The Judeo-Christian Origins of Modern Science

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Published 2022-04-18
Bestselling author Stephen Meyer explores how three key Judeo-Christian presuppositions encouraged the rise of modern science, and he explores the influence of faith on the life and work of Sir Isaac Newton. Meyer is Director of the Center for Science and Culture at Discovery Institute and author of Return of the God Hypothesis.

This talk was presented at the 2022 Dallas Conference on Science and Faith in January 2022.

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All Comments (21)
  • @rubiks6
    Several times I found myself on the verge of tears, simply because of the beauty of the ideas presented. Often, this was while looking at a quotation from a famous scientist. You've done a great service to us, Stephen Meyer. God is glorified in you.
  • @KenJackson_US
    The arrogant assumption that modern science somehow obviates belief in God is prevalent. How very ironic to see belief in God in the very foundations of thought that gave rise to science in the first place.
  • @rac7773
    Meyer is probably in my top 10 of most admired human beings. What a treasure!
  • It's so obvious there is intelligent design. It shouldn't even be a valid argument. Great lecture and standing up for the Holy Bible against the odds
  • @mashraf1605
    Differences aside with Dr Stephen Meyer on his exclusion of Islam's impact, this lecture is a MUST for every parent. They should tell their school/college going sons and daughters to watch this. May God bless Dr Stephen Meyer
  • @dsilva158
    Incredible lecture by Stephen Meyer. I sent this to my agnostic brother 😀. He's really into the sciences. Blessings to you all 🙏
  • @stephenhall11
    I went to university.Of course biology 101 is a prerequisite for everyone.This is where I sat in a giant hall together with 400 other students. The majority were Southern Baptists. Our prof was a frustrated scientist who failed to get into a research program and ended up teaching us undergraduates.This failed prof got his kicks using his position decimating our faith. Every day someone would flee from the lecture weeping bitterly because they had lost there faith. I cried too.When you lose your faith you lose everything.There is no comfort. After two semesters there were not many believers left. It was a Holocaust.This was in 1970. What saved me was the new research into the cell,mitosis, and microbiology. I was convinced of the evidence of design.It is impossible that the cell is an accident of nature!
  • From C.S. Lewis on the materialist’s dilemma: “A theory which explained everything else in the whole universe but which made it impossible to believe that our thinking was valid would be utterly out of court. For that theory would itself have been reached by thinking, and if thinking is not valid that theory would, of course, be demolished. It would have destroyed its own credentials. It would be an argument which proved that no argument was sound — a proof that there are no such things as proofs.”
  • @garrycline6868
    I have been waiting for this video for 6 mos.! I can’t tell you how much I absolutely enjoy watching your presentations! As a public servant who works 24 hour shifts, listening to the material while I am working is just great! Thank you and please keep them coming and please keep up the good work!
  • @MrCallidus
    It sounds cliche, but Steve is truly one of the great thinkers of our time.
  • @asgaiyawaya3973
    This is something I noticed over the years that secularism tries to bash or keep at arms length this very fact. I have even argued with some atheists who refuse to even debate this topic because it completely contradicts their worldview which is typically that science and religion have always been in conflict.
  • @myart1336
    Good to learn about the real history of modern science.
  • @k.s.obrien9459
    This is such an excellent presentation, thank you Dr. Meyer for all you do! Lord bless.
  • First like and comment from ITALY! Thanks for this wonderful walktrough dr Meyer, big fan of your work!
  • Another excellent presentation by Dr. Meyer on such a fascinating subject. Having read all of his books, I never cease to be amazed by his articulate arguments on Intelligent Design. As a recovering atheist, I have been throughly converted. Dr. Meyer shares no small credit for my new path.
  • @swatdawg5058
    honestly in this modern age of knowledge, reason, and science, its no longer a matter of evidence, it's purely a heart issue. People simply love sin and themselves more than God...
  • I've decided to buy his book based on this presentation. That's how good it was.
  • I first heard about fine tuning in San Salvador, El Salvador. I don’t remember which was first but I heard both on Christian radio. Lisandro BojĂłrquez of JosuĂ© Church preached in his radio message about fine tuning in a very intelligent way. The one I listened to even more was a young man who was born in Mexico but moved to California when he was ten and began recording from his hot Palm Desert home before he and his wife had children. His program was called More on Life or MĂĄs de la Vida. Somewhere there is a David T. More to whom Jorge Cota gave credit but I never learned much about him. Jorge, however, was amazing. He had a whole series showing the hand of God in Creation, the design and order which cannot be denied. I thank God for Universidad EvangĂ©lica in San Salvador where our daughter started studying education but then graduated in nutrition, taking many of the same subjects as the medical students. I have had covid and our daughter made me an appointment with a young Christian doctor who also graduated from the same school. He came to my house and is getting me back to health.
  • @brycew2
    Good work Stephen. Thanks for all that you do.