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In the
17th Century, there was a great
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increase in of
scientific knowledge
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Copernicus,
Kepler and Galileo destroyed the
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notion of the
earth as the center of the universe.
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Newton’s
discoveries introduced the idea of
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natural law,
where the universe is governed by
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unchanging laws
of nature.
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Scientific
principles began to be applied to
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biblical studies:
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Textual
criticism: which copies of the
Greek text
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are most
reliable?
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Historical
criticism: which biblical
accounts are
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historically
plausible?
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