EXPLAIN THIS: Christian Civilization Gave Rise to Modern Science
It’s been a truism on college campuses and in the Mainstream Media for decades that science and faith are in total conflict, having no connections whatsoever because the former is about the observable and rational, while the latter is about the unseen and unverifiable.
The problem with that particular piece of conventional wisdom is that the facts of history tell the opposite story. Not only are science and faith compatible, the historical reality is Christianity in shaping Western civilization also made it possible for modern science to develop,
If you doubt that, check out this first of a five-video series from Prager U, delivered by the Discovery Institute’s Stephen Meyer. Meyer, who is a Ph.D. in philosophy of science and Director of the Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture, has been studying these matters, literally, for decades:
Just want to read the transcript: Go here.
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