Comments on: Science and the Bible http://soc.orrick.us/2007/09/science-and-the-bible/ ..a blog about men, ministry, and a higher calling Sat, 15 Jan 2011 22:36:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: kung http://soc.orrick.us/2007/09/science-and-the-bible/comment-page-1/#comment-5 kung Tue, 02 Oct 2007 04:20:17 +0000 http://soc.orrick.us/?p=12#comment-5 Concur with what Chris said; as he pointed out, the natural order of things is to tend towards disorder, towards decay, towards entropy; and yet we exist, and yet this Earth has somehow been created, balanced in the EXTREMELY precarious perch that it must be balanced in to support life in the fairly narrow band that humans can adapt to. I, for one, have a VERY tough time believing that evolution and the 'natural order of things' is responsible for it. Concur with what Chris said; as he pointed out, the natural order of things is to tend towards disorder, towards decay, towards entropy; and yet we exist, and yet this Earth has somehow been created, balanced in the EXTREMELY precarious perch that it must be balanced in to support life in the fairly narrow band that humans can adapt to. I, for one, have a VERY tough time believing that evolution and the ‘natural order of things’ is responsible for it.

]]> By: chrisco http://soc.orrick.us/2007/09/science-and-the-bible/comment-page-1/#comment-4 chrisco Sat, 29 Sep 2007 04:20:35 +0000 http://soc.orrick.us/?p=12#comment-4 The subject has fascinated me for quite a few years as well. Like you, I was able to square evolution with a six day creation, but it wasn't long before I realized that no loving God would declare everything "good" after 5 billion years of misery, destruction and death. You mentioned some interesting facts in your blog and I would be interested in following up on those sources. I have a particular peeve with the National Geographic Society that I've written to them about on numerous occassions. I thoroughly enjoy their photoessays on cultures, geography and scientific exploration. But I can no longer abide their complete lack of science when it comes to anthropological origins. One issue long ago had an interesting study on the Mystery of the human brain. At the end they concluded i was still a mystery, yet in the same issue they found a few bones in Ethiopia, 6" from the surface and concluded that they belonged to a 6 million year old human ancestor and even showed her excellently rendered portrait. Aargh! When I was out in the workplace, I often used the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics to instigate a discussion of Bible things. As I stood with a co-worker before a workbench piled with tools, parts and clutter, I would remark that my workbench clearly refutes the possibility of evolution. At this point my co-worker would ask why! I would explain that he natural state of the world is from order to disorder, everything decays, no exceptions. Even if I waited a million year, this workbench would not straighten it self up.This often led to further discussion regarding God's perfect creation.I found this to be a very simple way to plant some seeds without being overbearing. It is entirely possible that God is the source of global warming, and one day in the near future, it will thaw a glacier on Ararat to reveal Noah's Ark. Wouldn't that be cool? The subject has fascinated me for quite a few years as well. Like you, I was able to square evolution with a six day creation, but it wasn’t long before I realized that no loving God would declare everything “good” after 5 billion years of misery, destruction and death. You mentioned some interesting facts in your blog and I would be interested in following up on those sources.

I have a particular peeve with the National Geographic Society that I’ve written to them about on numerous occassions. I thoroughly enjoy their photoessays on cultures, geography and scientific exploration. But I can no longer abide their complete lack of science when it comes to anthropological origins. One issue long ago had an interesting study on the Mystery of the human brain. At the end they concluded i was still a mystery, yet in the same issue they found a few bones in Ethiopia, 6″ from the surface and concluded that they belonged to a 6 million year old human ancestor and even showed her excellently rendered portrait. Aargh!

When I was out in the workplace, I often used the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics to instigate a discussion of Bible things. As I stood with a co-worker before a workbench piled with tools, parts and clutter, I would remark that my workbench clearly refutes the possibility of evolution. At this point my co-worker would ask why! I would explain that he natural state of the world is from order to disorder, everything decays, no exceptions. Even if I waited a million year, this workbench would not straighten it self up.This often led to further discussion regarding God’s perfect creation.I found this to be a very simple way to plant some seeds without being overbearing.

It is entirely possible that God is the source of global warming, and one day in the near future, it will thaw a glacier on Ararat to reveal Noah’s Ark. Wouldn’t that be cool?

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