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A SCIENTIFIC EXAMINATION OF THE BIBLE
APOSTOLIC CONVENTION 2014, “THY KINGDOM COME”#nmop #mopknown #apocon2014 #thykingdom | #2013AAConvention
THE BIBLE DEMONSTRATED A HEALTHY VIEW OF SCIENCE LONG BEFORE THE RENAISSANCE
Scientific Fact Bible Reference Man’s Discovery
The Earth hangs on nothing
Job 26:7 1530, Copernicus
The Earth is round Isaiah 40:22 1492, Columbus
Radio waves can move at the Speed of light
Job 38:35
1864, James Clark Maxwell suggested electricity = light
waves
The Universe is comprised of invisible
materialHebrews 11:3
1897, J J Thompson Discovered Electrons
THE BIBLE DEMONSTRATED A HEALTHY VIEW OF SCIENCE LONG BEFORE THE RENAISSANCE
Scientific Fact Bible Reference Man’s Discovery
Washing Hands in Fresh Water
Leviticus 15:131847, Dr. Semmelweis
Germ Theory
The Sun Moves Psalm 19:4-61920, astronomers
observe the sun travels around the milky way
Mountains beneath the Ocean
Jonah 2:61872, H.M.S.
Challenger discovers the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
The sea is not just a static mass of water
Psalm 8:81855, Matthew Maury,
The Physical Geography of the Sea
–MATTHEW FONTAINE MAURY (LEWIS 1927)
“I have been blamed by men of science, both in this country and in England, for quoting
the Bible in confirmation of the doctrines of physical geography. The Bible, they say, was
not written for scientific purposes, and is therefore no authority in matters of science. I
beg pardon! The Bible is authority for everything it touches. What would you think of an historian who should refuse to consult historical records of the Bible, because the Bible was not written for the purposes of
history? The Bible is true and science is true.”
THE UNIVERSE IS EXPANDING
• Isaiah 40:22, “He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth, and its people are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a canopy, and spreads them out like a tent to live in.“
• 1931, Einstein changes his ideas of a static universe after speaking with Edwin Hubble
• Hubble’s Law
GOOD IDEAS VS. TRUTH
• Law versus Theory
• A Law is proven, tried and true, indisputable
• A Theory is an idea that cannot be proven and cannot or has not been disproven
• Examples
• The story of Uzzah (2 Samuel 6:6)
–C.S. LEWIS
“If the solar system was brought about by an accidental collision, then the appearance of
organic life on this planet was also an accident, and the whole evolution of Man was an accident too. If so, then all our present thoughts are mere
accidents—the accidental by-product of the movement of atoms. And this holds for the
thoughts of materialists and astronomers as well as anyone else’s. But if their thoughts—i.e., of
materialism and astronomy—are merely accidental by-products, why should we believe them to be
true? I see no reason for believing that one accident should be able to give me a correct
account of all the other accidents.”
3 LAWS OF THERMODYNAMICS
1.Energy cannot be created nor destroyed, thus total energy output is equal to the heat supplied (Enthalpy)
2.Systems tend to chaos (Entropy), thus in order to maintain a continual flow of heat you must continue to add energy
3.All systems cease as they approach absolute zero (0K)
TEST ALL THINGS
“Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because
many false prophets have gone out into
the world.”
1 JOHN 4:1
EVOLUTION AGAINST LAWS OF THERMODYNAMICS
1.Energy cannot be created nor destroyed: so how did a cataclysmic explosion create something out of nothing? If there was nothing—i.e., no energy—what was the catalyst made of?
2.Systems tend to chaos: if the Big Bang succeeded in creating the energy necessary for matter, what source of energy provided the means to bring order in an infinitely large universe
CREATION & THERMODYNAMICS
• In Genesis 1 the words “evening” and “morning” follow the Laws of Thermodynamics
• erev = evening = chaos
• boker = morning = order
• We have an energy source in the voice of G-d
–MATTHEW FONTAINE MAURY (LEWIS 1927)
“I beg pardon! The Bible is authority for everything it touches. . . . The Bible is true
and science is true.”
G-D’S WORD PRECEDES SCIENTIFIC THOUGHT