re: #210 c6gunner

Also nonsense. The Greeks and Romans had a good start on that, until Christians destroyed Alexandria and turned the Roman empire into an oppressive theocracy. Ok, so they turned it back around a thousand years later. Yippee. Your point is still wrong.

CHRISTIANS destroyed Alexandria?

Wikipedia

“The destruction of the library is attributed by some historians to a period of civil war in the late 3rd century AD — but we know that the Museum, which was adjacent to the library, survived until the 4th century. There are also allegations dating to medieval times that claim that Caliph Omar, during an invasion in the 7th century, ordered the Library to be destroyed, but these claims are generally regarded as a Christian attack on Muslims, and include many indications of fabrication, such as the claim that the contents of the Library took six months to burn in Alexandria’s public baths. The legend of Caliph Omar’s destruction of the library provides the classical example of a dilemma: Omar is reported to have said that if the books of the library did not contain the teachings of the Qur’an, they were useless and should be destroyed; if the books did contain the teachings of the Qur’an, they were superfluous and should be destroyed.”