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Originally Posted by bobnot

This ignores the fact that it was the early Christian thinkers who engaged in science because they felt it was their divine duty to study God's creation as much as the Bible, leading to scientific investigation in the west. (Copernicus was a member of the Catholic church and Kepler the Lutheran church to name but two)

It also ignores the current work carried out by scientists who are comited Christians, one of whom used to be a member of our congregation until he moved to Oban in Scotland.

It also ignores the work of the Vatican Observatory...