Are science and religion at war?

Science and Christianity are often depicted as mortal enemies. After all, the Christian church taught for centuries that the earth was flat, and did everything in its power to stifle scientific development... didn't it? In fact, the conflict thesis is a narrow view of the history of science and religion, and is rejected by the majority of modern historians. As historian Gary Ferngren writes,
== A short history of the idea ==
Up until the late 1800's the church was seen as a big supporter of science. The idea that science and religion (more specifically Christianity) were in conflict was popularized by Draper and White.
In his book History of the Conflict between Religion and Science (1874) Draper wrote that religion and science are "absolutely incompatible; they cannot exist together". He expressed the view that science and religion could never be compatible. Since the Roman empire, Christianity (and catholics in particular) had been trying to stifle science:
In 1896, Andrew Dickson White published his History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom.
== The flat earth ==
== Alternative models ==
== References ==
== Links ==
* Conflict Thesis on Wikipedia.
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