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originally posted in: Are science and religion compatible?
Edited by challengerX: 8/9/2013 8:58:02 AM
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Technically? No. Realistically? Yes. Algebra? Invented by Iranian Muslims hundreds of years ago. And then there's Einstein. There's proof.
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  • [quote]Algebra? Invented by Iranian Muslims hundreds of years ago. And then there's Einstein. There's proof.[/quote]...?

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  • [quote]The word algebra comes from the Arabic language (الجبر al-jabr "restoration") and much of its methods from Arabic/Islamic mathematics. [/quote] [quote]Abū ʿAbdallāh Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmi عَبْدَالله مُحَمَّد بِن مُوسَى اَلْخْوَارِزْمِي‎ was a Persian[1][2] mathematician, astronomer and geographer during the Abbasid Empire, a scholar in the House of Wisdom in Baghdad.[/quote] [quote]Al-Khwārizmī's contributions to mathematics, geography, astronomy, and cartography established the basis for innovation in algebra and trigonometry. His systematic approach to solving linear and quadratic equations led to algebra, a word derived from the title of his 830 book on the subject, "The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing" (al-Kitab al-mukhtasar fi hisab al-jabr wa'l-muqabalaالكتاب المختصر في حساب الجبر والمقابلة).[/quote]

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  • I still don't see the connection. Sure, the people who developed various mathematical and scientific concepts were religious, but I assume the title of the thread is referring to the concept of religion itself, not the fact that some people who helped develop science were also religious.

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  • The OP is asking if religion and science are compatible. I'm providing proof that they are compatible. What's not to understand?

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  • You didn't read my post. We're talking about concepts, not people.

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