Posted on 01/24/2009 5:28:02 AM PST by Ethan Clive Osgoode
Our notions of "science" and "scientists" date only to the 19th century. Before then, "science" simply meant knowledge; the label of "scientist" did not exist.
Instead, the study of the natural world was known as "natural philosophy." And even the great philosophers Plato and Aristotle are considered two of the most influential figures in the history of science.
Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to your care. Turn away from godless chatter and the opposing ideas of what is falsely called knowledge, - I Timothy 6:20 NIV
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12. Another lesson which we can draw is that the different branches of knowledge call for different methods. Thanks to his intuition as a brilliant physicist and by relying on different arguments, Galileo, who practically invented the experimental method, understood why only the Sun could function as the centre of the world, as it was then known, that is to say as a planetary system. The error of the theologians of the time, when they maintained the centrality of the Earth, was to think that our understanding of the physical world’s structure was, in some way, imposed by the literal sense of the Sacred Scripture. Let us recall the celebrated saying attributed to Baronius: “Spiritui Sancto mentem fuisse nos docere quomodo ad coelum eatur non quomodo coelum gradiatur.” In fact the Bible does not concern itself with the details of the physical world, the understanding of which is the competence of human experience and reasoning. There exist two realms of knowledge, one which has its source in Revelation and one which reason can discover by its own power. To the latter belong especially the experimental sciences and philosophy. The distinction between the two realms of knowledge ought not to be understood as opposition. The two realms are not altogether foreign to each other; they have points of contact. The methodologies proper to each make it possible to bring out different aspects of reality...
Excerpt from the speech of Pope John Paul II to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, 1992
"Methodological naturalism" is a term coined in the 80s. Previously it was called monism or "natural-scientific materialism" or a number of other things that mean the same. Here, read this:
Haeckel and Natural-Scientific Materialism, V.I. LeninSo, this is supposed to be the philosophy of science that must be drilled into all the schoolchildren's heads these days.
Methodological naturalism is the evo-atheist religion and they’re on a crusade to destroy God’s Word with it. Darwin and his intellectual children (Marx, Lenin, Stalin, and Hitler) wouldn’t know real science if it bit them on the butt. Yet their disciples are still around today, spreading their anti-god filth.
Check this out...
In Defense of the Communists
Thank you for the ping, and for all the work you do!
Do you believe the Earth orbits the Sun?
I - along with others - have asked you this question in the pass and you refused to answer it which leads one to believe that you feel it is a false statement.
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