Rise of modern science

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The Rise of
Modern Science
Presented by: Alona Rose L. Jimenea

4. Science Fiction or Science Fact:
Theism as the Foundation for Modern Science
1.What is Theism?
2.Where Did Science Come From?
3.Integrating the Truth

5. Science Fiction or Science Fact:
Theism as the Foundation for Modern Science
•Science and religion are at odds with
each other
•When the church got out of the way,
this was when science flourished.
•Science is rational and naturalistic
•Faith is subjective (even irrational) and
superstitious.
•Is this how it really went?

6. Science Fiction or Science Fact:
Theism as the Foundation for Modern Science
•Galileo challenged the earth-centered
cosmology of the day.
•The Church believed Galileo was in error and
contradicted the teaching of Scripture.
•Galileo was placed under house arrest by the
Church.
•Galileo was battling Aristotle (lack of
empiricism)
GALILEO GALILEI
FATHER OF MODERN SCIENCE

7. Science Fiction or Science Fact:
Theism as the Foundation for Modern Science
•Define a matter
•Consider the difficulties involved by
reviewing generally accepted views on
the subject and suggestions of earlier
writers
•Present your own arguments and
solutions
ARISTOTELEAN SCIENCE

8. Science Fiction or Science Fact:
Theism as the Foundation for Modern Science
•The history of science shows that
theism is primarily responsible for the
rise of experimental science.
•Science is clouded in modern
mythology
ORIGINS OF SCIENCE

9. Science Fiction or Science Fact:
Theism as the Foundation for Modern Science
•Scientists are reclaiming the theistic history of
science
•“Science and Christianity: Conflict or
Coherence?” - Henry F. Schaefer (2003)
•“Modern Physics and Ancient Faith” - Stephen
Barr (2003)
•“For the Glory of God: How Monotheism Lead
to Reformations, Science, Witch-Hunts, and the
End of Slavery” - Rodney Stark (2003)
ORIGINS OF SCIENCE

10. Science Fiction or Science Fact:
Theism as the Foundation for Modern Science
3 BASIC WORLDVIEWS:
Theism Naturalism Transcendentalism
THEISM IS A WORLDVIEW

11. Science Fiction or Science Fact:
Theism as the Foundation for Modern Science
·Theism
·Creation - God made nature out of
nothing
·Naturalism
·Evolution - Nature made itself out of
nothing
·Transcendentalism
·Reincarnation - God made nothing -
nature is an illusion - all are part of God
GRAND METAPHYSICAL STORIES

12. What Culture Founded Science?
“The rise of science was not an extension of
classical learning. It was a natural outgrowth of
Christian doctrine: Nature exists because it was
created by God. To love and honor God, one must
fully appreciate the wonders of his handiwork.
Moreover, because God is perfect, his handiwork
functions in accord with immutable principles. By
the full use of our God-given powers of reason and
observation, we ought to be able to discover these
principles” (Rodney Stark, For the Glory of God,
2003, p. 157).

13. Summary of Science History
· Natural philosophy begun by Greeks - 4th
century BC
· Aristotle emerges as premier natural
philosopher - 3rd century BC
· Platonism and atomism are competing natural
philosophies - 3rd century BC
· Islamic world adopts Aristotle - 9th century AD

14. Summary of Science History
· Aristotle widely available to the West - 11th
century AD
· Universities founded - 13th century AD
· Experimental methodology developed at
Oxford - 13th century AD
· Aristotle repudiated - 17th century AD
· Birth of modern science - 17th century AD

15. Scientific Method
• Francis Bacon (1620) as a Christian started from the
Law of Causality in his common day living
experiences to develop the scientific method
• First: Make an Observation about a phenomena
• Second: Make a guess or working hypothesis
regarding the phenomena
• Third: experiment to falsify your guess (if falsified,
then start over; if not, it becomes a theory)
• Fourth: after much more experimentation, the
theory becomes a law of nature

16. Scientific Laws
• Gravity Coulomb’s Law
• Causality Ohm’s Law
• Thermodynamics (zeroth, first, second, third)
• Motion (first, second, third)
• Conservation of Momentum and Angular Momentum
• Conservation of Mass Kirchoff’s Law
• Boyle’s Law
• Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
• Ideal Gas Law
• Law of Biogenesis

17. Theism vs Naturalism: Which Aligns
Better with the Laws of Nature?
Biogenesis
• Law of Biogenesis: Life can only come from life
in terms of causality
• Theism: God created mankind with life
• Naturalism: Over long periods of time
different animals evolved into greater/larger
forms of life but the original life was caused by
spontaneous generation

18. Theism vs Naturalism: Which Aligns Better with
the Laws of Nature? Thermodynamics
• 1st
Law of Thermodynamics: energy (matter) cannot be
created or destroyed
• 2nd
Law of Thermodynamics: the amount of available
energy is decreasing as things tend to go a disordered
state
• Theism: God created everything with the greatest amount
of potential energy but things are going downhill ever
since and accelerated because of the sin of mankind
• Naturalism: There are ups and downs in thermodynamics
of the earth because of the energy from the sun (earth is
an open system)

19. Integrating the Truth
• Truth corresponds to reality.
• Reality is that science is largely theistic in
origin
• Reality is science but also is more than just
science.

20. Scientific Limitations
All truth
Scientific
truth

21. Scientific Limitations: Examples
• When science said there were 1100 stars, the
bible said that the stars could not be counted
(Gen 15:5)
• When science said the earth was flat, the bible
said that earth was round (Isaiah 40:22)
• When science said to take blood out of person
when they are sick, the bible said that life is in
the blood (Lev 17:11)

22. However, Science is Encouraged in the
Bible: The Dominion Mandate
• Gen 1:28 Be fruitful, and multiply, and
replenish the earth, and subdue it
• Indicates human stewardship under the
Creator
• Science: Discovery of Truth
• Engineering: Applying the Truth
• Humanities: Interpreting the Truth
• Commerce: Implementing the Truth
• Education: Transmission of the Truth

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