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THE INFLUENCE OF MATERIALIST GREEK AND

ROMAN PHILOSOPHY ON ASTRONOMY
he materialist views of pagan Greek and Roman philosophers gave rise not only
to the theory of evolution but also to a materialist understanding of the universe
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However, with the acceptance of the Big Bang theory in the 20th century, it is now
understood that the universe had a beginning: that is, it was created from nothing.
The influence of ancient Greek and Roman pagan culture on astronomy can easily
be understood with reference to a few of its symbolic names. The names given to planets
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of the Andromeda galaxy comes from the story of Andromeda in Greek mythology. She
was an Ethiopian princess whom the so-called sea god Poseidon tried to kill.
Because materialist philosophy has its origins in ancient Greece, the materialist
scientists who founded the science of astronomy took their inspiration from Greek and
Roman myths. The "infinite universe" model, defended so vehemently in the 18th and
19th centuries, has been invalidated by 20th century scientific discoveries. It has been
shown that the idea that the universe has existed forever is just as false as the belief in the
so-called gods of Greco-Roman mythology. In reality, AllŒh created the whole universe –
from the heavenly bodies to the smallest bit of matter – from nothing.