Isaac Newton, as we all know- was a complete dullard.
Anti- Christian bigotry and supine ignorance pervades in our Universities.
History shows contributions of Catholic Church to Western civilization
By Thomas E. Woods The Free Lance-Star (Fredericksburg, Va.)
Wednesday, Dec. 28 2011
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/print/700210479/Commentary-History-shows-contributions-of-Catholic-Church-to-Western-civilization.html
TOPEKA, Kan. — About the least fashionable thing one can do these days is utter a kind word about the Catholic Church. The idea that the church has been an obstacle to human progress has been elevated to the level of something everybody thinks he knows. But to the contrary, it is to the Catholic Church more than to any other institution that we owe so many of the treasures of Western civilization. Knowingly or not, scholars operated for two centuries under an Enlightenment prejudice that assumes all progress to come from religious skeptics, and that whatever the church touches is backward, superstitious, even barbaric.
Since the mid-20th century, this unscholarly prejudice has thankfully begun to melt away, and professors of a variety of religious backgrounds, or none at all, increasingly acknowledge the church’s contributions.
Nowhere has the revision of what we thought we knew been more dramatic than in the study of the history of science.
We all remember what we learned in fourth grade: While scientists were bravely trying to uncover truths about the universe and improve our quality of life, stupid churchmen who hated reason and simply wanted the faithful to shut up and obey placed a ceaseless stream of obstacles in their path.