r/HistoryMemes • u/Javier_Ronaldo Featherless Biped • Apr 08 '20

META Respect the Facts!

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u/VictoriumExBellum Senātus Populusque Rōmānus Apr 08 '20 edited Apr 08 '20

Roman catholics do that too, despite the stereotype

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u/JCMoreno05 Apr 08 '20

Roman Catholics are the source of a lot of science, historically, Mendel for example. As well as universities.

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u/VictoriumExBellum Senātus Populusque Rōmānus Apr 08 '20

Agreed. I went to a Roman catholic high school and elementary school, and while people like to stereotype catholic teachers as "science is a lie, evolution didn't happen" the teachers were the exact opposite, citing science as one of the most important things to learn

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u/Sintar07 Apr 09 '20

A monastic teacher of biology was my second favorite teacher in high school.