Creation Invented science
Some people believe that the science doesn't mix with the Bible, or that it disagrees with the Bible. In fact, there are people who claim that science disproves the Bible, just as there are people who believe that science proves the Bible. Aside from any debate, though, is the reality that people who believe in the Bible are largely responsible for inventing science.
So much of what we know, understand, teach and learn about science comes from the discoveries, inventions and innovations of people who believed that there was something profound about the Bible, that it was more than just another book. Here's a list of scientists - many of them who proved to be extremely influential - that is included in the book, What If Jesus Had Never Been Born, by James Kennedy, Ph.D. Take a look:
- Antiseptic surgery, Joseph Lister
- Bacteriology, Louis Pasteur
- Calculus, Isaac Newton
- Celestial Mechanics, Johannes Kepler
- Chemistry, Robert Boyle
- Comparative Anatomy, Georges Cuvier
- Computer Science, Charles Babbage
- Dimensional Analysis, Lord Rayleigh
- Dynamics, Isaac Newton
- Electronics, John Ambrose Fleming
- Electrodynamics, James Clerk Maxwell
- Electromagnetics, Michael Faraday
- Energetics, Lord Kelvin
- Etomology of Living Insects, Henri Fabre
- Field Theory, Michael Faraday
- Fluid Mechanics, George Stokes
- Galactic Astronomy, Sir William Herschel
- Gas Dynamics, Robert Boyle
- Genetics, George Mendel
- Glacial Geology, Louis Agassiz
- Gynecology, James Simpson
- Hydrography, Matthew Maury
- Hydrostatics, Blaise Pascal
- Ichthyology, Louis Agassiz
- Isotopic Chemistry, William Ramsey
- Model Analysis, Lord Rayleigh
- Natural History, John Ray
- Non-Euclidean Geometry, Bernard Riemann
- Oceanography, Matthew Maury
- Optical mineralogy, David Brewster
The man who many people list as being the world's greatest scientist, Isaac Newton, had this to say:
"I have a foundational belief in the Bible as the Word of God, written by men who were inspired. I study the Bible daily."
Newton also is quoted as saying:
"Atheism is so senseless. When I look at the solar system, I see the earth at the right distance from the sun to receive the proper amounts of heat and light. This did not happen by chance."
Therefore, to say that creationists are not scientists or that creationism is not science is not only totally false, but it is ludicrous as well. Creationism violates none of the laws of science, but is in complete harmony with them.
Creationists can't be scientists? Think again. Creationists invented science!
By George Konig
Feb. 22, 2004
www.konig.org
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