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Debunking A Modern Myth: the Conflict of Religion & Science – Part Two
Sir James Frazer in his monumental work The Golden Bough managed to pollute the intellectual atmosphere of the world in a way few have rivaled; he did to history what Henry Ford did to our lungs. Within months of Frazer publishing his work was torn apart by serious anthropologists, but it was popular, and went through edition after edition Continue reading
Posted in Debunking myths, History, Religion, Science
Tagged Conflict Hypothesis, Debunking myths, historicism, historicist ideas, history of science, make love and war, Mythology, Philosophy of science, pseudohistory, Religion and Science, religion as primitive science, Science and Religion, Science in the bible, Sir James Frazer, The Golden Bough, Timothy O'Neil
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