polite_gandalf wrote on Jul 8
th, 2013 at 1:20pm:
Soren wrote on Jul 7
th, 2013 at 8:42pm:
It's not laughable.
Islam's intellectual history is cringeworthy.
What exactly is it about initiating the greatest translation program the world had ever seen - that sparked a great scientific and philosophical flowering do you find "cringeworthy"?
Once again, from the encyclopedia you were so eager to quote before:
Quote:[the arab conquerors] were eager learners. Inspired the richness of the civilizations they were now encountering for the first time, and explicitly encouraged by the Qur'an to seek knowledge wherever it could be found, they began a huge campaign to acquire the learning of the nations under their rule and naturally turned to translation as the means by which the new sources of knowledge could be accessed
When i hear muslims crapping on about the golden age of science which was how many centuries ago it reminds me of those bald fat middle aged men who carry on about how good they were in their youth.
The most recent contributions to science from muslims were how many hundreds of years ago?
If Islamic science was so good why has there been nothing from the Islamic world for the last few hundred years in science?
Australia has bought the Heron remote piloted vehicle (drones) from Israel,do any muslim majority country make aircraft or did they give up after that muslim left a bloodstain on the pavement?
What electronic devices devices have been patented by muslims?none zip zilch?
2 Israelis hold the patent for USB flash drives, how many muslims own USB flash drives while being critical of the yahud?
Your link says arab conquerors, can we use this as evidence of muslims conquering other more advanced societies?
Your link indicates the muslims had fallen behind in the knowledge department and they used conquered cultures to catch up,there has been no conquering by muslims for many hundreds of years could this be why they have fallen behind again?