Originally Posted by Ramrod

lol......
So religion isn't trying to subvert the theory of evolution as we speak?
Scientific basis for the age of the earth....recognised by fundamentalists? Nope!
Galileo was threatened with death unless he recanted....
Early anatomical study (and hence the progress of medicine) was banned (on pain of burning.......I wonder how many millions have died because of delayed discoveries on that front?
The church persisted in believing that the earth was the center of the universe for a millenium.....setting back astronomy and associated sciences.
Darwins ideas were (and still are)rubbished because god created man, not evolution....
......against this you put the statement that many scientists were religious

I agree, however, that religion was the impertus behind much study but once the study came up with conclusions that religion didn't like then that study and it's conclusions was surpressed.

Originally Posted by Ramrod

<snip>Historically, religion has been a major damper on scientific discovery. From anatomy to medicine to physics to astronomy; religion has proven itself to be a massive negative force....