Defenders of the omphalos argument can point to 1Corinthians 1:18-30. I certainly disagree with the omphalos argument and would argue that Paul never crosses the line of saying God deliberately deceives us, but Paul gets pretty close to saying that.
I would argue that the "wisdom of the world" of 1 Corinthians 1:18-30 doesn't directly apply to science, but rather potentially to the application of science in philosophy, sociology, technology, etc. Science itself is simply an amplified version of "Isn't that tree beautiful?" or "Aren't those stars beautiful?" Admiring creation for its own sake - or for the sake of charity, as is done in medical or agricultural research - is not the "wisdom of the world" and so any Omphalos defender would be misapplying Scripture here.
Defenders of the omphalos argument can point to 1Corinthians 1:18-30. I certainly disagree with the omphalos argument and would argue that Paul never crosses the line of saying God deliberately deceives us, but Paul gets pretty close to saying that.
I would argue that the "wisdom of the world" of 1 Corinthians 1:18-30 doesn't directly apply to science, but rather potentially to the application of science in philosophy, sociology, technology, etc. Science itself is simply an amplified version of "Isn't that tree beautiful?" or "Aren't those stars beautiful?" Admiring creation for its own sake - or for the sake of charity, as is done in medical or agricultural research - is not the "wisdom of the world" and so any Omphalos defender would be misapplying Scripture here.