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I am a retired Biology teacher. I taught
Biology for 35 years and I have been on a "spiritual journey" for the
last 20 years. Being retired, I have more time to research the literature for
knowledge that helps guide me in my journey.
At this point in my journey I am
CONVINCED that the Holy Bible is the inerrant Word of God and FINAL authority
on human destiny and I also believe that "science and faith are, and
always will be allies, not enemies." In fact, I believe, since we are
Created in the Image of God, that Science is a "Gift" of God that
allows man to learn the true nature of God's PERFECT Laws and discern illusion
from reality. The father of lies, satan, creates illusions that prevents man
from KNOWING the True God of Existence that was revealed in the
"flesh" 2000 years ago in the Incarnation of Jesus Christ. (Yeshua
Ben Joseph) God's "Gift" of
Science is one of the most important tools we have in exposing these illusions. Frankly. I believe Science and Faith in the
God revealed in the Bible are MORE than "allies"...they are
co-supportive of each other.
Before
Science....belief in the Bible was based on Faith alone. The difference between the time the writers
of the Bible were inspired by God to write God's Word to humanity and now is
that today we have the gift of SCIENCE.
Sadly, in my opinion, most religious thinkers today, because they
perceive what "true" Science has revealed threatens the validity of
God's Word and in fact contradicts it and the result of this is the replacement
of Scientific discovery with "pseudoscience" which not only has
"spiritual:" consequences but also political consequences which
allows the "elite" of this world to control and oppress other people.
(ie; global warming HOAX caused by human CO2 production with the resulting
destruction of our country's economy to hasten the coming evil New World Order.
(BTW....CO2 is a BUFFERED gas and key compound of the "carbon cycle"
and photosynthesis.....it is NOT toxic)
Because
we do have God's "Gift" of Science today, I am convinced that the
knowledge we gain through Science MUST be utilized to decipher the true meaning
of God's Word. Fundamental literal
interpretation of God's Word says that "existence" is 6000 years old.
I assume they are refering to the Cosmos, the Earth and ourselves. The Bible is clear that God
"existed" before the description of Creation in Genesis and further
more, even the "Angels" existed before this. What is critical here in understanding
what"existence" is, therefore, the DEFINITION of existence is
critical.. Before Science "existence" man was limited to what he could observe at the time and what his
imagination allowed. Imagination is
important in the pursuit of understanding reality but if it doesn't eventually
lead to "discovery" of truth, it is a futile endeavor that can end up
creating illusion. The unfortunate result of insisting on a literal
interpretation of Scripture is that it replaces true Science with pseudoscience
and what's worse, it causes people to mistrust Science because thay are
brainwashed into thinking true Science
disproves the Bible when in reality it proves it is God's Word.
Probably
the biggest issue with Creationists vs Science is Darwinian Natural
Selection. What I find ironic is that
Creationists accept the reality of micro-evolution evidenced by antiobiotic
resistance of pathogens yet reject that it also occurs at the macro level. The
Fundamental literal interpretation says that man DID NOT EVOLVE from apes. THEY ARE CORRECT but for the wrong
reasons. Present day Science says man
DID EVOLVE from apes. THEY ARE WRONG
because the Science does not support this. The reason Science cannot
"see" the error in the evidence is because they reject the existence
of God or have a concept of God that is un-Biblical. Sadly, most religions,
including Christianity, also have an un-Biblical concept of God which is a
peculiar paradox because the central dogma of Christianity is that God
Incarnated in the presence of Jesus the Christ and His Incarnation reveals that
God is NOT external to EXISTENCE but that He dwells and works through His Creation
and operates through His PERFECT Laws that He allows us to discover through His
"Gift" of Science. Yes..God's "ways" are far above man's
but I suspect He was referring to Love, Compassion, Forgiveness and
Holiness....NOT SCIENCE. If man did not
evolve from apes...then how did God Create man? If one really KNOWS the God revealed in Christ, they would know
the answer is so simple....Recombinant DNA. (Let Us Create Man in OUR
Image...(Genesis 1:26) In addition, the
creation of Eve is easily understood as "modified cloning." and is
supported by the Scripture right up to Adam exclaiming...."At last, this
is flesh of my flesh and bone of my bone, I will call her women because she
comes from man".:......(Genesis 2:18-23.)
How does Science relate to this Scripture? The marrow of the "rib" is one of the best sources to
harvest adult stem which are easily "re-set" to an early embryonic
like state called "Induced Pluri-potency." The answer to how God
created Eve is simple as well..... take
two "induced" stem cells, remove and discard the "Y"
chromosome (DNA) from one of them.
Remove an "X" chromosome (DNA) from a second cell, discard cell and
insert the "X" chromosome into the first. The resulting cell is then
induced to go through cleavage and morphogenesis and is placed into a
"surrogate" womb (probably artificial and not an indigenous Simian
female) and nine months later a female
child is born...."little" Eve...a female "clone" of Adam
fulfilling....."at last flesh of my flesh and bone of my bone." I suspect the ":deep sleep" part
of the Scripture had to do with maybe
cryogenic suspension of Adam and not
"rib" removal surgery....(needle aspiration was all that was required
anyway) because when Eve was presented to Adam she was already grown into a
young women
Remember.....God's
Laws are PERFECT so one could easily expect He used them to CREATE
EVERYTHING. The assumption that God is
required to use the "supernatural" to create and project His will on
Creation is an over simplification that limits God's power to man's limited
"thinking" because the "supernatural" is the UNDISCOVERED
natural. (The Amazing Kreskin) I guess
you may think I'm nuts but I must tell you my FAITH in God's Word because of
Science can never ever be placed in jeopardy.
St. Thomas (Didymus) did not believe in the Resurrection of Jesus until
the second visitation of Jesus with His Disciples when Jesus asked Thomas to
place his fingers into the nail wounds in His hands and sword wound in His
side, Thomas fell to His knees saying
my Lord and my God forgive me for "doubting." I may not have had such a profound epiphany
as St. Thomas but God revealing that Science proves the TRUTH of God's Word is
"my Doubting Thomas epiphany."
A serious problem for Science caused by their
dismissing the Wisdom of God's Word is a need for a beginning to existence
created by absolutely nothing.
Experiments that have shown that simple biological molecules can
spontaneously form by natural collisions of elements have fooled them into
believing "life" itself evolved from these simple beginnings. Stanley Miller and Harold Urey were the two
Scientists that sadly influenced Science to embrace the creation of life from
non-life. The TRUTH is that the
Miller/Urey experiments did NOT prove "abiogenesis." (life from
non-life) However.... French Chemist Louis Pasteur's experiment he performed
over 142 years ago DID prove "biogenesis".....that is....."ALL
life comes from pre-existing life."
The Miller/Urey experiments only proved the natural synthesis of amino
acids....the building blocks of proteins which are polymer chains of amino
acids.......NOT spontaneous generation
of life. The "jump" from amino acids to active protein enzymes which
regulate energy transformations revealed in the Laws of Thermodynamics are
needed to synthesize proteins is a "closed loop." This means that a protein enzyme is needed
to synthesize a protein enzyme! Protein
enzymes are also needed to synthesize
DNA and RNA but the DNA and the
RNA contain the recorded "genetic codes" to "make" the
protein enzymes of specific amino acid sequences needed to make the
DNA...ANOTHER "closed loop."
What this means is Pasteur was right and Miller/Urey proved NOTHING! Many compound building blocks of organic
molecules can form "naturally"
but the assimilation of these biological compounds into a living
organism REQUIRES a living organism.
Bottom line.....the ONLY thing that can create a life is life itself
through asexual or sexual
reproduction...PERIOD.
Recently
there have been MANY claims of creating artificial life in a test tube. This is an ABSOLUTE illusion..... don't fall for it! All they have done is learn how to "re-program" a cell
by replacing it's DNA with DNA that was artificially synthesized in a test
tube. DNA is NOT a living thing...it is how living things "record"
genetic information. The point is they HAD TO HAVE AN ALREADY LIVING CELL TO DO
THIS. No one has "made" a living cell from a "non-living
mixture" of the biochemicals found in living cells AND THEY NEVER WILL. Biogenesis is a Law...God's Law and it can
never be broken. Frankenstein is a
myth!
In
conclusion, I submit that the time, energy and money spent on the
"war" between Science and Religion defending pseudoscience over real
Science, defending the literal interpretation of the Bible actually hinders the
Gospel message of Salvation through the Blood of Christ. .The critical message
of the Bible is Salvation in Christ, NOT defending a 6000 year old Earth vs a
4.5 billion year old one. It saddens me
to think how many more souls might be lead to Christ IF these resources were
spent on preaching Jesus Christ and Him Crucified. God loves us with a power
that we can NEVER understand, He has
no reason to "trick" us or "test" our Faith and Trust in
Him because ALL was "finished" on the Cross of Calvary.
Pax........The "Doubting Thomas"
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