Christianity Quote by John Burroughs

Christianity has always had sort of an ability to absorb the developments in science. But, it's always done it very slowly.

— George Coyne

Compared with the thousands of years in which human life has been on this planet, Christianity is a recent development.

— Kenneth Scott Latourette

In the last fifty years science has advanced more than in the 2,000 previous years and given mankind greater powers over the forces of…

— John Boyd Orr

The irrefutable fact is that Christianity gave birth to modern science. The scientific revolution began with the Protestant Reformation and the Bible played a…

— Glen Rambharack

The success of the West, including the rise of science, rested entirely on religious foundations, and the people who brought it about were devout…

— Rodney Stark

“For all these reasons, one cannot recount the history of modern science without acknowledging the crucial importance of Christianity. But this does not mean…

— Ronald L. Numbers

What is the relation between Christianity and modern culture; may Christianity be maintained in a scientific age? It is this problem which modern liberalism…

— John Gresham Machen

The dogma of Christianity gets worn away before the advances of science. Religion will have to make more and more concessions. Gradually the myths…

— Adolf Hitler

“Science arose in the West—and only in the West—precisely because the Judeo-Christian conception of God encouraged and even demanded this pursuit.”

— Rodney Stark

“Strange as it may seem, the Bible played a positive role in the development of science. … Had it not been for the rise…

— Steve Kumar

It seems true that the growth of science and secularism made organized Christianity feel under threat.

— Mary Douglas

Not only were science and religion compatible, they were inseparable--th e rise of science was achieved by deeply religious Christian scholars.

— Rodney Stark