The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-26
RELIGION AND SCIENCE.
, NEW VIEW or A sUBJECT LONG
DISCUSSED.
Pref. Edward q. Hoiden on the so-CsIicd
warfare Between Religion and Science
The Real Conflict Between Isnor.
.pce and Enlightenment - Calico.

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,hon,ar,. "Y, "na. .iuinon oi s'enee over
-n,s ~ go, luz. uan, tne" treatment
~ " IN" ,' u,,,ss.eu nus science
i'sn'' 'tnto'osy always interfering;
superstition, 49, ''' '''e '''' away VII"
The real eonhic' of the ages has been be-
olory; sometimes IL has been In the field Of
, ra.a The wa ,II has nearly alw.y.
tween science and seudo-.cience. ., occs.
.cienee Tsunlly. However the ala. -.
ploialy marked o. The ,h.olorians Of any
only ,Scs. fse1 sot and
sns s't wa. o snisIW cor. aoon .SnvsrssIy.
odrsneemsn, and cared potsinp a ~, own v
itrion a such. ' '" "''"s '0' re-
ngurs Of the earth rpttores man h. ., me
the earth 70 be Hat; the sky to hang above
canopy or to hang from il. a. the Arab.
-ettlng; from east to west. Now this was
for .rsry 's ssc, .na
tutorsd man. 4 theory is perfect when q
future pSsnomsnon can b. predicted before.
De observed. This was then. at the time
perfect thsory; u needed no apologies.
Ahstltcpus eoa osue' viesAs sss .nai TOE
&c af s and sss g.
vsn. but no better. They DID not know
4 matter, Of importsncs must be here al
tsas tSs1s o 2, ons have
a UNIQUE solution Theory" Modern
Anything loss dsdnss i. a proVisiossl .hypots.
ei;," Now. the theorie. OF the ancients
we're generally held y them primarily a.
hynotheses Their whole sttitude toward
, ,t !nty was. In physical science. entirely
different from ours. II has required all the
centuries N teaeh US our Lesson OF innrliclt
TUT In scientific methods. In general.
phy'icai theory stt-Ibuted 70 one OF the
an Gent. wa. held BY him as We hold an hyroth-
esis.. IL mirht be %: II probably was 40;
bpt he was not ready % DIE for II.
The earlier fathers OF the Christian Church
took soma ono view some another ~ the
shape OF the envtN. st. Aueushle tolerated
\. and said at the same time: what concern
. II 70 me las theolnrian. he mesntl whether
ne heavens as a sphere enclose the earth AZ
he Middle Of the world. or cyerhanr " on
'epsern e ths Bishop Of Hippo r. thai tirs.
mission ~ the CHURCH in. the NTH century
Dsssns and barbarians. II, ives o mishsy
nitro energy Of all churchmen " was OF
infinitely small tmportsnce. then. whether
he barbarians were crowded together on q
tat, or on a sphertcal earth. The entire
ndiference Of chuTchmen, then and later.
o purely scientific matters is q fact TO be
iep' In mind
The theory Of a fat sa,th was enforced
rsyptan monL and traveller Cosmss .fndi-
,opleustes The warfare f-snisnee bcoks
-eu his theory as nnonkish because II ts
vroneL Brt he was = great traveller, ard
70 was rep"ted scientific in hie tirnc His
heory agreed well enov ch with the sim pier
sets es he knew them. although L. cannot