The Enlightenment and The Enlightenment and Scientific RevolutionScientific Revolution

The Dawn of ReasonThe Dawn of Reason

The Essence of It AllThe Essence of It All

MAN IS THE MAN IS THE CENTER OF CENTER OF EVERYTHINGEVERYTHING

–God’s Chosen, God’s Chosen, in his imagein his image

–The Earth is The Earth is unique and we unique and we stand alonestand alone

Ptolemy, AristotlePtolemy, Aristotle, and the Bible, and the BiblePut aside your fake “Science”. PROVE to me Put aside your fake “Science”. PROVE to me that the Earth isn’t flat, that it is round.that the Earth isn’t flat, that it is round.

Much Easier: Prove to me that it is flat.Much Easier: Prove to me that it is flat.

Empyrean

Orbs of Light

Crystalline Spheres

So Why Question Things Now?So Why Question Things Now?Prior – ALL truth Prior – ALL truth from Church & Biblefrom Church & Bible

–During chaos used During chaos used superstition.superstition.

ReformationReformation

–What is True?What is True?

Spirit of ExplorationSpirit of Exploration

–What’s out there?What’s out there?

CopernicusCopernicus

Why is this SO Dangerous?Why is this SO Dangerous?Takes Man out of Takes Man out of the center of the center of God’s creationGod’s creation

Is the Bible Is the Bible LYING!!!LYING!!!

Is God (and the Is God (and the Church) Church) WRONG!!!WRONG!!!

What it Doesn’t AnswerWhat it Doesn’t AnswerStill sees universe Still sees universe as heliocentric and as heliocentric and spherical (spheres spherical (spheres still exist)still exist)

Doesn’t know how Doesn’t know how or why planets or why planets move (orbs still move (orbs still exist)exist)

Brahe and KeplerBrahe and Kepler

Elliptical OrbitsElliptical Orbits

Significance???Significance???Shatters idea of Shatters idea of Crystalline Crystalline SpheresSpheresNO NO EMPYREAN!!!EMPYREAN!!!Don’t know what Don’t know what planets are or planets are or why they movewhy they move

Galileo Galilei Galileo Galilei

The Telescope Kills the OrbsThe Telescope Kills the OrbsSaw Moons of Saw Moons of JupiterJupiterSaw craters & Saw craters & mountains on the mountains on the moonmoon–ARE WE NOT ARE WE NOT

SPECIAL IN SPECIAL IN GOD’S CREATION?GOD’S CREATION?

–No differences…No differences…

Galileo’s Laws… incompleteGalileo’s Laws… incompleteObjects move at Objects move at an accelerated an accelerated rate when force rate when force is appliedis appliedBodies continue Bodies continue in motion until a in motion until a force is appliedforce is appliedCouldn’t find the Couldn’t find the force that made force that made it all move…it all move…

Conflict With the ChurchConflict With the Church

Under threat of torture, Galileo Under threat of torture, Galileo forced to renounce his findingsforced to renounce his findings

1632 - Catholics and 1632 - Catholics and Protestants angry at Protestants angry at his “his “Dialogue Dialogue Concerning the Concerning the Two Chief World Two Chief World SystemsSystems” in which ” in which he defended he defended CopernicusCopernicus– Pope puts him under Pope puts him under

house arrest for life…house arrest for life…

NewtonNewton

3 Laws of Motion3 Laws of Motion

Used to prove HOW and WHY

planets and stars moved

and were set in the universe.

A&E Bio of Newton (from 3:56)

So What???So What???Math and Science PROVED it.Math and Science PROVED it.

–Bible and Church rely on FAITH.Bible and Church rely on FAITH.

Man can unlock secrets of the Man can unlock secrets of the universe if we apply math and reasonuniverse if we apply math and reason

–NATURAL LAW NATURAL LAW – codes that God – codes that God used to “write” the universe.used to “write” the universe.

Measuring & Improving the WorldMeasuring & Improving the World

VesaliusVesalius – On the Structures of the – On the Structures of the Human BodyHuman Body

HarveyHarvey – Blood, veins and – Blood, veins and arteriesarteries

Von Leeuwenhoek Von Leeuwenhoek – – microscopemicroscope

BoyleBoyle – Chemistry – Chemistry

And this was the birth of the And this was the birth of the modern world!!!modern world!!!