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Originally posted by Dave the Wonder Boy:
Yes, I "really believe this."
klinton, if you look at the histories of Harvard, Princeton and Yale, in the founding of those Universities, you will quickly see this confirmed.
In the age of the Reformation, literacy was promoted by Protestant Christians, so each individual could read the Bible for themselves.

Most of the major scientists until the 20th century were devout Christians. Including Isaac Newton, the founder of modern Mathematics and Physics.
Christianity (and again, in case it's not clear, I'm speaking of the institution, not individual faith in God) has for the most part stood directly in the path of scientific advancement. Things like university and democracy have far older and more pagan origins. Yes, there are some shining examples of christians that accomplished great things in these areas, but they did so largely in opposition to popular christian thinking. Newton himself puplished works declaring that chritianity had lost it's way, and no longer adhered to Christ's intentions.