Creation Quote by Rodney Stark

The idea that God may be approached and understood through intellectual analysis is uniquely Christian... It is probably not an accident that modern science…

— Freeman Dyson

Because God is perfect, his handiwork functions in accord with immutable principles. By the full use of our God-given powers of reason and observation,…

— Rodney Stark

“The Reformation biblical faith in God[50] had radically desacralized [entgöttert] the world. Thus the ground was prepared in which rational and empirical science could…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Once upon a time, science, philosophy, and theology were disciplines largely undifferentiated from one another, and proving the existence of God was a fairly…

— Benjamin Wittes

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

Faith in the possibility of science, generated antecedently to the development of modern scientific theory, is an unconscious derivative from medieval theology.

— Alfred North Whitehead

“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

Back when the natural sciences, philosophy, and theology were one great intellectual hodgepodge, proving the existence of God was a relatively commonplace exercise. To…

— Benjamin Wittes

“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

Modern science developed in the context of western religious thought, was nurtured in universities first established for religious reasons, and owes some of its…

— Kenneth R. Miller

“SCIENCE AROSE ONLY IN Europe because only medieval Europeans believed that science was possible and desirable. And the basis of their belief was their…

— Rodney Stark

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

— Rodney Stark