Daily Devotional \u2013 May 4<\/p>\n
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Have you considered that the primary motivation leading to the development of the scientific method was the sinfulness of man! Sixteenth century Reformers acknowledged man\u2019s depravity and therefore understood that even his ability to reason could not be trusted to determine truth. Because of man\u2019s sinfulness, he has an inclination toward twisting things for his own purposes. So, science needed repeatable experimentation if its conclusions were to be accurate.<\/p>\n
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The Reformers also took seriously the command that man was to have dominion over creation, which meant he needed to study and understand it. These two ideas, man\u2019s sinfulness and dominion, birthed the scientific revolution, which produced the founders of the various branches of science. These Bible-believing scientists included:<\/p>\n
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\u2022 Sir Isaac Newton - physics, optics, invention of calculus<\/p>\n
\u2022 Joseph Lister - antiseptic surgery<\/p>\n
\u2022 Johannes Kepler - celestial mechanics<\/p>\n
\u2022 Louis Pasteur - bacteriology<\/p>\n
\u2022 Michael Faraday - electromagnetism<\/p>\n
\u2022 James Maxwell - electromagnetic equations<\/p>\n
\u2022 Lord Kelvin - thermodynamics<\/p>\n
\u2022 and MANY others<\/p>\n
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These men were \u201cThinking God\u2019s thoughts after Him\u201d to produce much of the technology we have today.<\/p>\n
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Sadly, much of \u201cmodern science\u201d has returned to biased opinion over observation. As D.J. Kennedy has said in his book, What If Jesus Had Never Been Born, \u201cIt is interesting to note that science could not originate in the philosophical view prevalent in the world today. The prevailing philosophy of the Western world today is existentialism, which is irrational.\u201d<\/p>\n
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We move away from true science, founded on the understanding that creation exists because we have a Creator, to our detriment!<\/p>\n
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And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion\u2026 over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.<\/p>\n
~ Genesis 1:28<\/p>\n
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Source: \"Pearls in Paradise\" by authors Bruce Malone and Jule Von Vett<\/p>\n