Speaking of those anti-science Catholics!
More than a century ago, a proud university student boarded a train in France and sat next to an older man who seemed to be a peasant of comfortable means. The brash student noticed that the older gentleman was slipping beads through his fingers. He was praying the Rosary.
"Sir, do you still believe in such outdated things?" the student inquired.
"Yes, I do. Don't you?" the man responded.
The student laughed and admitted, "I do not believe in such silly things. Take my advice. Throw that rosary out the window and learn what science has to say about it."
"Science? I do not understand this science. Perhaps you can explain it to me," the man said humbly, tears welling in his eyes.
The university Student noticed that the man was deeply moved. To avoid hurting the older person's feelings, he said, "Please give me your address and I will send you some literature to explain the matter to you."
The man fumbled in the inside pocket of his coat and pulled out his
business card. On reading the card, the student lowered his head in shame and was speechless. The card read: "Luis Pasteur, Director of the Institute of Scientific Research, Paris."
The deluded student had encountered his country's leading chemist and bacteriologist, and a scientist of worldwide renown.
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