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Old 10-18-2007, 10:20 PM
Splendour Splendour is offline
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Default Re: why does this forum care so much about religion

Thanks for your post tame_deuces.

One of the important ideas expressed in the articles beyond the blatant theistic point of view was the juxtaposition of historical perspectives on mathematics versus current perspectives. This in this day and age could be perceived as a radical/revolutionary paradigm not unlike the rebirth of Renaissance Arts from the Middle Ages. One of the key points these people are making is that there has been a fundamental shift in the approach to mathematics from the way the Ancients approached it. If they are right that this is a mistake then this has been a pretty radical departure and may hold future solutions to questions in mathematics.

Throughout history people have written papers and had the papers dismissed or their ideas were discovered late or their ideas were censored because they didn't agree with the current prevailing political/theological climate. In these particular articles the positional pro-Christian rhetoric is central to the articulation of the ideas they are arguing.
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