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Quote by: Century 25  Almost 500 years ago Copernicus knocked one leg out from under the dark-agers, aka: deists. Then came Galileo with his little telescope.. and he floored the dark-agers.. no legs at all to stand on. Renaissance men. And they were hated beyond ones imagination. Why..? Because they showed how wrong the deists had been.. preaching the perfection of 'the heavens'  They were scared crapless.
But.. what are a couple of smart ass scientifically minded guys vs the raging hordes of dark age bible thumpers..? Fortunately the prining press happened to be coming into ever increasing use. Of course, as we know the god industry wasn't gonna step aside. The renaissance was in full force.. and the human minds were like sponges..!! Man.. what a change.. the lights were on..!! People began to deepthink.. bad scene for the deists 
So these turkeys keep hammering away at scientific gains.. as we see - even today. And having a moron that was masquerading as a 'president' for 8 years.. plus he did what he could to subtract away the gains and up and coming technology. The dark-agers abhor stem cell research. Numb nuts Bush axed the shuttle.. could have cared less if Hubble went into the drink.
There have been scientifically brilliant people for centuries. Think of renaissance men like da Vinci. The first mechanical computer - over 2,000 years ago.. with movements as good as a 19th century Swiss watch: World’s First Computer Rebuilt, Rebooted After 2,000 Years | Gadget Lab | Wired.com - but then the science to calculate the intricacy of movements to replicate the celestial movements.. look how long it was lost. That is how we have had to live. Forever being dragged down by these dark agers.
We can see right here at Volconvo.. and innumerable other websites around the world.. this sickening dark age crap occupies, likely, millions of people - on.. nothing. Just because of the brainwashing of the populace.. by ignorant dogma cultists.. beginning at the youngest age they can get away with.
I'd say 'intelligent design' & 'creationism' are both sides of the same counterfeit coin..  We have the 'penny' & 'nickel' etc,etc.. I'll 'coin' this slug the 'wafwot' |
I'd like to correct you here. "Deists" and Deism is the belief in a non-interfering God who may or may not have any knowledge of us whatsoever. According to Deism, God made the universal laws of nature, and this reality is the direct result of it. It's the only creator-religion with an ounce of self-respect, and has numerous famous adherents (many of America's Founding Fathers were Deists or Closet-Deists).
On the other hand, Theists believe in an interfering, petty little prick God who'll send you to an eternity in either flaming pits of despair ruled by His arch-nemesis, or to an eternity of non-existence just because you calculate he doesn't exist. Or because your culture reached an entirely different spiritual conclusion.
They are the "ignorant dark-agers" to which you are referring; not Deists.