One of the self-ordained Gatekeepers of Lucifer who helped open the door to eventual Darwinism and skepticism....Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,.. 2 Peter 3:3
"Another strategy that early naturalists used involved leveraging their professional platforms to emphasize cherry-picked talking points.
Even before Buffon used his position, Bernard Le Bouyer de Fontenelle did the same.
He became secretary of the Academy of Sciences in Paris in 1697. For over 40 years Fontenelle was the gatekeeper of academy publications. He was tasked with summarizing the most noteworthy scientific research. He selected those that matched his own view of an old earth.
British meteorologist and creation researcher Andrew Sibley summarized Fonte-nelle’s endeavors in the Journal of Creation. He noted that Fontenelle “used the occasion to try and persuade French academic society that an ancient history of the world could be arrived at through studies of nature."
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"Another strategy that early naturalists used involved leveraging their professional platforms to emphasize cherry-picked talking points.
Even before Buffon used his position, Bernard Le Bouyer de Fontenelle did the same.
He became secretary of the Academy of Sciences in Paris in 1697. For over 40 years Fontenelle was the gatekeeper of academy publications. He was tasked with summarizing the most noteworthy scientific research. He selected those that matched his own view of an old earth.
British meteorologist and creation researcher Andrew Sibley summarized Fonte-nelle’s endeavors in the Journal of Creation. He noted that Fontenelle “used the occasion to try and persuade French academic society that an ancient history of the world could be arrived at through studies of nature."
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