We are opposed as Christians to science.

We are opposed to the claims of scientists

that they have reached a final truth that finally disproves the truthfulness of the Bible.

As scientific advances took place over the centuries, The 19th century began to see strong claims

against Christianity and against the Bible. But are Christianity and science really

in opposition to each other?

What should we think of anti-Christian scientists and thinkers?

It's good to have you with us for this Thursday edition of Renewing Your Mind. I'm your host Nathan W Bingham. We began

on Monday in the early church and today we're in the 19th century. This really is a

whirlwind taste of W- Robert Godfrey's six-part study series.

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Here's Dr Godfrey on the rise and influence of biblical criticism Charles Darwin Karl Marx, Adolf Hitler, and others.

The rise of natural science in the West that has led to so many

remarkable accomplishments in our time whether we think of astronomy or medicine, so many things that have

changed, that development of science really began in the 17th century, moved on into the 18th century, and began to develop

an even more rapid pace in the 19th and of course 20th centuries. In the 17th and 18th century Christianity and the

developments of natural science were seen as completely compatible and

friendly. Indeed many of the finest scientists of that period were Christian, some of them even clergymen.

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