1. ISLAM: CREATOR OF THE MODERN AGE

~ 24 ~ attitude becomes unreal. He becomes a thing displaced and disjointed, which cannot be in accord with the universe of facts. His whole life, instead of taking the course of reality, takes the course of supposition. Here is an example to illustrate this point. The Christians’ belief in the Trinity made them suppose Christ, the son of Mary, to be God. Christ was, in reality, the son of Mary. But the Christians, exaggerating his importance, gave him the status of the son of God. They accorded to him the greatness of which only one God is deserving—He who is the creator of all human beings, including Christ. As a result of this belief, they found themselves beset by great contradictions, one of which stemmed from their determination to view the solar system as a theological matter. The ancient astronomer Ptolemy (90-168), who was born in Greece, carried out research in the time of Alexander the Great, writing a lengthy book in Latin, in which he advanced the theory that the earth was static and that the sun, moon and planets revolved around it. Thanks to the patronage of the