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Originally Posted by Ramrod
erm....in the olden days, everyone had to profess religious faith or they were very likely to find themselves being burned to death......because religion is oh so very tolerant of unbelievers 
It's a bit like saying breathing is responsible for scientific invention because all the scientists who have ever lived have breathed..... |
I get the feeling you're not in the mood for a calm and rational exchange of ideas today.
Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch-hunt
Doesn't really match up with the period of scientific discovery in which Faraday and others were working. And your parallel with breathing ... sorry, but that's just silly.
I don't really have time to spend the afternoon Googling for pages that demonstrate you're simply deploying assumptions and prejudices in place of reasoned argument, much as it's fun.