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“One of the occupational hazards of being an atheist and secular humanist who hangs around on discussion boards is to encounter a staggering level of historical illiteracy. I like to console myself that many of the people on such boards have come to their atheism via the study of science and so, even if they are quite learned in things like geology and biology, usually have a grasp of history stunted at about high school level. I generally do this because the alternative is to admit that the average person's grasp of history and how history is studied is so utterly feeble as to be totally depressing.” [b]~ Tim O'Neill[/b] in [i]“ The Dark Age Myth: An Atheist Reviews 'God’s Philosophers'”[/i] [c=#BF0000]http://bit.ly/2pXmYtV[/c]

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sunrisehawk · 61-69, M

It isn't just atheists who are deficient in a working knowledge of history.

I'm still amazed that people will pick up a fact and not be curious about why or how that fact happened.. Context and cause and effect seem critical if you desire to understand....

Kathryn05 · 41-45, F

I would lay this at the feet of the modern education system and the drumming into kids heads that science is the only true path to a good job. History and the humanities have really suffered as a result.

ArnoldJRimmer · 56-60, M

history is an uphill battle. most cannot grasp how events of the past got us to where we are now.

Quoththeraven

Science is the pursuit of truth. All truth will be eventually be brought into the light🙂

beckychandler · F

@Quoththeraven: That is Scientism, not Science -- Science is simply the study of the material world. You, like many have elevated it into an ideology or a religion. Did you know that there would be no science if it was not for Christianity? Science was stillborn in other cultures and born of Christianity, specifically Catholicism.
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