"In 1667 Abraham Milius published at Geneva his book on The Origin of Animals and the Migrations of Peoples This book shows like that of Acosta the shock and strain to which the discovery of America subjected the received theological scheme of things. ...Milius especially grapples is the distribution of animals. ...he asks, "What of the beasts which neither fly nor swim?" ...As to fishes he says, "They are very averse to wandering from their native waters." ...he asks: "Who would like to get different sorts of lions, bears, tigers, and other ferocious and noxious creatures on board ship? Who would trust himself with them, and who would wish to plant colonies of such creatures in new desirable lands?" His conclusion is that plants and animals take their origin in the lands wherein they are found; an opinion which he supports by quoting from the two narrations in Genesis passages which imply generative force in earth and water."
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A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom
A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom was written 1896 by Andrew Dickson White, and was the culmination of over thirty years of research and publication on the conflict thesis. His research was stimulated by difficulties in assisting Ezra Cornell in the establishment of Cornell University to be free from official religious affiliation. The following quotes are from the 1922 edition of Volume 1 and the 1920 edition of Volume 2. The "warfare" characterization has been di
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