John Bloom on the Match that Lit the Scientific Revolution

Intelligent Design the Future

Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture

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🗓️ 6 December 2024

⏱️ 21 minutes

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On today’s ID the Future out of the vault, Biola University physicist John Bloom discusses his chapter in The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith, an anthology co-edited by host Casey Luskin. Bloom argues that while the Babylonians and Greeks contributed some discoveries and insights that would eventually play into the rise of science, science did not take off, was not born, until a cluster of crucial ideas drawn from the Judeo-Christian worldview infused Western thought. Only then did astrology become astronomy, alchemy become chemistry, and the great adventure of scientific discovery begin in earnest. Source

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0:00.0	ID The Future, a podcast about evolution and intelligent design.
0:11.9	Did religion help give rise to science?
0:14.9	Hello and welcome to ID the Future.
0:17.4	I'm Casey Leskin, and today I'm speaking with Dr. John Bloom, a fellow of Discovery Institute
0:22.2	with a Ph.D. in Physics from Cornell University and another PhD in ancient and near-eastern
0:28.0	studies from the Annenberg Research Institute, which is now part of the University of Pennsylvania.
0:33.6	He's a professor of physics at Biola University in La Morata, California, where he also serves as
0:39.1	the academic director for Biola's Master of Arts and Science and Religion program.
0:44.0	Dr. Bloom, it's great to have you on the show with us today.
0:46.7	Oh, it's great to be here. Thank you for having me.
0:49.4	Absolutely. We're here today to discuss your contribution to a book that's been released titled
0:54.9	The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith, exploring the ultimate questions about life
0:59.6	in the cosmos.
1:00.8	Your chapter in that book is titled, Did Christianity Give Rise to Science?
1:05.1	The book is being published by Harvest House.
1:07.1	I'm a co-editor along with Bill Damsky and Joseph Holden, and you can check out the book
1:11.7	on Amazon, and Dr. Bloom, we really appreciated your excellent contribution to the book.
1:16.7	It was kind of fun to do. And when you look at all the scope that's covered, it really is
1:21.7	comprehensive. I can't wait to get my hands on a copy of it and probably start using it in
1:27.2	classes or something
1:28.2	because it really does cover all the bases.
1:31.1	Well, I appreciate you saying that.
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