25 JUL 2011 by ideonexus
Fear of Science Toppling God
Lastly, you will find that by the simpleness of certain divines, access to any philosophy, however pure, is well-nigh closed. Some are weakly afraid lest a deeper search into nature should transgress the permitted limits of sober-mindedness, wrongfully wresting and transferring what is said in Holy Writ against those who pry into sacred mysteries, to the hidden things of nature, which are barred by no prohibition. Others with more subtlety surmise and reflect that if second causes are unknown...People fear scientific inquiry because they fear negating the scriptures with their discoveries. A very prescient observation by Francis Bacon.