Originally Posted by
DeistPrimate
I think it was Francis Bacon who created science, a man.
Me thinks you might need to take a History of Science course sometime, or read a book or two on the topic. Actually to be more accurate there were some Pre-Bacon examples of scientific methodology (Galileo and Copernicus) but it was Bacon who set up the modern mechanism.
God didn't create the scientific method anymore than 'He' provided me with my breakfast this morning (which is why I didn't say grace and thank 'Him' for it). Some farmers, truckers and grocery store workers provided me with it.
You might be able to argue God created the laws of nature discoverable by the scientific method, but the method itself is wholly man-made.
There are more examples of pre-Renaissance men who made strides into the science fields prior to Bacon. They date back to, probably, when mankind gained consciousness.
My belief is that God created everything, therefore a very functional and higher order "being" compared to us, His creation.
I believe we were made "like" Him, therefore creative, logical and overall functional creation over all the other "animals".
If "scientific method" were defined in the past (during the "tales" of the bible) they would have used that term.
Example: Jacob (father of the 12 tribes of Israel) used natural science, deduction and experimentation to turn quite a profit. When he gave the normal/solid colored sheep water troughs that had cut pieces of wood which shaded the reflection of the sheep. Somehow (even to this date, I know of no experiment that replicates this) the visual cues the solid sheep had, either narrowed their self identity to "speckled" (and therefore they mated only with speckled) or changed their offspring genetically? (I dont read Hebrew, it would be nice if a Rabbi had a better explanation).
Either way, science as anybody would define it was utilized.
Another is Daniel after captivity in Babylon, utilized his knowledge about nutrition to out "smart" the scholars in Babylon. That was no accident, I'm sure alot of observation, testing, recording etc.was involved with this.
My point to the ramble, you are defining a God that is clueless.
If you are discussing, in a religious forum, God and His attributes, the Torah/Tankh/Bible has plenty of "stories" that show scientific, judicial and moral wisdom. Definitely not able to prove God "created" the scientific method any more than anybody else "created" it. I think its more a part of critical thinking that most humans have.
Unfortunately, religion and politics have been an opiate over generations that numbed this critical thinking, but none the less, its not unique.