in Sallust, were not composed by him, but by those writers themselves. But he dictated his letters in person. Here is an example.Caesar to Oppius and Cornelius, greetings. I am most glad to learn from your letters that you approve completely of what was done at Confinium. I should be glad of your advice, all the more because I plan to do something that I sarcely pprove of myselfThere are a few more examples in the book. Caesar is very well attested to as an historical figure, the appeals of certain apologetic websites to the lack of sources for Caesar are simply down to poor scholarship or being too lazy to research the subject themselves they just repeat these amateur errors ad infinitum!.

yeah, I'm very aware. Islamic scientists were phenominal astronomers. We still use most of their star names. Chinese medicine came to be very well developed from their religious philosophies. European Christianity preserved most of the works of Greek philosophers, but added little else to science.The question is, what's happened since? Why is modern fundamentalist Chrisianity so anti-science? Absolutely nothing you've brought up has anything to do with the modern relationship of science and religion.

The ascension of the Prophet Muhammed was witnessed by hundreds. Do you follow the teachings of the Qur'an?

There are numerous witnesses attesting to the validity of the Greek gods. For instance, the runner who was delivering a message to Marathon stopped along the way and talked to Pan. Do you believe in the Greek gods?

Many unexplained miracles have been attributed to the Dali Lama. Are you Buddhist?

See what I'm getting at? Eyewitness accounts in religious documents PROVE nothing. We can't KNOW exact events unless they are recorded in a non-biased manner. What we BELIEVE, however, is up to us. Hence the inalienable right to freely practice religion.

Wise, maybe you could provide "some" of the names of these 500 witnesses and references to anything they might have written concerning their eyewitness accounts?You know, 1000 people saw the Great Galactic Goat come down and have tea and crumpets with me. Don't believe me? Why? After all I have said there were 1000 witnesses.

How has Public education been doing lately? Have they been turning out scholars?

At the time the only other schools that existed were military, or physical oriented schools.

Allowed it to flourish

Home School.

Yes, and can you provide *4* different authors with the SAME story?

Prove it. Chapter and verse?

Tell that to professor Greanleaf. Eyewitness accounts by *4* different authors and hosts of other individuals at once mean something. Keep in mind that these individuals gave their very lives for it.