Talk:Gregor Mendel

removal of religious material
removed a number of quotations with edit summary: (removed irrelevant content that is indistinguishable from a sermon delivered by any other priest. That's not the point of Mendel.)

Mendel was a scientist and an Augustinian friar and abbot. A "point" is a point of view. The idea that what Gregor Mendel wrote was "indistinguishable from a sermon delivered by any other priest" would show that difference is not being appreciated. The quotes certainly show Christian ideas, what else would one expect? I, for one, could criticize Mendel on the basis of some of what he wrote, but seeing, in some of his words, how Christian he was, in a sectarian sense, and in others, his attitude and his joy and his use of metaphor from the growth of plants, shows me more of who he was. --Abd (talk) 01:02, 1 February 2015 (UTC)


 * "Point", in this context, is "the reason that Mendel is included on Wikiquote". The reason that Mendel is included on Wikiquote is because of his groundbreaking research into genetics, not because of his Christian faith (which certainly was a strong and significant part of his character). His sermons were not relevant to Wikiquote, just like the various religious musings of James David Forbes, Ada Lovelace, etc, are not relevant, and your actions are shameful and disgraceful. DragonflySixtyseven (talk) 21:59, 21 July 2015 (UTC)