christian roots

Of the theories presented by pre-Socratic philosophers the atomic theory proposed by Leucippus and Democritus in fifth century BC (59-60) is one of the most intriguing in foreshadowing what would be explored and observed in future science. But while the idea of atoms and the void and those qualities and configurations stand out as familiar the ideas proposed of an “infinite universe with innumerable worlds existing simultaneously” (74) was not thoroughly reexamined until contemporary history (i.e. quantum physics). Was this because of the fact that this was “ a doctrine that most Christians would find objectionable” (91) or something else? How much of what was excepted and not of early theories was based on religion and how much was based on other reasons such as later philosophers, writers and commentators rejecting theories? (i.e. in the case of Aristarchus, 82)