On the Flat Earth Myth
Did Columbus have trouble getting his voyage funded because everyone believed in flat earth? I was taught that in school. But it is a piece of anti-medieval slander, perpetrated by people like Andrew Dickson White.
Are there myths today that advocates of religion-science warfare like to propagate?
Are there myths today that advocates of religion-science warfare like to propagate?
Labels: anti-religious propaganda, flat earth
posted by Victor Reppert @ 11:10 AM
7 Comments:
At April 07, 2009 12:49 PM ,
Mike Darus said...
What do you mean, "myth"? I grew up in Zion, Illinois and attended the church that Wilbur Glen Voliva had pastored before I was born. He was the president of the Flat Earth Society.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilbur_Glenn_Voliva
This does not nullify your point but rather substaniates it. You can find somebody for ANY position.
At April 07, 2009 1:24 PM ,
Jeff Carter said...
I find the most laughable myth is that rational atheists are "brights" and believers are "dulls."
At April 07, 2009 1:45 PM ,
Rob G said...
The most persistent and widespread myth is the one about Galileo: the progress of science being opposed by the backwards, anti-science Catholic Church. For a much more nuanced and historically accurate picture, see the book GALILEO IN ROME by Shea and Artigas
At April 07, 2009 3:03 PM ,
unkle e said...
I have read of many such myths. A good source is the Quodlibeta blog, written by four "clerks", two of whom are historians. Some examples:
the exaggeration of christian opposition to evolution
supposed christian opposition to vaccination and the use of chloroform to relieve pain during childbirth
Columbus and the flat earth
the faith (or otherwise) of Adolf Hitler
myths about the persecution of Giordano Bruno
I recommend the blog as a useful adjunct to Dangerous Idea.
At April 08, 2009 6:43 AM ,
Rob G said...
David Bentley Hart's new book 'Atheist Delusions' (Yale) is replete with examples of modern atheism's "myths" about theism and Christianity.
At April 08, 2009 11:50 AM ,
Victor Reppert said...
I've always found it easy to understand why the Flat Earth Society should have been founded in Illinois.
At February 14, 2011 9:08 PM ,
Edward T. Babinski said...
The Flat Earth Myth? It's true that Columbus and most Church Fathers were not flat earthers, but don't start cheering just yet. . .
http://edward-t-babinski.blogspot.com/2011/02/flat-earth-myth-its-true-that-columbus.html
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