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What is science?
Many individuals have a misunderstanding of science. Science does not
discover truth--you cannot discover absolute
truth. One of the big problems with the scientific method is induction [(this is actually a problem for
all forms of empiricism (experience).] (An inductive argument is merely probable or
improbable whereas a deductive argument is
either valid or invalid--induction, which argues from the particular to
the general, is always a logical fallacy.)
When humanist scientists try to determine moral absolutes or determine
if the universe has a beginning they have crossed over to metaphysics--they cannot answer those questions). Albert
Einstein in a conversation with famous physicist Dr. Chaim Tschernowitz stated: "we shall know a little more than we do now. But
the real nature of things, that we shall never know, never." Albert
Einstein also declared that his theory was false--he said that it
would be a better approximation to the truth than Newton's.
English mathematician, logician, and philosopher Bertrand Russell made the observation that scientific laws are
based on fallacious arguments. In other words, induction,
experimentation, observation, or experience cannot be used to determine
truth, but only through revealed propositions.
The utility of science can be defended even while asserting its falsity.
For example, the germ theory was proved false with respect to milk
fever, but was useful in curing cows.
Note: Creationists believe in variation, mutation and natural selection in living things
such as speciation, which can occur within a few generations--however,
this is really "adaptation".
It is variation within a kind. In other
words, dogs remain dogs, frogs remain frogs, and horses remain horses.
What creationists call "evolution" is a hypothetical philosophy that single-celled animals changed by
mutation and natural selection into reptiles, birds, mammals and people
(the molecules-to-man concept) over millions of years. Evolutionists should not
use the same word (evolution) to describe "adaptation"--this is the fallacy of equivocation. Creationists
reject that small random mutations produce new genetic information for
changes to occur in animals, which would require genetic errors over
millions of generations. The problem is that these sort of changes have
never been observed. Variation and natural selection do not produce new genetic information, but only rearrange or remove the existing information--mutations do
not generate new genetic information. They usually destroy some of the existing
information. Furthermore, the innumerable transitional forms expected in
the fossil record are missing.
Was there physical death, pain, decay and animals killing each other before the Pre-Fall world?
God has declared His creation to be “good” (Genesis 1:4, 10, 12, 18, 21, 25)—evil was not God’s original creation. Because God declares his creation be “very good” (Genesis 1:31), He is not the author of evil in the sense He created it. So nothing God created is evil intrinsically—in other words, the material and spiritual universe that exists is intrinsically good in terms of its metaphysical existence. As a result, pain, suffering, decay and death should not be viewed as “evil”—they were present in the pre-Fall world. Fires caused by lightening, animals killing each other and eating plants for food and the body’s natural makeup with the inherent quality to know his physical limitation such as burning your hand if it is put in a fire is part of the natural process established by God Himself. Physical death was a part of creation (Pre-Fall world) and should not be viewed as “evil.” Did not God command Adam to ‘tend and keep’ the garden (Genesis 2:15) because the leaves fell off as vegetation died? The death of animals and plants is not a moral evil due to sin. When God created the world, it began to perish like a garment (Psalm 102:25-27; Hebrews 1:10-12). Thus Adam had an earthly, corruptible and mortal body (I Corinthians 15:47-50). After the Fall, Adam introduced mankind to the penal consequence (punishment) for sin. Many scholars might object by quoting Romans 5:12: “Therefore, just as through one man sin centered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned.” However, according to Dr. Robert A. Morey (a Hebrew and Greek scholar and young earth creationist) contends that the phrase “sin entered the world” is a parallel expression for the phrase “spread to all men,” and thus the usage of the word “world” is in reference to mankind and not the universe. Dr. Morey further concludes that since sin existed before the fall of man (angels fell into sin) and came to earth via Satan, Romans 5 is talking about death being introduced to mankind as the penal consequence of sin. To quote Charles Hodge:
It is hardly necessary to remark, that kosmos does not here mean the universe. Sin existed before the fall of Adam. It can only mean the world of mankind. Sin entered the world; it invaded the race…It means that the world, kosmon, mankind, became sinners; because this clause is explained by saying, all sinned…That the death here spoken of includes all penal evil, death, spiritual and eternal, as well as the dissolution of the body, is evident.” [See Charles Hodge, “Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans,” in The Sage Digital Library (Albany, Oregon: Sage Software, 1995, 227, 229.)]
Man was intrinsically good before the Fall and became evil (sinful) after the fall in his nature (Luke 11:13). Man lost his innate knowledge of God, himself and the world and now produces idolatry and wickedness (Romans 3:10-18; I Cor. 2:14). Pain, suffering and death in humanity became the penal punishments for sin (Genesis 3:16-19) and prior to the Fall, death, pain, and suffering were part of the natural process of God’s original creation. Now the whole creation is cursed (Genesis 3:17; Romans 8:20-23) and “…the whole creation groans and suffers the pains childbirth together until now” (Romans 8:22). Evil in not eternal, but is a finite part of the world God made and thus there is not an eternal conflict between good and evil. It should be mentioned that the phrase “Garden” in Genesis comes from a Persian word that meant a zoology park—yes, Adam and Eve were protected from the nasty animals outside of this protected park, which had walls and gates. The Persians would create these zoology parks and bring exotic animals into them.
[For further information on this topic see A Survey of Genesis CD series by Dr. Robert A. Morey, The Bible, Natural Law, and Natural Theology: Conflict or Compromise? By Dr. Robert A. Morey, The Philosophy of Science CD series by Dr. Robert A. Morey (faithdefenders.com), The Philosophy of Science (book) by Dr. Gordon H. Clark (www.trinityfoundation.org ) and Studies in Genesis One by Edward J. Young (www.lifewaystores.com)—ISBN#0875525504
Purpose of science?
Theistic science is man's fallible
attempt to understand the purpose and meaning of things and to use this
for the glory of God. Man is then to take dominion over it
to better mankind. Humanistic science has no
basis--they just have their human reason, empiricism, fideism, etc. Humanistic science cannot distinguish
between evil and good. Without God science
has no foundation. And remember God created
the universe with apparent old age--if Adam
died one day after God created him, an autopsy would reveal he was 16 years old. However, he was only one day old!
History note: The condemnation of Galileo Galilei (1564 -1642) by the Roman
Catholic Church for his adoption of the heliocentric model of the universe was not "science vs. religion", but "science vs.
science". It was "Aristotelian" science (a geocentric model of the universe) vs. "Copernicus" science (a heliocentric model of the universe).
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