4. Christianity/Church Myth Superstition Science Truth knowledge

5. 1.Whenever there is a scientific discovery truth wins – ignorance of Christianity loses 2.Science impeded or held back for centuries by superstition of Christianity and the Church

6. Darwin - Evolutionary science Galileo – Cosmological science

7. Published 1859 On the Origin of Species by means of natural selection Or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life

8. Darwin - Evolutionary science Living beings came about many millions of years through evolution Bible – taught myths that we were created in 7 days

9. Origen 3 rd century theologian “What person of intelligence, I ask, will consider as a reasonable statement that the first and the second and the third day, in which there are said to be both morning and evening, existed without sun and moon and stars, while the first day was even without heaven?...I do not think anyone will doubt that these are figurative expressions which indicate certain mysteries through a semblance of history?”

10. Augustine Bishop of north Africa in early 5 th century 400-450 AD He wrote that he did not have a literal reading of the opening chapters of Genesis

11. Thomas Aqunias 13 th century theologian “did not feel there was a tension between science and the opening of Genesis”

12. 1 st century15 th century Origen 3 rd century Aquinas 13 th century Augustine 5 th century

13. Published 1859 On the Origin of Species by means of natural selection Or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life

14. William Henry Dallinger, Wesleyan Pastor 1861-1880 and later president of Wesley College, Member of Royal Society 1887 – “unreserved acceptance of evolution”

15. Sir George Stokes, Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University 1849 – 1903 (position held by Isaac Newton and Stephen Hawking) “Even an extreme adoption of evolution is not inconsistent with theism”

16. Christian biologist Asa Gray Largely responsible for Evolution accepted by National Academy of Sciences in the United States in 1880

17. Great Princeton Theologican BB Warfield (1851-1921) “I am free to say, for myself, that I do not think that there is any general statement in the Bible or any part of the account of creation, either as given in Gen I or II or elsewhere alluded to, that need be opposed to evolution”

18. Darwin - Evolutionary science Living beings came about many millions of years through evolution Bible – taught myths that we were created in 7 days False

19. Galileo – Cosmological science discovered that the earth rotates around the sun Church – Tortured and persecuted Galileo in inquisition to stop science

20. Ptolemy AD 100 – c. 170 Greek astronomer

22. In 1543, Copernicus wrote an astronomy book dedicated to the pope

24. Galileo (15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642), was an Italian astronomer

25. Theologian Cardinal Robert Bellarmine said: “While experience tells us plainly that the earth is standing still” nevertheless “if there were real proof that the sun is in the center of the universe…and that the sun does not go around the earth but the earth around the sun, then we should have to proceed with great circumspection in explaining passages of scripture which appear to teach the contrary, and rather admit that we did not understand them than declare an opinion to be false which is proved to be true. But this is not a thing to be done in haste, and as for myself, I shall not believe that there are such proofs until they are shown to me”

26. 1632 Dialogue concerning the 2 chief world systems

27. Galileo – Cosmological science discovered that the earth rotates around the sun Church – Tortured and persecuted Galileo in inquisition to stop science False

28. Matthew 19:23–24 (NIV84) 23 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “I tell you the truth, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. 24 Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”

29. 1 Chronicles 16:30 (NIV84) 30 Tremble before him, all the earth! The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved. Psalm 93:1 (NIV84) 1 The L ORD reigns, he is robed in majesty; the L ORD is robed in majesty and is armed with strength. The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved. Psalm 96:10 (NIV84) 10 Say among the nations, “The L ORD reigns.” The world is firmly established, it cannot be moved; he will judge the peoples with equity.

31. Galileo famously said “the Bible teaches us how to go to heaven, not how the heavens go”

32. Francis Bacon (1561 – 1626) considered the father of the modern scientific method

33. Science held back for centuries by Christianity and the Church?

35. Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, Brahe, Descartes, Boyle, Newton, Leibniz, Gassendi, Pascal, Mersenne, Cuvier, Harvey, Dalton, Faraday, Herschel, Joule, Lyell, Lavoisier, Priestly, Kelvin, Ohm, Ampere, Steno, Pasteur, Maxwell, Planck, Mendel Wrote commentaries Priests, Monk

36. Belgian monk called Gregor Mendel who was working on genetics on pea plants that people discovered how evolutionary genetic traits were inherited.

37. Georges Lemaitre, 1894 – 1966 Belgian astronomer who first proposed the big bang theory was a priest all his life

38. Francis Bacon thought of the scientist as ‘the servant or interpreter of nature.’ In discovering those laws of nature, he must acknowledge God created those laws, and indeed a better understanding of the universe brought about a better understanding of the glory of God. Kepler wrote “for a long time, I wanted to become a theologian. Now, however, behold how through my effort God is being celebrated through astronomy.

39. Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst (1743 – 1807) German pastor who collected and named thousands of crabs from around the world

40. Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778),was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, laid the foundations of biological naming. A large number of the well-known plants and animals around us were named by Linnaeus, including humans (Homo sapiens), the flower crab (Portunus pelagicus).1707 – 1778),was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist,

41. O Jehova Quam ampla sunt Tua Opera! Quam sapienter Ea fecisti! Quam plena est Terra possessione Tua! — Psalm 104: 24 24 How many are your works, O L ORD ! In wisdom you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures. Magnus est Deus noster, Et magna est potentia Ejus, Et potentiae Ejus non est numerus. Great is our God, And great is His power; And His power is infinite.

43. Francis Collins is an American physician-geneticist noted for his discoveries of disease genes and his leadership of the Human Genome Project. He is director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland.physiciangeneticistHuman Genome ProjectNational Institutes of Health

46. Luke 1:1–4 (NIV84) 1 Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us, 2 just as they were handed down to us by those who from the first were eyewitnesses and servants of the word. 3 Therefore, since I myself have carefully investigated everything from the beginning, it seemed good also to me to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, 4 so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught.

47. John 20:30–31 (NIV84) 30 Jesus did many other miraculous signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book. 31 But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.

48. 1 Corinthians 15:1–8 (NIV84) 15 Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. 2 By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain. 3 For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, 5 and that he appeared to Peter, and then to the Twelve. 6 After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. 7 Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, 8 and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born.

50. Reflection Question:Are science and God enemies in the search for truth? Application Question:How does science help me in my worship and praise of God?