Rewriting the History of Science

One way to change culture is to eliminate or rewrite its history. One of the things we appreciate about the Bible is that it doesn't whitewash history. The biblical characters, their good deeds, bad deeds, and actions are both there for all to see. We also learn from them if we know the history. The same is true for a nation. America has many great moments and quite a few shameful ones. Covering up either one robs future generations of knowing the true story of what brought them to where they are in history. There is a great deal of rewriting our national history at the moment. As cultural activists work at rewriting American history, in part to erase the Judeo-Christian foundation, the same work is being attempted with science, as Tim Barnett points out in Scientist Denies How Science Really Started:

"According to godFreeWorld, Christianity not only had nothing to do with laying the foundations of modern science, faith is actually toxic to science. Christianity, then, takes credit for something it didn’t do…kinda like your high school lab partner, who lets you do all the work then takes credit for it. 

"This is a serious accusation. Now let’s see where the evidence points.

"First, godFreeWorld is just plain wrong about the facts. It turns out that most of the fathers of modern science—you know, the guys with laws named after them—were Christians.

Barnett goes on to enumerate many of the Christians that we might think of as the founding fathers of modern science. But it isn't simply his opinion. He also cites Tom Holland:

"Award-winning author Tom Holland (the historian, not Spider-Man) says this: '“Without Christianity, we would not have science.' The Christian convictions of the founders of modern science led to the birth of modern science because these Christians saw the world in a very particular way. Holland attributes the rise of modern science to what he called the goldilocks qualities of the Christian God. Well, what are these qualities?”

For those with the time, I highly recommend the YouTube presentation, The Judeo-Christian Origins of Modern Science, by Stephen Meyer.

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