Coragyps....I'm taking a little artistic freedom in that statement...thought that was obvious. The point is that it was the belief by many scientists that God upheld order in the universe that led to their studying of science.
What on earth makes you think that?
Science only requires that there should
be order in the Universe, not that it be upheld by God.
This is why some scientists are atheists.
Answer this...where is it that modern science began to flourish. The answer is of course, mainly in Europe which was largely christian.
And what made it start flourishing just
when it did? Christianity had been flourishing for a thousand years before ... oh yes, the Renaisance of classicism.
Many historians ...
... none of whom you've named, for some reason ...
... even support this view saying that modern science owes it's foundation to a belief in a rational creator who maintains a rational creation.
Like in Islam?
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