Priests of the book of nature -- thats how 17th century intellectual extraordinaire ROBERT BOYLE described the job of scientists in the book Christian Virtuoso. The Encyclopedia Britannica entry on Boyle says he was a theologian. Quite a strange thing to hear in secular now that a scientist of this magnitude --whose expertise were hydrostatics, physics, medicine, earth sciences, natural history and alchemy -- would devote time for a strange discipline called theology. But thats how this founder of the Royal Academy would roll. Boyle and many other Christians during the formative years of modern science were part of our exciting topic last Wednesday. Woohoo! We reached our 4th consecutive week and this is our third consecutive meeting where wed always meet the 20-attendee mark. The educ levels of the attendees range from students taking PhD, MA, college and high school. Non-students also have a good number. Come join us every Wednesday at the University Hotel in UP. This month we discuss Christianity and Science and next week well reopen the Galileo Case not only to learn from history but to put the typical skeptic assault that Christianity hated science that is why Galileo was gagged and executed. What a strange thing to say. Discussions start at 530pm. Free food and drinks, so do come join us. ============ Ratio Christi (Latin for ‘The Reason of Christ’) is a global movement that equips university students and faculty to give historical, philosophical, and scientific reasons for following Jesus Christ. Bringing together faith and reason to establish the intellectual voice of Christ in the University, Ratio Christi is planting student led apologetics clubs at universities around the world. Students, engaged in the battle for the mind, learn to defend Gods existence, the reliability of the Bible, and the fact of Christ’s resurrection. We seek a Renaissance of Christian Thinking in the University. Visit RatioChristi.org
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