Talk:Science and religion in Czechia and Slovakia
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What the hell is this article? It certainly does not belong in an encyclopedia in its present form.--Filll 16:42, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Why totally disputed
The article in current form does not belong here. Major points:
- 1 It mixes up Czech lands (under funny name Czechia) with Slovakia, historically two quite a different societies regarding religion.
- 2 It is in part essay, in part collection anecdotes.
- 3 Marketese like "important hub", "great challenge", "enthusiasts feel that the time has come", "current situation is promising" or "younger people are able and willing to shoulder the burden of administrative tasks" feels that the text had been copied from some propaganda brochure. It does not reflect real situation, at least in the Czech Republic.
Now, there were/are quite a few religious scientists among the Czechs in recent era, mostly philosophers as Jan Sokol, Milan Machovec, Jan Patocka, Zdenek Neubauer as well as Jiri Grygar (astronomer), Petr Vopenka (mathematician & philosopher), Ivan Havel (computing science). After the Velvet Revolution (1989) they obtained quite significant political power (Vaclav Benda was one of leaders of Civic Democratic Party, Petr Vopenka served as a minister of education) and lot of influence in culture and media of the Czech Republic. Over the time they mostly managed to lost this influence and positions, didn't attract many followers and neither changed the attitudes of the Czech society.
Christian Academy (Krestanska akademie), a relatively known group from Prague is not mentioned at all.
I recommend to delete the current text and wait for two separate and differently names articles based on reality, not on wishes and cheerleading. Pavel Vozenilek (talk) 02:47, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
