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==Atheism and the Foundation of Modern Science==

==Atheism and the Foundation of Modern Science==

The birth of modern [[science]] occured in Christianized [[Europe]].<ref>http://www.ldolphin.org/bumbulis/#anchor5343749</ref>  In relation to the birth of modern science, [[Sociology|Sociologist]] of [[religion]] [[Rodney Stark]] investigated the individuals who made the most significant scientific contributions during the time period of 1543 to 1680 A.D. which is a time period associated with the [[Scientific Revolution]]. The list Mr. Stark developed in regards to top scientific contributors consisted of 52 individuals.<ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/tj/v18/i2/origins.asp</ref>  Of the 52 top contributors to science during this period only one of them was a skeptic ([[Edmund Halley]]) and another one was a [[pantheism|pantheist]] ([[Paracelsus]]). The other 50 top contributors to science during this period were Christians, 30 of whom could be characterized as being devout Christians.<ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/tj/v18/i2/origins.asp</ref>

The birth of modern [[science]] occured in Christianized [[Europe]].<ref>http://www.ldolphin.org/bumbulis/#anchor5343749</ref>  In relation to the birth of modern science, [[Sociology|Sociologist]] of [[religion]] [[Rodney Stark]] investigated the individuals who made the most significant scientific contributions during the time period of 1543 to 1680 A.D. which is a time period associated with the [[Scientific Revolution]]. The list Mr. Stark developed in regards to top scientific contributors consisted of 52 individuals.<ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/tj/v18/i2/origins.asp</ref>  Of the 52 top contributors to science during this period only one of them was a skeptic ([[Edmund Halley]]) and another one was a [[pantheism|pantheist]] ([[Paracelsus]]). The other 50 top contributors to science during this period were Christians, 30 of whom could be characterized as being devout Christians.<ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/tj/v18/i2/origins.asp</ref> Furthermore, [[Francis Bacon]] in a essay entitled Of Atheism wrote: "I HAD rather believe all the fables in the Legend, and the [[Talmud]], and the [[Koran|Alcoran]], than that this universal frame is without a mind.<ref>http://www.authorama.com/essays-of-francis-bacon-17.html</ref>

In a article titled ''False conflict: Christianity is not only compatible with Science--it created it'' Stark writes the following:

In a article titled ''False conflict: Christianity is not only compatible with Science--it created it'' Stark writes the following:

Dr. Charles Thaxton similarly states:

Dr. Charles Thaxton similarly states:

{{cquote|P. E. Hodgson in reviewing [[Stanley Jaki]]'s ''Science and Creation'' said: "Although we seldom recognize it, scientific research requires certain basic beliefs about the order and rationality of matter, and its accessibility to the human mind . . . they came to us in their full force through the Judeo-Christian belief in an omnipotent God, creator and sustainer of all things. In such a world view it becomes sensible to try and understand the world, and this is the fundamental reason science developed as it did in the Middle Ages in Christian Europe, culminating in the brilliant achievements of the seventeenth century."<ref>http://www.leaderu.com/truth/1truth17.html</ref>}}

{{cquote|P. E. Hodgson in reviewing [[Stanley Jaki]]'s ''Science and Creation'' said: "Although we seldom recognize it, scientific research requires certain basic beliefs about the order and rationality of matter, and its accessibility to the human mind . . . they came to us in their full force through the Judeo-Christian belief in an omnipotent God, creator and sustainer of all things. In such a world view it becomes sensible to try and understand the world, and this is the fundamental reason science developed as it did in the Middle Ages in Christian Europe, culminating in the brilliant achievements of the seventeenth century."<ref>http://www.leaderu.com/truth/1truth17.html</ref>}}

==Ineffectiveness of Atheist Debaters==

==Ineffectiveness of Atheist Debaters==

===Doug Jesseph===

===Doug Jesseph===