AFTER a detailed review of British History, including everything from the Romans to Mrs Thatcher, CT Riley (HAS, Mar 10) asserts the Christian Church is unable "to defend itself against history, science and mythology".
Come again? Have I missed something? Just what connection is there between this assertion and what had led up to it? Other than in their both being completely inaccurate and relying more on Communist invention than historical fact.
Leaving that aside, it cannot be emphasised enough that, in the West, scientific progress has almost invariably gone hand-in-hand with theology. That was true of the origins of Western science in the work done in applied mathematics and inductive logic in the 14th Century at the universities of Oxford and Paris, both places then being run by the Catholic Church - and it is true today.
The supposed conflict between science and religion is a myth, due largely to people expressing their opinions without first bothering to ascertain the relevant facts.
Tony Kelly, Crook.
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