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Great Myths #16: The Conflict Thesis

https://historyforatheists.com/2025/08/the-great-myths-16-the-conflict-between-science-and-religion/
17•stone-on-stone•2d ago

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throw0101a•2h ago
Other posts in the 'series':

    The Great Myths 1: The Medieval Flat Earth
    The Great Myths 2: Christmas, Mithras and Paganism
    The Great Myths 3: Giordano Bruno was a Martyr for Science
    The Great Myths 4: Constantine, Nicea and the Bible
    The Great Myths 5: The Destruction of the Great Library of Alexandria
    The Great Myths 6: Copernicus’ Deathbed Publication
    The Great Myths 7: “Hitler’s Pope”?
    The Great Myths 8: The Loss of Ancient Learning
    The Great Myths 9: Hypatia of Alexandria
    The Great Myths 10: Soviet Atheism
    The Great Myths 11: Biblical Literalism
    The Great Myths 12: Religious Wars and Violence
    The Great Myths 13: The Renaissance Myth
    The Great Myths 14: ‘The Inquisition’ – Myths and History
    The Great Myths 15: What about the ‘Dark Ages’?
    The Great Myths 16: The Conflict Between Science and Religion
* https://historyforatheists.com/the-great-myths/

He also has some good interviews (with authors) on his Youtube channel:

* https://www.youtube.com/@historyforatheists9363/videos

* https://historyforatheists.com/video-channel-2/

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https://developers.googleblog.com/en/introducing-gemma-3-270m/
139•meetpateltech•1h ago•49 comments

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https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/08/14/meta-robby-starbuck-ai/
40•pentacent_hq•17m ago•3 comments

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167•thm•4h ago•89 comments

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157•breve•5h ago•33 comments

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180•whicks•2h ago•71 comments

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29•mschuster91•59m ago•16 comments

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361•ingve•2d ago•130 comments

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1•niharparikh•52m ago

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28•mahmoud-almadi•2h ago•8 comments

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282•lemper•8h ago•104 comments

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69•vinnyhaps•3h ago•29 comments

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170•us-merul•3d ago•54 comments

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143•todsacerdoti•6h ago•24 comments

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5•jackdoe•2d ago•0 comments

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120•_delirium•4h ago•65 comments

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23•habedi0•2d ago•0 comments

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302•amarcheschi•7h ago•170 comments

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20•bobsingor•2h ago•6 comments

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35•ryandotsmith•2d ago•7 comments

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84•ingve•4h ago•72 comments

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193•pabs3•14h ago•88 comments

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140•teleforce•5h ago•38 comments

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212•pranay01•15h ago•230 comments

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32•pjmlp•2h ago•22 comments

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136•blackmanta•14h ago•36 comments

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7•Degenerative•2d ago•5 comments

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281•srid•4h ago•182 comments

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88•richmans•2d ago•14 comments

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59•handfuloflight•12h ago•29 comments

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106•skar01•1d ago•87 comments