Blog: Reading due February 4th
Strayer, Chapter 15 (740-752)
Chapter 15 talked about the birth
of Modern Science. I loved reading about it by the way. During this time,
around the sixteenth century, people still believed in the spread of Christianity.
But something new was also becoming pretty popular: science. Yeah, the
scientific revolution took place between the mid-sixteenth century and early
eighteenth centuries. I liked how there was a switch from the bible to science…
things like experiments, observations, and studies started happening. Now, it wasn’t
the bible that answered all the questions. This happened in Europe. Why Europe?
Its funny because I was talking to my dad about this earlier in the month. Why
did all these things happen in Europe? Well, because in other parts of the
world, there was still that belief that the bible, God’s words/ teachings were
the way to live by (like the Quran); “May God protect us from useless knowledge”
(741).
The chapter talks about the
scientific revolution challenging or changing the ways (beliefs) of the church
(in a way). The revolution also had people question everything else, it
challenged the understanding people had of the universe. Thus, the revolution,
in the long run, became accepted globally.
Personally, I believe this was
huge. I think the reason the developed countries are at a bigger advantage is
because they allowed this “question the church” or “challenge the church”. Now,
I’m sure this was not easy for Europe. But it was definitely easier for men to
put out their science work rather that people from Islam. Because of science
and the challenge with the church beliefs, education started trending. There
were universities and students could study things besides what the church
authorities told them.
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