If the Foundations Be Destroyed Foundations of Science

by David Rives

“If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do? While the Bible plays a much less central role in Science today, many of the greatest minds in Science had the solid foundation of belief in a Creator.

The astronomer Johannes Kepler spent most of his time in Austria, and in Prague, where he pioneered much of the work on planetary motion.

Kepler said that “Geometry, coeternal with God… gave God the pattern… by which he laid out the world so that it might be best and most beautiful and finally most like the Creator.”

Realizing that through his work with telescopes, he was witnessing things that had never before been seen, Kepler said: “God himself has waited six thousand years for his work to be seen.” He is known to have prayed: “I thank thee my Creator and my Lord, that Thou hast given me this joy in thy Creation, this thrill in the works of Thy hand”…”

(this article is an excerpt from the November–December 2012 edition of the Sabbath Sentinel)

To read the rest of this article, which starts on page 15, click this link: https://biblesabbath.org/media/TSSNovDec2012.pdf