Islam Creator of the Modern Age
1. Islam: Creator of the Modern Age
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attitude becomes unreal. He becomes a thing
displaced and disjointed, which cannot be in accord
with the universe of facts. His whole life, instead of
taking the course of reality, takes the course of
supposition.
Here is an example to illustrate this point. The
Christians’ belief in the Trinity made them suppose
Christ, the son of Mary, to be God. Christ was, in
reality, the son of Mary. But the Christians,
exaggerating his importance, gave him the status of
the son of God. They accorded to him the greatness
of which only one God is deserving—He who is the
creator of all human beings, including Christ.
As a result of this belief, they found themselves
beset by great contradictions, one of which
stemmed from their determination to view the solar
system as a theological matter.
The ancient astronomer Ptolemy (90-168), who was
born in Greece, carried out research in the time of
Alexander the Great, writing a lengthy book in
Latin, in which he advanced the theory that the
earth was static and that the sun, moon and planets
revolved around it. Thanks to the patronage of the
