| − | '''Johannes Kepler''' (December 27, 1571-November 15, 1630)<ref name=dao>Dao, Christine. "[http://www.icr.org/article/3751/ Man of Science, Man of God: Johann Kepler]." Institute for Creation Research. Accessed March 2, 2008.</ref>, a [[Protestantism|Protestant]] in [[Germany]], was a brilliant mathematician, astronomer, astrologer,<ref>http://www.skyscript.co.uk/kepler.html</ref> and devout [[Christian]] who cited God many times in all of his writings. He felt it was his Christian duty to understand the creation of [[God]] and the universe, and that God had used a mathematical plan for the universe' design.<ref name=dao/> He also felt that man, being in the image of God, was fully capable of understanding the universe. Like [[Plato]] and [[Pythagoras]], Kepler felt that God must have created the universe according to a mathematical plan (see [[Cause of the universe]]). | + | '''Johannes Kepler''' (December 27, 1571-November 15, 1630)<ref name=dao>Dao, Christine. "[http://www.icr.org/article/3751/ Man of Science, Man of God: Johann Kepler]." Institute for Creation Research. Accessed March 2, 2008.</ref>, a [[Protestantism|Protestant]] in [[Germany]], was a brilliant mathematician, astronomer, astrologer,<ref>http://www.skyscript.co.uk/kepler.html</ref> and devout [[Christian]] who cited God many times in all of his writings. He felt it was his Christian duty to understand the creation of [[God]] and the universe, and that God had used a mathematical plan for the universe's design.<ref name=dao/> He also felt that man, being in the image of God, was fully capable of understanding the universe. Like [[Plato]] and [[Pythagoras]], Kepler felt that God must have created the universe according to a mathematical plan (see [[Cause of the universe]]). |