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Originally Posted by Paul M
Maybe I missed a post, but how exactly is that relevant ? - Are the Faraday Institute trying to imply that had these 'scientists' not held such beliefs then they wouldn't have made any scientific discoveries ?
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The full research isn't online - you have to buy it. So, I can't outline the entirety of what they are saying. However from other occasions I've heard this said, the basic thrust of it is, many of the great scientists in our history were motivated by their religious conviction. They wanted to explore and explain the universe because of their faith, not in spite of it, and belived that they were honouring God in discovering how he made the universe tick and being in awe of him for it.
I don't believe anyone is saying Faraday wouldn't have made any discoveries had he not been religious. However your question misunderstands the point that Ramrod made and my reply to it. Ramrod suggested that religion has been a dampener on scientific discovery, whereas it can be shown that many scientists were motivated to make scientific discovery
because of their religion.
As a sweeping generalisation, his claim is pretty easy to shoot down.