Creation - St. Marys Coptic Orthodox Church

CHAPTER ONE
IN THE BEGINNING
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. (Gen 1:1)
The Bible starts with these words, which for centuries were accepted by
Christians without any doubt whatsoever. Eminent scientists, who
became pillars of scientific knowledge believed in them as well as
ordinary people as we shall see from the following examples:
JOHANNES KEPLER (December 27, 1571 – November 15, 1630)
Keppler was a German mathematician, astronomer and astrologer,
and a key figure in the 17th century astronomical revolution. He is best
known for his laws of planetary motion, based on his works Astronomia
Nova, Harmonice Mundi, and Epitome of Copernican Astronomy.
Kepler incorporated religious arguments and reasoning into his
work, motivated by the religious conviction that God had created the
world according to an intelligible plan which was accessible through the
natural light of reason. 1
Deeply spiritual all his life, he said, “Let also my name perish if only
the name of God the Father is elevated.” On November 15, 1630, as he
lay dying, he was asked on what did he pin his hope of salvation.
Confidently and resolutely, he testified: “Only and alone on the services
of Jesus Christ. In Him is all refuge, all solace and welfare.” 2
BLAISE PASCAL (June 19, 1623–August 19, 1662)
Pascal was a French mathematician, physicist, and religious
philosopher. He was a mathematician of the first order. Pascal helped
create two major new areas of research. He wrote a significant treatise
on the subject of projective geometry at the age of sixteen and
corresponded with Pierre de Fermat from 1654 and later on probability
theory, strongly influencing the development of modern economics and
social science.
1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Kepler
2 http://creationsafaris.com/wgcs_1.htm
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