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Prior to this, scientists were usually called "natural philosophers" or "natural historians." (The oldest scientific journal in the world, established in 1665, is entitled ''Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London.'' Among its early numbers are letters from Leeuwenhoek describing his discovery of microorganisms).
Prior to this, scientists were usually called "natural philosophers" or "natural historians." (The oldest scientific journal in the world, established in 1665, is entitled ''Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London.'' Among its early numbers are letters from Leeuwenhoek describing his discovery of microorganisms).
Scientists have traditionally been holy men (such as devout Christian [[Isaac Newton]]<ref> http://www.newton.cam.ac.uk/newtlife.html</ref> or monk Gregor Mendel<ref>http://www.adherents.com/people/pm/Gregor_Mendel.html</ref>), devoted to understanding nature in an effort to glorify the works of God. However, in recent years the field of science has become dominated by secular atheists who value evidence over the infallible word of God<ref>http://www.stephenjaygould.org/ctrl/news/file002.html</ref>. They support modern-day scientific theories such as [[evolution]], the [[Theory of Relativity]], and heliocentrism that contradict the unchanging truth of the Bible.
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