dr_lew: “that is a fascinating story in itself, and given some account in A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom by Andrew Dickson White. “
My argument here is that properly understood, science and Bible are not necessarily in conflict, because each deals with different aspects of reality.
Science, by definition, does not address supernatural, divine or spiritual events, while the Bible is all about those, saying nothing about natural science.
But in point of fact, the Bible is the origin and foundation of European Natural Science, most exemplified perhaps by the origin of geology in the attempt to document the Noachic Flood. Of course, that didn't go smoothly, but it was a start! And to me, it does show that the spirit of naturalism is promoted by the Genesis Creation account.