Satisfactory Faith Quote

[The theory of evolution] forms a satisfactory faith on which to base our interpretation of nature.

L. Harrison Matthews,
Introduction to 'Origin of Species: The Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life', p. xxii (1977 edition).

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Francis Bacon Notes

Sir Francis Bacon

Opposite the title page of Darwin's Origin of Species appears the following quotation:
'To conclude, therefore, let no man ... think or maintain that a man can search too far or be too well studied in the book of God's word, or in the book of God's works; divinity or philosophy; but rather let men endeavor an endless progress or proficience in both.'

The author is Francis Bacon, and the quotation is from his 1605 book The Advancement of Learning. Here is the classical statement that there are two ways of understanding the character of God, through the Bible, and through the world he has made. (quoted in Evolution the Great Debate by Vernon Blackmore & Andrew Page).

Which is not surprising since Francis Bacon was a Creationist who studied to learn about God's marvelous creation.

Francis Bacon was the son of Nicolas Bacon, the Lord Keeper of the Seal of Elisabeth 1. He lived between 1561-1626. He died around a year before Robert Boyle was born.

Francis Bacon is known as the father of the scientific method.

In an article on answersingenesis.org they write that Bacon was , "stressing experimentation and induction from data rather than philosophical deduction in the tradition of Aristotle." In his early years Bacon had described his tutors as, "Men of sharp wits, shut up in their cells of a few authors, chielfy Aristotle, their Dictator."

Sir Francis Bacon's first work was The Advancement of Learning written in 1605 from which Darwin quoted in his book Origin of the Species. Before moving on to our next creation scientists here are a few quotes from Francis Bacon:

• HOPE "Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper."
• KNOWLEDGE"I have taken all knowledge to be my province."
• KNOWLEDGE "For all knowledge and wonder (which is the seed of knowledge) is an impression of pleasure itself."
• NATURE "Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed."
• READING "Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested."
• READING "Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing and exact man."

Bacon's writings helped lead to the founding of the Royal Society of London.

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