Science

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Science Christianity

• Can Christianity be proven with Science?
• What Science is in the Bible?

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What is the Scientific Method

• Scientific proof is based on showing that
  something is a fact by repeating the event in
  front of the person questioning the fact.

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Scientific Experiment

• Lets take water, salt and pepper to determine if
  adding soap will cause the salt and pepper to
  repel from it.
• What do you think will happen?
• Is this event one using the scientific method?

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Problems

• Many skeptics want Christians to prove it
  scientifically
• The Biblical Events are History and not
  repeatable
• We need to prove with historical evidence
• Is what is written reliable
• What do the witnesses say about the events

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Another example

• Was the Ming dynasty is a dynasty in China? How
  do you know?

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We cant go back in Time
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Archeological Proof

• Archeological proof
• Famous Tombs Buildings
• Famous Artifacts found
• Rebuilding of the Great Wall

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Written Document Proof

• Historical Documents
• Kings Ministers
• Cultural Events
• Portraits and paintings

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Archeological Proof

• Tablets have confirmed ancient structures and
  people.
• Cities have been discovered
• A coin of a famous Biblical King was found
• Bible Fragments/Books (i.e. Dead Sea Scrolls)
• Countless other artifacts
• Many famous archaeologists have great respect for
  the Bible.

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King Herods Palace
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Dead Sea Scrolls
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Dead Sea Scrolls

• Fragment copies of Isaiah (1000 BC)

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Hebrew Artifact of King David (900 BC)

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The Pool of Bethesda

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Written Documented proof

• Number of Ancient Documents
• More than 24000 ancient documents
• Homers Iliad 643
• Small gap (original vs. copy)
• Complete New Testament (225 years)
• Homers (1000 years)

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Eyewitnesses to Resurrection of Jesus Christ

• A Group Of Women Between The Tomb And The City
• Two Disciples On Their Way To Emmaus
• Group Of Disciples
• A Week Later To Disciples Behind Closed Doors
• By The Sea Of Tiberias
• More Than Five Hundred At The Same Time
• The Eleven Apostles On A Mountain in Galilee
• In The Vicinity Of Bethany

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Eyewitnesses to Resurrection of Jesus Christ

• We have accounts of post-resurrection appearances
  in six NT books
• 1 Corinthians 151-9
• Mark 161-8 (9-20)
• Matthew 28
• Luke 24
• John 20-21
• Acts 1, 9, 22, 26

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Do Science and Faith Contradict or coincide?

• A better question
• What do you believe is the relationship between
  Modern Science and Religion?
• 1) Science and religion are separate from each
  other
• 2) Religion exists to explain what science can
  not
• 3) Religion explains science and lives in harmony
  with it.

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What Science is in the Bible

• Keep in mind that very little scientific
  discoveries have been made in 1500 BC to 100 AD
  (the time of the writing of the Bible)

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Deuteronomy 2929

• The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but
  the things revealed belong to us and to our
  children forever, that we may follow all the
  words of this law.

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Statements Consistent With Astronomy

• I will make the descendants of David my servant
  and the Levites who minister before me as
  countless as the stars of the sky and as
  measureless as the sand on the seashore.'
  (Jeremiah 3322)
• Estimate of Stars 1021
• Estimate of Sand 1025

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Each Star is Unique

• The sun has one kind of splendor, the moon
  another and the stars another and star differs
  from star in splendor.

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The Bible describes the suspension of the Earth
in space.

• Job 267
• He spreads out the northern skies over empty
  space        he suspends the earth over
  nothing.

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The Bible describes the suspension of the Earth
in space

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Statements Consistent With Meteorology

• The Bible describes the circulation of the
  atmosphere. (Ferres Law)
• Ecclesiastes 16
• The wind blows to the south        and turns to
  the north        round and round it goes,
         ever returning on its course.

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Statements Consistent With Meteorology

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The Bible includes some principles of fluid
dynamics and weight of air.

• Job 2825
• When he established the force of the wind       
  and measured out the waters,

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The Bible includes some principles of fluid
dynamics and weight of air.

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Statements Consistent With Biology

• The book of Leviticus (written prior to 1400 BC)
  describes the value of blood.
• Leviticus 1711
• For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I
  have given it to you to make atonement for
  yourselves on the altar it is the blood that
  makes atonement for one's life.

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Consistent with Biogenesis

• The development of living organisms from other
  living organisms and the stability of each kind
  of living organism. (reproduction). We know this
  by Genetic codes.
• Genesis 111
• Then God said, "Let the land produce vegetation
  seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that
  bear fruit with seed in it, according to their
  various kinds."

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Mental Spiritual health correlates with
physical health

• Examples from Proverbs (950 BC)
• Proverbs 124An excellent wife is the crown of
  her husband,But she who causes shame is like
  rottenness in his bones.
• Proverbs 1430A sound heart is life to the
  body,But envy is rottenness to the bones.
• Proverbs 1530The light of the eyes rejoices the
  heart,And a good report makes the bones healthy.
  
• Proverbs 1624Pleasant words are like a
  honeycomb,Sweetness to the soul and health to
  the bones.
• Proverbs 1722A merry heart does good, like
  medicine,But a broken spirit dries the bones.

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Anger may cause a lack of sleep

• Ephesians 426
• "In your anger do not sin" Do not let the sun go
  down while you are still angry

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Causes of Insomnia (inability to sleep)

• states of mind - anxiety, depression, worry,
  anger, grief, anticipating a difficult event
• change - moving house/city, starting university
• environment - noise, discomfort, time zone change
  
• pain - one of the commonest causes
• medical conditions - heart, breathing, stomach,
  digestive, high blood pressure, arthritis,
  anorexia.
• recreational drugs - including nicotine,
  caffeine, heroin, cocaine, amphetamines, LSD,
  cannabis
• sleeping pills and tranquillizers - can actually
  cause sleep disturbance
• other prescription drugs - including some
  contraceptives, diuretics, slimming pills,
  beta-blockers, stimulants.

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God Warns about worrying

• Matthew 625 Therefore I tell you, do not worry
  about your life, what you will eat or drink or
  about your body, what you will wear. Is not life
  more important than food, and the body more
  important than clothes?

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Worrying can lead to

• Insomnia
• Bad Habits (i.e.. Biting lips)
• Make ulcers worse
• Cause problems with vital organs (heart, lungs,
  brain, liver, stomach).

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Exercise has value

• Good for the heart, lungs, weight control
• 1 Timothy 48
• For physical training is of some value, but
  godliness has value for all things, holding
  promise for both the present life and the life to
  come.

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Statements Consistent With Anthropology

• We have cave paintings and other evidence that
  people inhabited caves. The Bible also describes
  cave men.
• Job 305,6They were driven out from among
  men,They shouted at them as at a thief.They had
  to live in the clefts of the valleys,In caves of
  the earth and the rocks.

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Statements Consistent With Hydrology

• .
• Hydrologic cycle
• Evaporation ??
• atmospheric circulation ????
• Condensation ??
• Precipitation ??

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Evaporation

• Psalm 1357He causes the vapors to ascend from
  the ends of the earthHe makes lightning for the
  rainHe brings the wind out of His treasuries

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Circulation

• Ecclesiastes 17All the rivers run into the
  sea,Yet the sea is not fullTo the place from
  which the rivers come,There they return again.

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Condensation

• Job 3711Also with moisture He saturates the
  thick cloudsHe scatters His bright clouds.

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Hydrologic Cycle

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Statements Consistent With Hydrology

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The Bible describes the Earths crust

• Jeremiah 3137Thus says the LORDIf heaven
  above can be measured,And the foundations of the
  earth searched out beneath,I will also cast off
  all the seed of IsraelFor all that they have
  done, says the LORD.

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Columbus believed Earth was round

• In his journal he wrote
• It was the Lord who put into my mind (I could
  feel his hand upon me) the fact that it would be
  possible to sail west from here to the East
  Indies. All who heard of my project laughed
  There is no question that the inspiration was
  from God, because He comforted me
  with...inspiration from the Holy Scriptures
  Bible.

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Inspiration from the Bible

• Isaiah 4022
• 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.

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Inspiration from the Bible

• Circle in this context means vault. In Hebrew it
  means spherical.
• Columbus was also inspired by the Bible to travel
  to tell others about God.
• Christopher means Christ-bearer

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Bible is consistent with Nuclear Energy

• 2 Peter 310But the day of the Lord will come as
  a thief in the night, in which the heavens will
  pass away with a great noise, and the elements
  will melt with fervent heat both the earth and
  the works that are in it will be burned up.

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Electromagnetic Waves (video signal)

• Matthew 2430Then the sign of the Son of Man
  will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of
  the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son
  of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power
  and great glory.
• Revelation 119-11Then those from the peoples,
  tribes, tongues, and nations will see their dead
  bodies three-and-a-half days, and not allow their
  dead bodies to be put into graves. And those who
  dwell on the earth will rejoice over them, make
  merry, and send gifts to one another, because
  these two prophets tormented those who dwell on
  the earth. Now after the three-and-a-half days
  the breath of life from God entered them, and
  they stood on their feet, and great fear fell on
  those who saw them.

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Electromagnetic the physics of electricity
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Electromagnetic the physics of electricity

• Job 3835
• Do you send the lightning bolts on their way? Do
  they report to you, 'Here we are'?

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Circumcision

• Removal of he foreskin of the male
• Represents covenant between God and Israelites
• Medical Reason
• Dirt and bacteria
• Prevention of cancer and transmission of AIDS
• After 8 days is best for immunity purposes

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Circumcision

• Genesis 214
• Then Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he
  was eight days old, as God had commanded him

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Washing hands is important in hygiene

• Numbers 1919
• The man who is clean is to sprinkle the unclean
  person on the third and seventh days, and on the
  seventh day he is to purify him. The person being
  cleansed must wash his clothes and bathe with
  water, and that evening he will be clean.

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The Ocean floor contains deep valleys

• 2 Samuel 2216 Job 3816 Psalms 1815
• Work in Process

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The Ocean contains underwater springs

• Genesis 711 Job 3816 Proverbs 816
• Work in process

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Oceanic Currents and Channels of the Oceans

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Leaving land unplowed and unused every 7th year

• Exodus 2310
• For six years you are to sow your fields and
  harvest the crops

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Stars are not near us

• Genesis 114-17
• And God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse
  of the sky to separate the day from the night,
  and let them serve as signs to mark seasons and
  days and years, and let them be lights in the
  expanse of the sky to give light on the earth."
  And it was so. God made two great lightsthe
  greater light to govern the day and the lesser
  light to govern the night. He also made the
  stars. God set them in the expanse of the sky to
  give light on the earth, to govern the day and
  the night, and to separate light from darkness.
  And God saw that it was good. And there was
  evening, and there was morningthe fourth day.

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God removes our sin as far as East to West (not
North to South)

• Psalms 10312
• as far as the east is from the west,        so
  far has he removed our transgressions from us.

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Sun revolves around the Earth

• Luke 1730-35
•  "It will be just like this on the day the Son of
  Man is revealed. On that day no one who is on the
  roof of his house, with his goods inside, should
  go down to get them. Likewise, no one in the
  field should go back for anything. 32Remember
  Lot's wife! 33Whoever tries to keep his life will
  lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve
  it. 34I tell you, on that night two people will
  be in one bed one will be taken and the other
  left. 35Two women will be grinding grain
  together one will be taken and the other left."

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Sun revolves around the Earth

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Drinking Wine for your stomach sake

• 1 Timothy 523 Stop drinking only water, and use
  a little wine because of your stomach and your
  frequent illnesses.

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Harvey Finkel, M.D, GASTRITIS, ULCER, STOMACH
CANCER

• Most of us are more interested in the effects of
  moderate drinking on the risks of getting various
  diseases, and we have become aware that risks are
  often reduced thereby. It is surprising, however,
  to come across evidence that moderate consumption
  of wine may reduce the risks of upper
  gastrointestinal inflammation, ulceration, and
  even cancer, apparently by combating infection.

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We are sinful at birth

• Psalm 515
• Surely I was sinful at birth,        sinful from
  the time my mother conceived me.

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Put 2 babies in a crib with one bottle of milk
what will happen?
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Conclusions

• The Bible is not a Science book, but does explain
  things that were discovered!
• Many things that cant be explainedperhaps have
  not been discovered.
• Science is Limited - Hopefully we can find that
  God explains those secret things to us.

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References

• Song of a Wonderer Chapter 5
• http//www.clarifyingchristianity.com/science.shtm
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Walls of Jericho Coming Down

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Parting of the Red Sea