| − | : ... in the West with [[Augustine]]'s notion of the [[corruption of nature]] a dominant stream of Christianity felt science was irrelevant.<ref> [http://professionalactivities.blogspot.com/2007/09/second-annual-conference-on-convergence.html Conference on the Convergence of Science and Spirituality]</ref>
| + | {{QuoteBox| ... in the West with [[Augustine]]'s notion of the [[corruption of nature]] a dominant stream of Christianity felt science was irrelevant.<ref> [http://professionalactivities.blogspot.com/2007/09/second-annual-conference-on-convergence.html Conference on the Convergence of Science and Spirituality]</ref>}} |
| | In recent years, American scientists have been much more atheistic as a group than the general public. <ref>http://www.atheists.org/flash.line/atheism1.htm</ref> | | In recent years, American scientists have been much more atheistic as a group than the general public. <ref>http://www.atheists.org/flash.line/atheism1.htm</ref> |
| − | * ... the basis of modern [[science]] depends on the assumption that the universe was made by a rational [[Creator]]. An orderly [[universe]] makes sense only if it were designed and created by an orderly Creator (cf. 1 Corinthians 14:33). But if [[polytheism]] or [[atheism]] were true, there would be no way to deduce that the universe is, or should be, orderly. [http://creationontheweb.com/content/view/1584#science]
| + | {{QuoteBox|... the basis of modern science depends on the assumption that the universe was made by a rational [[Creator]]. An orderly [[universe]] makes sense only if it were designed and created by an orderly Creator (cf. 1 Corinthians 14:33). But if [[polytheism]] or [[atheism]] were true, there would be no way to deduce that the universe is, or should be, orderly.<ref>Hardaway, Brent, and Sarfati, Jonathan, [http://creationontheweb.com/content/view/1584#science Countering Christophobia], ''Journal of Creation'' 18(3):28–30, December 2004.</ref>}} |