(quote from RealReality.org/Real_Faith_and_Reason_Vol_2_-_Scientia.pdf)

Explanation as a Way of Knowing

…

“We challenge you; tell us why the universe is accelerating. Tell us why these mothers were getting sick. And we found an explanation for it.” ~ Bill Nye

This explanation wasn’t “found.” Instead, Ignaz Semmelweis noted a difference in how mothers were getting sick. This observation violated the scientific consensus, so doctors rejected it. Joseph Lister finally overcame the scientific groupthink, but many women died unnecessarily because of that groupthink. God revealed a difference to Semmelweis by directing his awareness to a clinic staffed by doctors and nurses and one staffed by midwives who washed between patients. Five times as many women died for the doctors as for the midwives. In other words, God revealed this truth through the observation of results.

However, thousands of years earlier in the Law of Moses, God commanded hand-washing as a precaution against disease. All knowledge is hidden in Christ. We know this truth by revelation, so we know Semmelweis didn’t self-generate this explanation. Christ revealed it. And Semmelweis wasn’t a Christian, so this is one more example of God revealing reality to non-Christians.

We know God can reveal reality through observation. Through the first chapter of Romans, God tells us He reveals reality this way. He even reveals spiritual reality through observation of the physical world. And He reveals reality to those who believe Him and those who refuse to believe Him. He reveals reality to those who won’t thank Him or glorify Him.

(end quote)