Examples of scientific discoveries and how they have influenced Christianity
Earth orbiting round the Sun - Galileo - condemed and placed under house arrest
Sub-atomic particles - Einstein and others - Paradime shift in Physics
Parts of the brain can be induced to be stimulated into religious experiences - Persinger - labelled 'bad science' by Christianity
Stephen Jay Gould believed in the idea that religion and science as "non-overlapping magisteria" (NOMA) meaning there is a complete and total difference between the two. However, Alister McGrath prefered the term "partially overlapping magesteria" (POMA) meaning there is a partial overlap between the two.
The phrase 'God of the gaps' is used to describe the tendency to fill in the gaps in our knowledge with a belief in a God. It is commonly used by atheist writers such as Richard Dawkins. As those gaps get smaller and smaller so does God
