Islam Creator of the Modern Age
1. Islam: Creator of the Modern Age
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According to the old cosmology the Earth was
the centre of the universe, man was the
highest creature of this Earth, and his
salvation was the central event in heaven and
on Earth. The discovery that the Earth is only
one planet among others that rotate around
the sun, and that the sun is only an
insignificant star among the innumerable
galaxies of the cosmos, has shaken the old
understanding of man. If the Earth, compared
to the huge expanses of the universe, was only
a speck of dust in the structure of the
macrocosm, Newton and others began to
explore the question of how man, the dust of
dust, could continue to claim the holy
privilege that he and his fame were the goal
and culmination of God’s actions.
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The Christians held Christ to be a part of the holy
Trinity and developed the concept that the most
important event of history ever to take place on
earth was the crucifixion of God’s son for the
atonement of man’s sins. In this way, the earth came
to hold a sacred position in their set of beliefs. They
offered the most stiff opposition to any such
