... And somehow this attitude did not hinder them in their commitment to the "scientific method." In fact one of them, Sir Francis Bacon, is credited with formulating and establishing the scientific method! They seem also to have been able to maintain a proper "scientific attitude," for it was these men (Newton, Pasteur, Linnaeus, Faraday, Pascal, Lord Kelvin, Maxwell, Kepler, etc.) whose researches and analyses led to the very laws and concepts of science which brought about our modern scientific age. The mechanistic scientists of the present are dwarfed in comparison to these intellectual giants of the past. Even the achievements of an Einstein (not to mention Darwin!) are trivial in comparison. The real breakthroughs, the new fields, the most beneficial discoveries of science were certainly not delayed (in fact probably were hastened) by the creationist motivations of these great founders of modern science.
And here is a list of some of the IGNORANT, UNSCIENTIFIC, PEA-BRAINED, MORONS, according to Triple Word Score and his ilk:
| TABLE I SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES ESTABLISHED |
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|---|---|
| DISCIPLINE | SCIENTIST |
| ANTISEPTIC SURGERY | JOSEPH LISTER (1827-1912) |
| BACTERIOLOGY | LOUIS PASTEUR (1822-1895) |
| CALCULUS | ISAAC NEWTON (1642-1727) |
| CELESTIAL MECHANICS | JOHANN KEPLER (1571-1630) |
| CHEMISTRY | ROBERT BOYLE (1627-1691) |
| COMPARATIVE ANATOMY | GEORGES CUVIER (1769-1832) |
| COMPUTER SCIENCE | CHARLES BABBAGE (1792-1871) |
| DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS | LORD RAYLEIGH (1842-1919) |
| DYNAMICS | ISAAC NEWTON (1642-1727) |
| ELECTRONICS | JOHN AMBROSE FLEMING (1849-1945) |
| ELECTRODYNAMICS | JAMES CLERK MAXWELL (1831-1879) |
| ELECTRO-MAGNETICS | MICHAEL FARADAY (1791-1867) |
| ENERGETICS | LORD KELVIN (1824-1907) |
| ENTOMOLOGY OF LIVING INSECTS | HENRI FABRE (1823-1915) |
| FIELD THEORY | MICHAEL FARADAY (1791-1867) |
| FLUID MECHANICS | GEORGE STOKES (1819-1903) |
| GALACTIC ASTRONOMY | WILLIAM HERSCHEL (1738-1822) |
| GAS DYNAMICS | ROBERT BOYLE (1627-1691) |
| GENETICS | GREGOR MENDEL (1822-1884) |
| GLACIAL GEOLOGY | LOUIS AGASSIZ (1807-1873) |
| GYNECOLOGY | JAMES SIMPSON (1811-1870) |
| HYDRAULICS | LEONARDO DA VINCI (1452-1519) |
| HYDROGRAPHY | MATTHEW MAURY (1806-1873) |
| HYDROSTATICS | BLAISE PASCAL (1623-1662) |
| ICHTHYOLOGY | LOUIS AGASSIZ (1807-1873) |
| ISOTOPIC CHEMISTRY | WILLIAM RAMSAY (1852-1916) |
| MODEL ANALYSIS | LORD RAYLEIGH (1842-1919) |
| NATURAL HISTORY | JOHN RAY (1627-1705) |
| NON-EUCLIDEAN GEOMETRY | BERNHARD RIEMANN (1826- 1866) |
| OCEANOGRAPHY | MATTHEW MAURY (1806-1873) |
| OPTICAL MINERALOGY | DAVID BREWSTER (1781-1868) |
| PALEONTOLOGY | JOHN WOODWARD (1665-1728) |
| PATHOLOGY | RUDOLPH VIRCHOW (1821-1902) |
| PHYSICAL ASTRONOMY | JOHANN KEPLER (1571-1630) |
| REVERSIBLE THERMODYNAMICS | JAMES JOULE (1818-1889) |
| STATISTICAL THERMODYNAMICS | JAMES CLERK MAXWELL (1831-1879) |
| STRATIGRAPHY | NICHOLAS STENO (1631-1686) |
| SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY | CAROLUS LINNAEUS (1707-1778) |
| THERMODYNAMICS | LORD KELVIN (1824-1907) |
| THERMOKINETICS | HUMPHREY DAVY (1778-1829) |
| VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY | GEORGES CUVIER (1769-1832) |
| TABLE II NOTABLE INVENTIONS, DISCOVERIES |
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|---|---|
| CONTRIBUTION | SCIENTIST |
| ABSOLUTE TEMPERATURE SCALE | LORD KELVIN (1824-1907) |
| ACTUARIAL TABLES | CHARLES BABBAGE (1792-1871) |
| BAROMETER | BLAISE PASCAL (1623-1662) |
| BIOGENESIS LAW | LOUIS PASTEUR (1822-1895) |
| CALCULATING MACHINE | CHARLES BABBAGE (1792-1871) |
| CHLOROFORM | JAMES SIMPSON (1811-1870) |
| CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM | CAROLUS LINNAEUS (1707-1778) |
| DOUBLE STARS | WILLIAM HERSCHEL (1738-1822) |
| ELECTRIC GENERATOR | MICHAEL FARADAY (1791-1867) |
| ELECTRIC MOTOR | JOSEPH HENRY (1797-1878) |
| EPHEMERIS TABLES | JOHANN KEPLER (1571-1630) |
| FERMENTATION CONTROL | LOUIS PASTEUR (1822-1895) |
| GALVANOMETER | JOSEPH HENRY (1797-1878) |
| GLOBAL STAR CATALOG | JOHN HERSCHEL (1792-1871) |
| INERT GASES | WILLIAM RAMSAY (1852-1916) |
| KALEIDOSCOPE | DAVID BREWSTER (1781-1868) |
| LAW OF GRAVITY | ISAAC NEWTON (1642-1727) |
| MINE SAFETY LAMP | HUMPHREY DAVY (1778-1829) |
| PASTEURIZATION | LOUIS PASTEUR (1822-1895) |
| REFLECTING TELESCOPE | ISAAC NEWTON (1642-1727) |
| SCIENTIFIC METHOD | FRANCIS BACON (1561-1626) |
| SELF-INDUCTION | JOSEPH HENRY (1797-1878) |
| TELEGRAPH | SAMUEL F.B. MORSE (1791-1872) |
| THERMIONIC VALVE | AMBROSE FLEMING (1849-1945) |
| TRANS-ATLANTIC CABLE | LORD KELVIN (1824-1907) |
| VACCINATION & IMMUNIZATION | LOUIS PASTEUR (1822-1895) |
Look, "believers in God" (i.e., your list) is not synonymous with the sort of "don't confuse me with the evidence, all I need to know is right here in the Bible" creationist nutballs who think that dinosaurs were alive a few thousand years ago.
Having faith is fine, as long as you don't use it as an excuse to reject any observation that might raise uncomfortable questions - clearly the scientists on your list were open to new ideas, and thus were able to break new ground.
But the flat-Earth type creationists are another ball of wax entirely. They're like the classic scene from one of the old "Cheech and Chong" albums. C&C are trying to get their car started, when a street preacher wanders up and testifies, with complete sincerity and no sense of irony, "It used to be, I was all messed up on drugs. But then I found the Lord. Now, I'm all messed up on the Lord!"