The antiquity of man from the point of view of religion : in answer to Mr. S. Laing's Modern science and modern thought / by F. Hugh Capron.

  • Capron, F. Hugh (Frederick Hugh), 1857-1955.
Date:
1892
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    CHAPTER I. THE SCIENTIFIC VIEW OF THE PROBLEM. P'oR more than two thousand years the Intellectual World has been divided into two hostile camps. For more than two thousand years Religion and Science have been advancing rival claims to the credence of mankind, with a measure of success which has been very differently estimated by the votaries of either Cause. It appears to be the fate of every Religion sooner or later to meet with a violent opposition from the scientific minds of the day. The divinities of Greece, and Rome were by no means exempt from the scoffs of heathen philo- sophy ; and Christianity, so far from escaping the general fate, found it necessary even in her earliest utterances to warn her converts against the ‘ oppo- sitions of science falsely so called.’ But now, if we are to believe Mr. Laing, the long struggle is over. Victory has at length declared herself. The fatal blow has been struck ; and, so far, at all events, as Christendom is con- cerned, Religion lies low to rise no more. It must