The spiritual world and the material world can work together in harmony. Genesis also gives another important motivation for the investigation of the laws of nature and application of it to technology. Obviously, the discovery of the laws of nature is the key to harnessing the powers of nature for man's use and control. Herein is the key to the motivation for developing technology. The world view held in many cultures, however, is different from the Biblical creationist view.
Religions influenced by dualistic philosophies view the material world with suspicion and hostility.
The material world is considered evil, while the spiritual world is considered good and noble. Renouncing this world became the mark of holiness. Equally detrimental to the development of science were world views that did not have a concept of a supreme personal Creator God. Some of the ancient civilizations, for example, which did develop some mathematics and technologies, did not develop general scientific theories, because of the absence of a creationist perspective that gives confidence in the existence of rational laws in nature. This clearly explains the lack of interest on the part of these cultures in scientific research and technology.