Sean Bird
Is science diametrically opposed to faith? Are the underpinnings of science essentially at odds with faith? Can one believe God created the universe, and not be considered an anti-science ignoramus?
In fact Copernicus’ system wasn’t even all that mathematically simpler. It only reduced the number of epicycles needed to explain planetary orbits from more than eighty to thirtyfour. Whatsmore, until Kepler, the heliocentric model didn’t even predict observed phenomena as well as the geocentric model. Indeed, it wasn’t till after Galileo’s observations and Kepler’s Laws of Planetary Motion either system was simply dogmatically asserted.
“The chief aim of all investigations of the external world should be to discover the rational order and harmony which has been imposed on it by God and which He revealed to us in the language of mathematics. ” - Kepler (1571 -1630)
“There is need of art and more exacting toil in order to investigate the motion of the stars, to determine their assigned stations, to measure their intervals, to note their properties. ”
‘I give you thanks, Creator and God, that you have given me this joy in thy creation, and I rejoice in the works of your hands. See I have now completed the work to which I was called. In it I have used all the talents you have lent to my spirit. ’
Newton explains God as being personal and sustaining all things by his powerful word for the purpose of His own glory. His dominion is evident in creation. And to see this was Newton’s purpose for the work that he did.
“Almighty God, who hast created man in Thine own image, and made him a living soul that he might seek after Thee and have dominion over Thy creatures, teach us to study the works of Thy hands that we may subdue the earth to our use, and strengthen our reason for They service; and so to receive They blessed Word, that we may believe on Him whom Thou has sent to give us the knowledge of salvation and the remission of our sins. All which we ask in the name of the same Jesus Christ our Lord”
Atheistic scientists today are operating on borrowed capital.
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