Science, Life and Phenomena
Science explains the universe in such a way that
confirms the evidence for God's existence.
Scientific studies point at God's existence, Scientific American, August, 1998,
Beyond Physics,
Renowned scientists contemplate the evidence for God:
"There is a huge amount of data supporting the
existence of God."..."The question is how to evaluate
it."...In recent decades, physicists have noticed that
many of the fundamental constants of nature -- from the
energy levels in the carbon atom to the rate at which
the universe is expanding to the four perceptible
dimensions of space-time -- are just right for life.
Tweak any of them more than a tad, and life as we know
it could not exist..."How is it that human's cognitive
abilities greatly exceed the demands imposed by
evolutionary pressures, so that we can perceive the
quantum nature of the universe and map its cosmic
features?"...One possible explanation...is that the
universe was designed.
Time magazine, Dec. 28, 1992 says in
Science, God and
Man:
"One intriguing observation that has bubbled up from
physics is that the universe seems calibrated for life's
existence. If the force of gravity were pushed upward a
bit, stars would burn out faster, leaving little time
for life to evolve on the planets circling them. If the
relative masses of protons and neutrons were changed by
a hair, stars might never be born, since the hydrogen
they eat wouldn't exist. If, at the Big Bang, some basic
numbers -- the "initial conditions" -- had been jiggled,
matter and energy would never have coagulated into
galaxies, stars, planets or any other platforms stable
enough for life as we know it. And so on."
Science says the universe started from extremely
dense matter exploding, producing unimaginable light;
but science does not know or explain where this matter
came from; when pushed, science says it possibly came
from ‘no where', out of nothing. God says the universe
was created by the Lord Almighty, accompanied by light,
out of nothing.
Science says that life occurred mysteriously in the
ancient past, and proliferated abundantly into a variety
of species, plants and animals. God says that life
occurred due to the Lord Almighty's work, and that a
great variety of species, plants and animals resulted
from this.
Science says people have unique skills and capabilities
which other plants and animals don't have -- speech,
mathematical and computational intelligence, the ability
to consider ourselves and our destiny, morality. God
says people have unique skills and capabilities unlike
any other plants and animals -- speech, mathematical and
computational intelligence, the ability to consider
ourselves and our destiny, morality.
Science says human senses -- sight, hearing, feeling,
perception and rationality -- display unique and very
special ‘mechanisms' supported by intricate inner
workings in complicated organs. God says our senses were
given by God, and resemble ones God also possesses.
Science says life is built around mechanisms within
mechanisms within mechanisms; that life is supported by
systems within systems within systems. God says the
inner workings of life are wondrous beyond explanation,
and they are given so life will function while being
enjoyed.
Matter and galaxies in the sky are not evenly
distributed in a perfect sphere throughout the universe;
they are found to clump together unevenly in certain
quadrants of the sky, not evenly in every direction,
according to a ‘sky mapping project' documented by NOVA
on public television.
Birds and elephants have hollow bones: Birds need them
to reduce weight so they can fly; Elephants need them to
reduce their weight so can move under their own
strength.
Bats locate their prey through complex echo-location;
and they ‘compute' where their target will be in just a
few seconds, altering their own flight path to arrive at
the correctly ‘computed future location' of their prey
as it arrives there.
Prayer to the Almighty improves health, obtained from
Doctors Who Pray, by Gary Thomas, in Christianity Today
magazine:
"The landmark study that began generating new
interest was conducted by Randolph Byrd in 1984 and
published in 1988. Byrd's objective was to evaluate the
effects of intercessory prayer on patients admitted to a
coronary care unit. Using a randomized, double-blind
protocol for ten months, Byrd studied 400 patients at
San Francisco General Hospital. Each entrant was
assigned an initial severity score according to likely
outcomes: bad, intermediate, or good. 192 patients were
entered into the intercessory prayer group while 201
were entered into a control group. Byrd discovered that
the people in the intercessory prayer group ended up
with fewer patients suffering from congestive heart
failure during recovery, and they had to use fewer
diuretics, were less frequently intubated, and
experienced fewer cases of pneumonia and cardiopulmonary
arrests. The benefits of Byrd's study was that it used
classic methodology for intervention evaluation and
avoided many of the design problems found in earlier
studies. Byrd's study was also unique in that the prayer
offered was directed specifically to the Christian God
-- Jesus. Most studies -- before and since -- have
defined prayer more generally."
Science's Laws and Limits
More than two dozen essential laws and limits --
parameters -- must have values falling within narrowly
defined ranges for life of any kind to exist, finds Hugh
Ross, PhD, summarized from his books, The
Fingerprint of
God and The Creator and The Cosmos, a brief list of
which are:
Strong nuclear force constant: if larger, no
hydrogen which is essential for life; if smaller, no
elements other than hydrogen.
Weak nuclear force constant: if larger, too much
hydrogen converted to helium, too much heavy element
material made by star burning and no expulsion of heavy
elements from stars; if smaller, too little helium
produced, and too little heavy element material made by
star burning and no expulsion of heavy elements from
stars.
Gravitational force constant: if larger, stars would
be too hot and they would burn up quickly; if smaller,
stars would be too cool and nuclear fusion would not
ignite and no heavy element production would occur.
Electromagnetic force constant: if larger,
insufficient chemical bonding would occur; if smaller,
insufficient chemical bonding would occur.
Ratio of electron mass to proton mass: if larger,
insufficient chemical bonding would occur; if smaller,
insufficient chemical bonding would occur.
Expansion rate of the universe: if larger, no galaxy
formation; if smaller, universe would collapses upon
itself.
Average distance between stars: if larger, heavy
element density would be too thin for rocky planets to
form; if smaller, planetary orbits would become
unstable.
Decay rate of the proton: if larger, life would be
exterminated by the release of too much radiation; if
smaller, there would insufficient matter in the universe
to permit life.
Polarity of the water molecule: if larger, the heat
of fusion and vaporization would be too great for life
to exist; if smaller, the heat of fusion and
vaporization would be too small for life to exist.
Number of stars in the planetary system: if more
than one star, tidal interactions would disrupt
planetary orbits; if less than one, the heat produced
would too small to support life.
Oxygen percentage in the atmosphere: if larger,
plants and hydrocarbons would burn up too easily; if
smaller, advanced animals would have too little oxygen
to support life.
The universe's components and attributes can be
stated in terms of mathematical formulas and equations,
or laws. How is it that people can write these down,
understand them, and use them to explain the universe,
if as some scientists say, the universe itself is
"unintelligent, unthinking, non-computing, without a
sentient nature"?
Science Corroborates Bible's Accounts
The Bible tells us the great walls of Jericho fell down as a result of God's direct intervention in bringing special people into a new land, where the Lord Almighty would protect them, prosper them, help them. Archeology finds these walls did tumble down as the Bible indicates. Bryant G. Wood of the University of Toronto says, Biblical Archeological Review, March/April 1990:
"When we compare the archeological evidence at Jericho with the Biblical narrative describing the Israelite destruction of Jericho, we find remarkable agreement".
The great flood spoken of in the Bible seems to have actually occurred. The geological record for a world-wide, universal flood appears to exist according to
The Genesis Flood, by Whitcomb and Morris, published by Baker Book House, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
The Bible convinces some scientists. An archeologist, Sir William Ramsay, of the United Kingdom, set out to disprove the Bible, but upon deeper investigation, he became convinced of the truthfulness of the Bible. Talking about the book of Luke, he said, in The Bearing of Recent Discovery on the Trustworthiness of the New Testament:
"Luke is a historian of the first rank; not merely are his statements of fact trustworthy; he is possessed of the true historic sense ... In short, this author should be placed along with the very greatest of historians".
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