Christianity and Science
From Conservapedia
A notable fact in relation to Christianity and science is that the birth of modern science occurred in the geographic area of Christianized Europe.[1] Christians awed by the grandeur of God's creative work have long striven to understand His creativity through scientific study.
Sociologist Rodney Stark investigated the individuals who made the most significant scientific contributions between 1543 and 1680 A.D., the time of the Scientific Revolution. In Stark's list of 52 top scientific contributors,[2] only one (Edmund Halley) was a skeptic and another (Paracelsus) was a pantheist. The other 50 were Christians, 30 of whom could be characterized as being devout Christians.[2] Sir Francis Bacon, sometimes referred to as "the Father of Modern Science", wrote: "I had rather believe all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind."[3] He believes that the Enlightenment was a ploy by "militant atheists" to claim credit for the rise of science[4].
Dr. Charles Thaxton similarly states that modern science developed in the Middle Ages in Christian Europe because of the Juedo-Christian beliefs of scientists.[5]
Today, the prevalence of belief in God among American scientists is much lower than it is among the American public. [6][7]
[edit] References
- ↑ http://www.ldolphin.org/bumbulis/#anchor5343749
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Williams, Alex,The biblical origins of science, Journal of Creation 18(2):49–52, August 2004.
- ↑ Bacon, Francis, Of Atheism
- ↑ http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-3274629/False-conflict-Christianity-is-not.html
- ↑ http://www.leaderu.com/truth/1truth17.html
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ [2]
