The Cartesian view of the universe, i.e it is understandable [View All]

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on the basis of natural laws produced the most profound changes in human civilization by removing divine forces as determinants of our fate.The American continent was shaped by people who believed that human effort and thinking would be able to transform our world any way we liked.Now come the fundamentalists who have Bush's ear saying Darwin's Origin of Species is blasphemous, the world was created in seven days,stem cell reserach is evil because it toys with the intent of the Lord and so on.How long will it be before we too look like another Iran in the grip of religious fanatics?