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A Feared Subject Since the beginning of time humans have looked up at the heavens and asked, why? Before the modern era the word “why” was somewhat taboo. Very few would question the makings of God, for they feared the consequences of his wrath. They felt their utmost responsibility was to give praise to the lord their creator. As time went on society changed, so did their attitude about science. Slowly people began to openly question God’s creations without the interference of the church. The modern science that we know was born out of this questioning. Scientific knowledge grew at an alarming rate; many people were worried we were overstepping God’s boundaries. People became very fearful of the consequences of non-nourished science. Several books were written sounding warnings about the fury science can inflict if not properly attended to. Among the most famous was the story Frankenstein; Mary Shelley wrote this story in May of 1817. This book gave a depiction of science not being controlled and how it later destroys everything that it comes in contact with. I am going to show how the early modernist feared the expansion of science into the unknown. During the pre-modern era science was a very vague topic. Most of the mysteries concerning nature were solved using religion. Society was taught to accept these answers and to never question them. Many felt questions about nature were not supposed to be understood by man. These were God’s forbidden mysteries and were only to be discovered upon the entrance to his kingdom. The Renaissance, however, gave birth to a new vision; this vision focused more on individual thinking than answers provided by religion. Questions dealing with nature after the Renaissance were dealt with much differently from the pre-modern era.
Approximate Word count = 1121
Approximate Pages = 4.5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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