Comments on: The Ghost Map: The Story of London’s Most Terrifying Epidemic — and How it Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World

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Chicago Boyz » Blog Archive » Pox Americana, Pox Churchill — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 06:51:56 +0000

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By: Ginny

Ginny — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 03:12:36 +0000

Thanks.

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 00:41:55 +0000

Well if you think that epidemic was something, wait till the muslims take over.

Then you’ll REALLY see something.

And as Bernard Lewis said, “Europe will be islam….”

By: Lexington Green

Lexington Green — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 22:52:41 +0000

“One would like to think that the fundamental values of Christianity will reconcile themselves eventually with the powerful good that can come from scientific understanding.”

It already has, and always has, at least for Catholics. Paragraph 159 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church will stand in for dozens of examples I could cite:

159 Faith and science: “Though faith is above reason, there can never be any real discrepancy between faith and reason. Since the same God who reveals mysteries and infuses faith has bestowed the light of reason on the human mind, God cannot deny himself, nor can truth ever contradict truth.” “Consequently, methodical research in all branches of knowledge, provided it is carried out in a truly scientific manner and does not override moral laws, can never conflict with the faith, because the things of the world and the things of faith derive from the same God. The humble and persevering investigator of the secrets of nature is being led, as it were, by the hand of God in spite of himself, for it is God, the conserver of all things, who made them what they are.

I cannot speak for people who adhere to sola scriptura.

By: James C. Bennett

James C. Bennett — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 21:55:45 +0000

“we’ve yet to have a scholar write a book for the general public on the impact of English Individualism over the last four centuries … there’s just too much of it, I suspect.”

Well, if Claudio Veliz ever gets around to writeing the paper version of his talk on “A World Made in England”, that would be a good start!