I'm no expert either, but I'd like to put that another way:

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Post #14,548 by CRConrad 10/22/01 10:18:53 AM Reply	I'm no expert either, but I'd like to put that another way: Addison writes: I couldn't find a quick link discussing it, but many of the older libraries were protected by Muslims (or would have been, had not crusading christians burned them) ...or, IOW (and according to all we know from history): Of the few books that did survive the Middle Ages, most of them did so despite Christianity and thanks to Islam. Christian R. Conrad The Man Who Knows Fucking Everything
Post #14,553 by bepatient 10/22/01 10:27:44 AM Reply	But...but.... aren't you the man that knows fucking everything??? : ducks. You were born...and so you're free...so Happy Birthday! _{Laurie Anderson} [link\|mailto:bepatient@aol.com\|BePatient]
Post #14,555 by CRConrad 10/22/01 10:35:37 AM Reply	Some stuff is so obvious, don't need to be Xpert to know it

Pakistani revolution predicted - (bluke) - (29) - Oct. 21, 2001, 08:28:11 AM EDT

Re: I'm lazy ... - (dmarker2) - Oct. 21, 2001, 08:44:43 AM EDT

err the general in charge IS an Islamic fundamentalist? -NT - (boxley) - (27) - Oct. 21, 2001, 10:23:51 AM EDT

Err . . apparently he doesn't go to the right mosque. - (Andrew Grygus) - (26) - Oct. 21, 2001, 11:04:17 AM EDT

Can't say that. - (addison) - (24) - Oct. 21, 2001, 11:34:32 AM EDT

Did this "Islamic Golden Age" ever extend . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (23) - Oct. 21, 2001, 12:36:11 PM EDT

We're on the boundaries of my knowledge. - (addison) - (3) - Oct. 21, 2001, 01:10:05 PM EDT

I'm no expert either, but I'd like to put that another way: - (CRConrad) - (2) - Oct. 22, 2001, 10:18:53 AM EDT

But...but.... - (bepatient) - (1) - Oct. 22, 2001, 10:27:44 AM EDT

Some stuff is so obvious, don't need to be Xpert to know it -NT - (CRConrad) - Oct. 22, 2001, 10:35:37 AM EDT

I believe it did - a personal anecdote - (ben_tilly) - (6) - Oct. 21, 2001, 05:25:50 PM EDT

Surprised you didn't mention Al'Khwarizmi (~790-850 AD). - (a6l6e6x) - (5) - Oct. 21, 2001, 09:16:50 PM EDT

Follow the link - (ben_tilly) - (4) - Oct. 21, 2001, 09:49:47 PM EDT

Indeed. I should have read more of the link. - (a6l6e6x) - (3) - Oct. 21, 2001, 11:46:08 PM EDT

3 to 1, 2, 1. Probability factor of 1 to 1 - (bepatient) - (2) - Nov. 2, 2002, 01:13:55 PM EST

^^ This is irritating ^^ -NT - (deSitter) - (1) - Nov. 2, 2002, 03:04:41 PM EST

If there had been enough time... - (bepatient) - Nov. 2, 2002, 08:13:29 PM EST

Re: Addison is making sense - you are not winning this arg - (dmarker2) - (7) - Oct. 21, 2001, 07:02:02 PM EDT

But he is open to evidence. - (brettj) - (2) - Oct. 21, 2001, 09:10:29 PM EDT

Interesting nugget - (boxley) - Oct. 21, 2001, 09:52:40 PM EDT

Re: But he is open to evidence - yes - (dmarker2) - Oct. 21, 2001, 09:58:52 PM EDT

The point was deliberately inflamitory . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (3) - Oct. 21, 2001, 11:33:49 PM EDT

This is part of what made this thread interesting. - (brettj) - (1) - Oct. 22, 2001, 09:24:04 AM EDT

Oh yeah? - (Silverlock) - Oct. 22, 2001, 10:39:48 AM EDT

Are you sure - (cwbrenn) - Oct. 22, 2001, 11:12:34 AM EDT

Yup, AFAIK, it did. - (CRConrad) - (3) - Oct. 22, 2001, 10:04:42 AM EDT

So, then, what happened? - (Andrew Grygus) - (2) - Oct. 22, 2001, 11:27:48 AM EDT

And when? - (wharris2) - Oct. 22, 2001, 11:38:39 AM EDT

I am no scholar but... - (ben_tilly) - Oct. 22, 2001, 01:43:53 PM EDT

In that case, who the fsck CARES what they say?!? - (jb4) - Oct. 22, 2001, 01:54:20 PM EDT

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