Prominent Christians in Science

The Faith Science Experience 2 - Prominent Christians in Science

When: Sat, March 19, 2pm – 4pm
Where: AMLI at Milton Park, 26000 Mill Creek Ave, Alpharetta GA 30022 (map)
Description: Join Donnell Duncan for monthly "Chapter Studies" of his newest book, Faith Scence. These sessions are open to the community and provide an open forum for discussion, discovery, and debates arising from the inevitable collision between modern scientific developments and timeless biblical truth!


From Faith Science;

Prominent Christians in Science

Mr. Duncan is a theologian, not a scientist. Rather than spend his time on academic pursuits, Duncan spends his time (by his own admission: “twenty-four hours a day”) on “spreading the gospel.”
—Arthur Ide, PhD, MD, DA: October 6, 2005, responding to comments by Donnell Duncan on the article “Drawing a Line in the Academic Sand” on Inside Higher Ed.

I guess I pushed this man over the edge when I said the following in a heated debate that day: “Intelligent design is definitely a sketchy issue, but some of the foundational principles of evolution, though widely accepted, are also highly debatable. A university is the one place where we hope students can develop into independent thinkers. If they cannot even discuss the validity of a contentious scientific theory with the faculty in a bio-physical science class, then some of that independence is lost. It is unfortunate that a public university administration chooses to be one sided instead of allowing competing theories fair exposure.”

The most beautiful system of the sun, planets, and comets could only proceed from the counsel and dominion on an intelligent and powerful Being.
—Sir Isaac Newton (1642–1727), Principia (1687)

Science and theology are not mutually exclusive. Sir Isaac Newton is considered to be one of the most prominent physicists, mathematicians, astronomers, chemists, and theologians. Newton’s laws of motion are the foundational principles for classical mechanics. He also wrote the book “Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel and the Apocalypse of St. John.” If I were to respond with the same logic as those secular scientists who think Christians can’t also be scientists, I would say, “These guys are agnostics and atheists; they are not scientists.”

With that in mind, let’s observe the lives of prominent Christians who throughout history embraced the call of science and theology. I’ll start in the early 1500s and work my way to the twenty-first century. By the time this chapter is complete you will see how foolish it is to believe that Christians cannot be scientists and scientists cannot be Christians. Instead of telling you only what I think about their faith in the Lord, I’ll let them say it in their own words.