Sure... I can name real Christian Scientists who discovered the laws of our Creator..
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Nicholas Copernicus (1473-1543)
Copernicus was the Polish astronomer who put forward the first mathematically based system of planets going
around the sun. He attended various European universities, and became a Canon in the Catholic church in 1497. His
new system was actually first presented in the Vatican gardens in 1533 before Pope Clement VII who approved, and
Copernicus was urged to publish around this time. Copernicus was never under any threat of religious persecution -
and was urged to publish both by Catholic Bishop Guise, Cardinal Schonberg, and the Protestant Professor George
Rheticus. Copernicus referred sometimes to God in his works, and did not see his system as in conflict with the
Bible.
Johannes Kepler (1571-1630)
Kepler was a brilliant mathematician and astronomer. He did early work on light, and established the laws of
planetary motion about the sun. He also came close to reaching the Newtonian concept of universal gravity - well
before Newton was born! His introduction of the idea of force in astronomy changed it radically in a modern
direction. Kepler was an extremely sincere and pious Lutheran, whose works on astronomy contain writings about
how space and the heavenly bodies represent the Trinity. Kepler suffered no persecution for his open avowal of the
sun-centred system, and, indeed, was allowed as a Protestant to stay in Catholic Graz as a Professor (1595-1600)
when other Protestants had been expelled!
Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
Galileo is often remembered for his conflict with the Roman Catholic Church. His controversial work on the solar
system was published in 1633. It had no proofs of a sun-centred system (Galileo's telescope discoveries did not
indicate a moving earth) and his one "proof" based upon the tides was invalid. It ignored the correct elliptical orbits
of planets published twenty five years earlier by Kepler. Since his work finished by putting the Pope's favourite
argument in the mouth of the simpleton in the dialogue, the Pope (an old friend of Galileo's) was very offended.
After the "trial" and being forbidden to teach the sun-centred system, Galileo did his most useful theoretical work,
which was on dynamics. Galileo expressly said that the Bible cannot err, he saw his system as concerning the issue
of how the Bible should be interpreted.
Rene Descartes (1596-1650)
Descartes was a French mathematician, scientist and philosopher who has been called the father of modern
philosophy. His school studies made him dissatisfied with previous philosophy: He had a deep religious faith as a
Catholic, which he retained to his dying day, along with a resolute, passionate desire to discover the truth. At the age
of 24 he had a dream, and felt the vocational call to seek to bring knowledge together in one system of thought. His
system began by asking what could be known if all else were doubted - suggesting the famous "I think therefore I
am". Actually, it is often forgotten that the next step for Descartes was to establish the near certainty of the
existence of God - for only if God both exists and would not want us to be deceived by our experiences can we trust
our senses and logical thought processes. God is, therefore, central to his whole philosophy. What he really wanted
was to see his philosophy adopted as standard Catholic teaching. Rene Descartes and Francis Bacon (1561-1626) are
generally regarded as the key figures in the development of scientific methodology. Both had systems in which God
was important, and both seem more devout than the average for their era.
Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
In optics, mechanics, and mathematics, Newton was a figure of undisputed genius and innovation. In all his science
(including chemistry) he saw mathematics and numbers as central. What is less well known is that he was devoutly
religious and saw numbers as involved in understanding from the Bible God's plan for history. He did a lot of work
on biblical numerology, and, though aspects of his beliefs were not orthodox, he thought theology very important. In
his system of physics, God is essential to the nature and absoluteness of space. In Principia he stated, "The most
beautiful system of the sun, planets, and comets, could only proceed from the counsel and dominion on an intelligent
and powerful Being."
Robert Boyle (1791-1867)
One of the founders and key early members of the Royal Society, Boyle gave his name to "Boyle's Law" for gasses,
and also wrote an important work on chemistry. The Encyclopaedia Britannica says of him: "By his will he
endowed a series of Boyle lectures, or sermons, which still continue, "for proving the Christian religion against
notorious infidels."... As a devout Protestant, Boyle took a special interest in promoting the Christian religion
abroad, giving money to translate and publish the New Testament into Irish and Turkish. In 1690 he developed his
theological views in The Christian Virtuoso, which he wrote to show that the study of nature was a central religious
duty." Boyle wrote against atheists in his day (the notion that atheism is a modern invention is a myth), and was
clearly much more devoutly Christian than the average in his era.
Michael Faraday (1791-1867)
The son of a blacksmith who became one of the greatest scientists of the 19th century. His work on electricity and
magnetism not only revolutionized physics, but has led to so much in our lifestyles today which depend on them
(including computers and telephone lines and so Web sites). Faraday was a devoutly Christian member of the
Sandemanians, which significantly influenced upon him and strongly affected the way in which he approached and
interpreted nature. The Sandemanians originated from Presbyterians who had rejected the idea of state churches, and
tried to go back to a New Testament type of Christianity.
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http://whychristianity.com)
Michael Faraday (1791-1867)
The son of a blacksmith who became one of the greatest scientists of the 19th century. His work on electricity
and magnetism not only revolutionized physics, but has led to so much in our lifestyles today which depend on
them (including computers and telephone lines and so Web sites). Faraday was a devoutly Christian member of
the Sandemanians, which significantly influenced upon him and strongly affected the way in which he
approached and interpreted nature. The Sandemanians originated from Presbyterians who had rejected the idea of
state churches, and tried to go back to a New Testament type of Christianity.
Gregor Mendel (1822-1884)
Mendel was the first to lay the mathematical foundations of genetics, in what came to be called "Mendelianism".
He began his research in 1856 (three years before Darwin published his Origin of Species) in the garden of the
Monastery in which he was a monk. Mendel was elected Abbot of his Monastery in 1868. His work remained
comparatively unknown until the turn of the century, when a new generation of botanists began finding similar
results and "rediscovered" him (though their ideas were not identical to his). An interesting point is that the
1860's was the formation of the X-Club, dedicated to lessening religious influences and propagating an image of
"conflict" between science and religion. One sympathizer was Darwin's cousin Francis Galton, whose scientific
interest was in genetics (a proponent of eugenics - selective breeding among humans to "improve" the stock). He
was writing how the "priestly mind" was not conducive to science whilst, at around the same time, an Austrian
monk was making the breakthrough in genetics. The rediscovery of the work of Mendel came too late to affect
Galton's contribution.
Kelvin (William Thompson) (1824-1907)
Kelvin was foremost among the small group of British scientists who helped to lay the foundations of modern
physics. His work covered may areas of physics, and he was said to have more letters after his name than
anyone else in the Commonwealth, since he received numerous honorary degrees from European Universities
who recognized the value of his work. He was a very committed Christian, certainly more religious than the
average for his era. Interestingly, his fellow physicists George Gabriel Stokes (1819-1903) and James Clerk
Maxwell (1831-1879) were also men of deep Christian commitment, in an era when many were nominal,
apathetic, or anti-Christian. The Encyclopaedia Britannica says "Maxwell is regarded by most modern physicists
as the scientist of the 19th century who had the greatest influence on 20th century physics; he is ranked with Sir
Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein for the fundamental nature of his contributions." Lord Kelvin was an Old Earth
creationist, who estimated the Earth's age to be somewhere between 20 million and 100 million years, with an
upper limit at 500 million years based on cooling rates (a low estimate due to his lack of knowledge about
radiogenic heating).
Max Planck (1858-1947)
Planck made many contributions to physics, but is best known for quantum theory, which has revolutionized
our understanding of the atomic and sub-atomic worlds. In his 1937 lecture "Religion and Naturwissenschaft,"
Planck expressed the view that God is everywhere present, and held that "the holiness of the unintelligible
Godhead is conveyed by the holiness of symbols." Atheists, he thought, attach too much importance to what are
merely symbols. Planck was a churchwarden from 1920 until his death, and believed in an almighty, all-knowing,
beneficent God (though not necessarily a personal one). Both science and religion wage a "tireless battle against
scepticism and dogmatism, against unbelief and superstition" with the goal "toward God!"
Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
Einstein is probably the best known and most highly revered scientist of the twentieth century, and is associated
with major revolutions in our thinking about time, gravity, and the conversion of matter to energy (E=mc2).
Although never coming to belief in a personal God, he recognized the impossibility of a non-created universe.
The Encyclopaedia Britannica says of him: "Firmly denying atheism, Einstein expressed a belief in "Spinoza's
God who reveals himself in the harmony of what exists." This actually motivated his interest in science, as he
once remarked to a young physicist: "I want to know how God created this world, I am not interested in this or
that phenomenon, in the spectrum of this or that element. I want to know His thoughts, the rest are details."
Einstein's famous epithet on the "uncertainty principle" was "God does not play dice" - and to him this was a
real statement about a God in whom he believed. A famous saying of his was "Science without religion is lame,
religion without science is blind."
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Can you name one intelligent evolutionist ? who has discovered any truth ? rather than those confirming evolutionary theory for research grants ?
Jesus wins, real scientists win, evolutionists lose again.
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The Lord is the GREAT SCIENTIST as He created SCIENCE and ALL LAWS and ALL MATTER and of course ALL LIFE. God is the Great Architect, Designer and Mathematician. Evolutioon is not mathematical and says there is no DESIGN but that all things came about by sheer LUCK.
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