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Scientific Revolution Podcast

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MC: Hello welcome to The A.D.A Show, and today we have Sir Francis Bacon and Sister Beatrice from St. Mary’s Convent. They will be answering questions, then after each round the audience will vote on who answered the question the best. (Applause) MC: Before we start can the contestants please introduce themselves to the audience? Bacon: Hello, I’m Francis Bacon. I’m 38 years old from London and… Well at the moment I’m a scientist and, I guess you could say I was a philosopher. If I win the game today I plan on using the money to fund a science research program. (Crowd boos) CROWD: Do you eat bacon in your diet these day? (Crowd Laughs) Bacon: Umm.. (Stops because MC talks) MC: Please don’t ask those question, we are very glad to have a great philospher as our guest today. Crowd: JUST ANSWER THE QUESTION HAHA Bacon: I guess I do. Um not these days MC: Please sir.. That is very rude for you to say that Crowd (Interrupts): I’m a priest and just to tell you, we hate you Bacon. MC: That’s It! Cut this (Buzzing) Get this (Buzzing) man out Crowd: NOOOO. ( Buzzing) I (Beeeppp) (Pause) MC: Sorry for the interruption ladies and gentlemen, Let’s get on with the show. Nun: Hello fellow church goers. My name is Beatrice Elizabeth Stewart and I come here to spread the word of God. Should I secure the money, I would donate all of it to my monastery to put it in God’s hands. (Cheers) MC: Thank you for joining us today contestants. Now let’s begin. For the first question: What do you think of the people who are involved in the recently occurring “Scientific Revolution”? Nun: I and the rest of my convent believe that they are a disgrace to the name of God. How can people claim to be faithful Christians when they are constantly looking for ways to try and equal themselves with God? People who keep trying to understand what God has made are just trying to make themselves equal to God. I hate and have no leniency for such people. They should all be burned. MC: Um… thank you. And Sir Bacon? Bacon: Well, I respect what Sister Beatrice has just said, but I think that she’s kind of mistaken. For a start, I encourage more people to explore science Crowd 1 (Quietly): Shut up.. (whispering in crowd) ( doesn’t stop) Nun: Excuse me?? Bacon: Uh.. I encourage more people to explore science and understand what God put here. I don’t see how this is going against God. Oh and actually, by not thinking about what God gave to us and accepting a wrong theory we are actually dishonoring God – Nun: Are you suggesting that I am dishonoring God? MC: May I just remind everybody that contestants should not interrupt other contestant’s speeches. Bacon: Yeah… As I was saying… We are kind of dishonoring God because we’re accepting a lie. We’re not seeing how good the stuff that God gave us is. People who try to realize how complex the universe is are saying that God made this complex thing – and in my opinion, that is just honoring and showing the power of God. MC: Thank you. Now, on the other hand: What do you think of the people who are not involved in the Scientific Revolution? Nun: Now, these are the people that will be going to heaven. I think I can speak for the entire convent when I praise these virtuous people. Who cares whether planets are said to go backwards? When God himself put it there, how can we question it? Why do we need to know why? It should be enough to anyone to know that it is like this because God made it so. MC: That is… certainly an opinion. Sir Bacon? Bacon: I think that it is exactly these kinds of words that make people too scared to go into the field of science. To people who are not involved in the Scientific Revolution but want to be, I’d advise them not to be so scared of the Church. I mean, its nothing wrong. No matter what the Church might try to tell you, you are not going against God. If the reason you’re holding back is because you think that God will punish you, you have no reason to be scared. As I kind of said before, you’re just showing how powerful God is. There is nothing wrong with that. MC: Finally, it is time for you to refute your opponent’s argument. Who would like to go first? Nun: Well I think - (at the same time) Bacon: I would like- (pause) Nun: Well, I think that what “Sir” Bacon says is blasphemous. How can he say that questioning God is right? I, as a nun, and a messenger of God, can say with certainty that he will be going to hell for his rash actions. Is it worth satisfying mild curiosity for an eternity in hell? You, as an audience, may vote for him, yet you must remember that every vote for him, is a vote against God. That’s all. (pause) MC: Thank you for those uh insightful words. Now for Sir Bacon. Bacon: I think that if - as Sister Beatrice is suggesting – every audience member should go to hell for voting for me, then the world we live in is not quite right. What she is saying might actually be doubting God. Nun: What??? MC: (sighs) Again, I have to ask you to be quiet whilst the other contestant is talking. Please continue Sir Bacon. Bacon: Yes, it may actually be going against God. If you don’t go into science because you think that something might be discovered which threatens religion, isn’t that doubting the strength of religion? Audience members, just think, if you really believed in something. If you really thought that something was unquestionably right. If you thought that there was nothing which could break your belief. If so, then you would not be scared that anything could be uncovered in the logical world which would disprove it. By thinking that anything could be found in Science which would subvert God, you are already doubting the power of God. By studying science you are glorifying God and better understanding the gift he gave us, and I don’t see anything wrong in that. Nun: If anyone actually believed that… stuff, then you are just as bad as he is. One vote for the wrong principal is more than enough to send you into eternal torture, and consider whether anything is worth that. MC: The time is now over. Can all the audience members take the paper in front of them and tick either Bacon or Beatrice. Please fold the paper only once – if it is folded twice it will be discounted. If you wish to abstain from voting please tick the no vote box. Once voting is finished, pass the papers forward to our assistants at the front. We will now take a quick break. When we are back we will announce the results – keep watching. (music plays) Welcome back to The A.D.A Show! The votes have now been counted. By an… overwhelming majority Sister Beatrice has won. Nun: Thank you. I can assure you that the money will be going to good use. (cheers) Bacon: Well, at least I tried. Everyone in the crowd please give me a good word. I know that everyone is scared to go on beyond the limits of what we faced in the past. Please, please don’t think that the hidden ideas and things of nature is against the Holy Religion. Religion won’t change even if new philosophies are in the world. Everything here today is because of the reason that God put it there. Don’t be scared that the investigation of truth from the philosophies would be dangerous. Natural philosophy is, from God, and is one of the most useful ways in changing supersititions. MC: Well thank you for listening to this interesting episode of the A.D.A show. Make sure to watch next week, and have a good evening.

__Key Question__

1. What did Bacon think of people who were too scared to get involved in the Scientific Revolution?