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For the Love of Ideas
In 1633, Galileo Galilei was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Catholic Church for his fathering of the scientific method.
In 1543, Nicholas Copernicus' De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium, told the world that the Earth revolves around the Sun and not vice versa. Martin Luther, who began the Protestant Reformation, denounced Copernicus' work and the Catholic Church banned it altogether.
Medical stagnation in the Middle Ages mostly owed to the Church's prohibitions. Superstition reigned supreme and scientific study was silenced. The list goes on. Science and Christianity historically have not mixed well.
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The same is true in the modern day. Some believers in science stigmatise people of faith; often immediately discarding their views due to suspicion of religious influence. When is the last time you heard an MP openly admit an argument they make in Parliament is religiously motivated?
The Old and New Testaments of the Bible on display at the Victorian & Albert Museum
Some parts of the world are seeing science and Christianity clash on a more frequent and radical basis than ever before. Other parts are witnessing an ever-growing collaboration. But where does this clashing and collaboration occur, and what does the future hold for these historically fractious neighbours?
The five main points of contention between science and Christianity this
programme concentrates on are:
1. Evidence used by one to justify its beliefs as true knowledge.
2. Claims of being absolutely, literally true.
3. Segregation caused.
4. Centralised power held by institutions of each.
5. Contradictions in the sacred texts.
Can these old nemeses become new allies?
In this programme, I look into the biggest grudges science and Christianity have conventionally held. I speak to Christian officials, atheists, professors and followers of the faith.
A 3D model of Copernicus' now widely accepted thoery of Heliocentrisim.
'Jesus Loves You': A Woman Holds her Bible to the Heavens at a Spanish Christian Rally
Music by: Lee Rosevere