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Religion and Science are Always in Agreement

Ali Kushchu, a 15th century scientist, was the first to make a map
of the moon, and a region of the moon has been named after him.

laws". This same trend made its way into the 18th century. Some of the
scientists known for their devotion to God, and who made significant
contributions to the world of science, were Newton, Kepler, Copernicus,
Bacon, Galileo, Pascal, Boyle, Paley, and Cuvier, to name a few. (For
further detail, please see the chapter "Scientists of Faith").
These scientists believed in God and practiced scientific research with
an inspiration derived from their faith. One of the best indications of this
was the "Bridgewater Treatises", a series of publications released in Britain
in the early 19th century. A number of scientists conducted research on a
variety of disciplines, and defined the object of their study to be "the signs
of the harmony and order God created in the universe and nature". The
method employed by these scientists is referred to as "Natural Theology",
meaning "knowing God through nature".
It was William Paley's Natural Theology: Evidences of the Existence and
Attributes of the Deity, Collected From the Appearances of Nature, published in
1802, that pioneered the Bridgewater Treatises. In this book, Paley gave
examples of design in living things, displaying a comprehensive
knowledge of anatomy.

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