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Minnemooseus
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Message 30 of 37 (619187)
06-09-2011 1:22 AM
Reply to: Message 28 by Chuck77
06-09-2011 12:46 AM


Christian scientists / Creationist scientists
To what degree your list of Christian scientists (and those of the previous message list) were also creationist scientists, I'm not certain. But even if they all were, most of their scientific achievements were in fields that didn't conflict with creationism.
In the early days of modern science (say 200-300 years ago?), most of the scientists were probably quite religious. Being religious and being well educated probably went hand in hand. Many were also probably young Earth creationist, for that was the norm of the time. But the ones that made advancement were the ones who were willing to discard or modify their creationist beliefs in the face of conflicting evidence.
Or something like that.
Moose

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