The Enlightenment and Scientific Revolution The Dawn of Reason
Ptolemy and Aristotle (and the Bible)
Empyrean Orbs of Light Crystalline Spheres
The Essence of It All MAN IS THE CENTER OF EVERYTHING –God’s Chosen, in his image –The Earth is unique and we stand alone
The Bible Joshua 10:12:... And he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon. And the sun stood still... 1 Chronicles 16:30: Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved.
So Why Question Things Now? Prior – ALL truth from Church & Bible –During chaos used superstition. Reformation –What is True? Spirit of Exploration –What’s out there?
Copernicus
Why is this SO Dangerous? Takes Man out of the center of God’s creation Is the Bible LYING???!!! Is God (and the Church) WRONG???!!!
What it Doesn’t Answer Still sees universe as heliocentric and spherical (spheres still exist) Doesn’t know how or why planets move (orbs still exist)
Brahe and Kepler
Elliptical Orbits
Significance??? Shatters idea of Crystalline Spheres NO EMPYREAN!!! Don’t know what planets are or why they move
Galileo
The Telescope Kills the Orbs Saw Moons of Jupiter Saw craters & mountains on the moon –ARE WE NOT SPECIAL IN GOD’S CREATION –No differences…
The Fight – Old vs. New
Newton
3 Laws of Motion Used to prove HOW and WHY planets and stars moved and were set in the universe.
So What??? Math and Science PROVED it. –Bible and Church rely on FAITH. Man can unlock secrets of the universe if we apply math and reason –NATURAL LAW – codes that God used to “write” the universe.