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Many of the key ideas of the modern world, such as atheism, secularism, science, democracy, and naturalistic humanism, the default worldview of the modern Western secular academy, have their origin in biblical religion.

Philosopher Nicholas Berdyaev states “However paradoxical it may seem, I am convinced that Christianity alone made possible both positive science and [technology].  … It is impossible to build railways, invent the telegraph or telephone, while living in fear of the demons. Thus, for man to be able to treat nature like a mechanism, it is necessary for the demonic inspiration of nature and man’s communion with it to have died out in human consciousness.” 

There is a growing consensus among historians of science that biblical religion  made  major contributions to the rise of modern science.
theologian John Baillie sees Christian faith as the necessary basis of modern science.