For several years I have spoken to an aquaintance in an mIRC channel. His screen name is Baltazaar, and he is an astronomer in Hawaii. He recommended to me a good book by John Byl, God and the Cosmos. Balt is one of those really smart people. You know. He's kind of like the family strange guy that people wished they could understand. As an astronomer, he rejects the Big Bang Theory and the idea that the universe is billions of years old.
I also have a friend at the University of New Hamshire, Paul Kursewich, who teaches astronomy extension courses to lay people. Paul is another one of those really smart guys that when you ask a question, you better take some "keep awake pills", since his answer may go a mile over your head.
Both of these guys have one thing in common. Both are Christians. Now I know what you're thinking. No way. Smart people who are scientists, especially astronomers, know full well that evolution is true. God is simply not relevant to science.
Tonight, I received another DVD from answers in Genesis, Hubble Bubble. A really really really smart guy (astronomer) showed that the Big Bang theory is breaking down rapidly. The more observations are made, the more scientists have to twist and bend the Big Bang in order to make it work with the evidence.
Anyway, in conclusion, this scientist showed that the universe as seen on earth may still be "day 4" of the creation week or shortly after. If you start with God's revelation, explanations that you may never think of, they may just lead us back to God. If you start with man's stories, you may never get home.
Weekend A La Carte (December 21)
20 hours ago
4 comments:
Hey Howie,
When your getting into the science of things. Dont be one of these Christians That says" I know this guy and he is really smart, he's got a PHD and he says this, so it must be true, Just quote the actual facts that support the idea. Far too many times I'm reading how someone knows someone who can tell us how this is really this way, I'm not sure why but the guy I know is really smart. If you go on sites such as Origins they will argue that this is the classic creationist arguement(I know this person that is smart and he says.....)The Old, even Darwin himself rejected evolution right before he died.
I agree that simply citing autority is problematic. I am not a scientist. I learn scientific facts from them. I agree I must learn each individuals assumptions and worldview. I was simply demonstrating that not all scientists who are really smart agree with the popular Big Bang model. In fact the three Christian scientists I refered to, do not agree among themselves. Therefore your conclusion that I thought they were right was misunderstanding my blog.
I do not agree that the star light may necessarily be "day 4" star light. That person was simply interpreting the evidence with his assumptions. But the facts do not work with the Big Bang model.
Saying things like "the big bang theory" and "e=mc squared" are really the lowest form of pop science and worse and are tailor made for the level of knowledge required to argue creationism: nothing.
God did it.
And if god did do it, these people are most worthy for studying the details of that gift and examing just how the heck he did do it. It's hard work.
Saying "god did it" is simply not worthy of science or god though it may please the church.
Gerald, that is an interesting straw-man of creationism, but perhaps you missed my Frog to Prince Blog (a fairy tail for adults).
Evolutionists make a theory based on no evidence, and when they find no evidence, their theory must be true. So instead of "God did it", you have "nothing did it".
Last I checked "nothing" does not exist. Therefore "nothing" can not do anything.
The question really is, "What is our starting point (our assumptions). Evolutionists start off with their story of how the world came to be (through evolutionary processes) and Biblical creationists start off with what God has told us.
You don't believe what God says? Fine. But please stop the nauseating accusations that there are no intelligent Christians in science.
Post a Comment