Mr. Mahaffy,
What exactly do you mean by "even non Christians worked in that framework"
?
James Mahaffy a écrit:
> Folks,
>
> In a recent post Moorad Alexanian said,
> "The foundation of modern science was laid down by devout Christians
> (Galileo, Kepler, Newton, Maxwell, Planck, etc.) who studied nature to
> know more about its Creator."
>
> Maybe a philosopher of science can help me - but I was under the
> impression that this was the time of British natural theology when the
> paradigm was that the world cam into being by a God and you were finding
> and his laws etc. in your investigation. Even non Christians worked in
> that framework. Weren't some of these chaps more deists than folks that
> believed in Christ as their Savior?
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