Science and Religion

             Did a Biblically Inspired Mentality Play a Role in the Development of Modern Science?
             Before this question can be addressed, you must first define what modern science consists of. I see modern science as the past one hundred years of electrical, mechanical, physical, and galactic discovery. Modern science is exemplified through recent knowledge, and understanding of human healing. From evolution on earth to biological organisms found on mars you will also see the unrestrained results of modern science.
             Modern science has separated it's self from the restrictive and faith based religious community. Modern science can't be logically linked to some form of religious influenced methodology. This is because Modern science has developed it's own method of thinking. This scientific method is a factual and strictly guided methodology where there is no room for faith in an unknown entity.
             Early scientists were bound by a religious method of reasoning which crippled them in explanation and presentation of their discoveries and inventions. They had to somehow present their ideas to a public who wouldn't accept them without some divine intervention making them possible. Through reinterpretation of biblical sources, they could justify and qualify their work.
             Religious sources lend themselves to reinterpretation by their mythical and unverifiable nature. This can be seen anytime of the day through bad television preachers and mentally unstable cults who use the events and stories of the bible to represent and validate their own personal agendas. With some creativity, nearly any topic or idea can be verified through strategically selected and organized pieces of the bible.
             Through the 18th and 19th century, people found themselves presented with several new ideas and inventions which were evidently created by man and were far from divine. The steam engine allowed travel, communication, and transportati...

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