Biblical Scientific Facts from Scripture
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The earth free-floats in space (Job
26:7), affected only by gravity.
While other sources declared the
earth sat on the back of an elephant
or turtle, or was held up by Atlas,
the Bible alone states what we now
know to be true – “He hangs the
earth on nothing.”
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The earth is a sphere (Isaiah 40:22).
At a time when many thought the
earth was flat, the Bible told us that
the earth is spherical.
Creation is made of particles,
indiscernible to our eyes (Hebrews
11:3). Not until the 19th century was
it discovered that all visible matter
consists of invisible elements.
Visit:
All About Atoms (Jefferson Lab)
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Incalculable number of stars
(Jeremiah 33:22). At a time when
less than 5,000 stars were visible to
the human eye, God stated that the
stars of heaven were innumerable.
Not until the 17th century did Galileo
glimpse the immensity of our
universe with his new telescope.
Today, astronomers estimate that
there are ten thousand billion trillion
stars – that’s a 1 followed by 25
zeros! Yet, as the Bible states,
scientists admit this number may be
woefully inadequate.
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The number of stars, though vast,
are finite (Isaiah 40:26). Although
man is unable to calculate the
exact number of stars, we now
know their number is finite
The Bible compares the number
of stars with the number of grains
of sand on the seashore (Genesis
22:17; Hebrews 11:12).
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Black holes and dark matter
anticipated (Matthew 25:30; Jude 1:
13; Isaiah 50:3). Cosmologists now
speculate that over 98% of the
known universe is comprised of
dark matter, with dark energy and
black holes. A black hole’s
gravitational field is so strong that
nothing, not even light, escapes.
Beyond the expanding universe
there is no measured radiation and
therefore only outer darkness
exists. These theories paint a
seemingly accurate description of
what the Bible calls “outer
darkness” or “the blackness of
darkness forever.” Visit:
The Outer Darkness (ICR)
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The Second Law of
Thermodynamics (Entropy)
explained (Psalm 102:25-26). This
law states that everything in the
universe is running down,
deteriorating, constantly becoming
less and less orderly. Entropy
(disorder) entered when mankind
rebelled against God – resulting in
the curse (Genesis 3:17; Romans 8:
20-22). Historically most people
believed the universe was
unchangeable. Yet modern science
verifies that the universe is “grow
(ing) old like a garment” (Hebrews 1:
11). Evolution directly contradicts
this law.
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Blood is the source of life and health
(Leviticus 17:11; 14). Up until 120
years ago, sick people were “bled”
and many died as a result (e.g.
George Washington). Today we
know that healthy blood is necessary
to bring life-giving nutrients to every
cell in the body. God declared that
“the life of the flesh is in the blood”
long before science understood its
function. Visit:
Life in the Blood (ICR)
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Moses told us in (Leviticus
14:40-41) to separate the clean
from the unclean. If people would
have listened to these wise words
given to Moses by the Holy Spirit
of the Lord, then quarantining the
sick would have save millions of
lives.
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God told us in ancient times about
the importance of washing so we
could be made clean in Numbers
19:14-19. Sadly countless numbers
of pregnant women had to loose
their lives before one man
discovered that simply washing our
hands before an examination could
stop infections. What doctor today
would perform an examination or
surgery without washing their
hands?
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When dealing with disease, clothes
and body should be washed under
running water (Leviticus 15:13). For
centuries people naively washed in
standing water. Today we recognize
the need to wash away germs with
fresh water.
Visit:
-Why do I need to wash my hands?
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Science Quotes (Evolution, Creation, DNA, etc.)
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“The best data that we have concerning the origin of the universe are exactly what I would have predicted had I nothing to go on but the five books of
Moses, the Psalms, and the Bible as a whole.” (Noble Prize Winning Physicist Arno Penzias)
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“In fact, evolution became in a sense a scientific religion; almost all scientists have accepted it and many are prepared to `bend’ their observations
to fit in with it.” (H. Lipson, “A Physicist Looks at Evolution,” Physics Bulletin, 31 (1980), p. 138.)
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“Today, the concrete data points strongly in the direction of the God Hypothesis. Those who wish to oppose it have no testable theory to marshal,
only speculations about unseen universes spun from fertile imaginations… Ironically, the picture of the universe given to us by the most advanced
science is closer in spirit to the vision presented in the book of Genesis then anything offered by science since Copernicus.” (Harvard graduate and
George Town professor Patrick Glynn)
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“If one proceeds directly and straightforwardly in this matter, without being deflected by a fear of incurring the wrath of scientific opinion, one arrives
at the conclusion that biomaterialists with their amazing measure of order must be the outcome of intelligent design. … problems of order, such as
the sequences of amino acids in the chains … are precisely the problems that become easy once a directed intelligence enters the picture.” (Fred
Hoyle & N. Chandra Wickramasinghe, Astronomers, Mathemeticians & Cosmologists, University College Cardiff, Evolution from Space, J. M. Dent
& Sons 1981, and in The Omni Lecture, :And Other Papers on the Origin of Life, Enslow Publishers 1982, p. 27-28)
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“Only a rookie who knows nothing about science would say science takes away from faith. If you really study science, it will bring your closer to
God.” (Nanoscientist James Tour of Rice University)
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“Transformism [evolution] is a fairy tale for adults.” (Jean Rostand, Age Nouveau, [a French periodical] February 1959, p. 12, Late Prof. Jean
Rostand was a French biologist and a member of the Academy of Sciences of the French Academy)
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“Scientists have no proof that life was not the result of an act of creation.” (Robert Jastrow, The Enchanted Loom: Mind in the Universe (1981), p.
19.)
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100 scientist with doctorates from (Cambridge, Stanford, Cornell, Yale, Princeton, Purdue and MIT) as well as several other nationally ranked
schools signed the scientific decent from Darwinism. They declared, “we are skeptical of the claims for the ability of random mutation and natural
selection to account for the complexity of life.”
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“The exquisite order displayed by our scientific understanding of the physical world calls for the divine.” (MIT Physicist Vera Kistiakowski)
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“By irreducibly complex I mean a single system composed of several well-matched, interacting parts that contribute to the basic function, wherein
the removal of any one of the parts causes the system to effectively cease functioning.” (Michael J. Behe is an American biochemist, author, and
intelligent design advocate)
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“It is a shock to us in the twentieth century to discover, from observations science has made, that the fundamental mechanisms of life cannot be
ascribed to natural selection, and therefore were designed. But we must deal with our shock as best we can and go on.” (Michael J. Behe is an
American biochemist, author, and intelligent design advocate)
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“In the present day, as biochemistry multiplies examples of fantastically complex molecular systems, systems which discourage even an attempt to
explain how they may have arisen, we should take a lesson from physics.” (Michael J. Behe is an American biochemist, author, and intelligent
design advocate)
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“But sequence comparisons simply can’t account for the development of complex biochemical systems any more than Darwin’s comparison of
simple and complex eyes told him how vision worked.” (Michael J. Behe is an American biochemist, author, and intelligent design advocate)
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Which theory / claim best explains our most recent biological discoveries?
“If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ existed which could not possibly have been formed by numerous, successive, slight
modifications, my theory would absolutely break down.” (Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species)
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“Generation after generation, through countless cell divisions, the genetic heritage of living things is scrupulously preserved in DNA … All of life
depends on the accurate transmission of information. As genetic messages are passed through generations of dividing cells, even small mistakes
can be life-threatening … if mistakes were as rare as one in a million, 3000 mistakes would be made during each duplication of the human
genome. Since the genome replicates about a million billion times in the course of building a human being from a single fertilized egg, it is unlikely
that the human organism could tolerate such a high rate of error. In fact, the actual rate of mistakes is more like one in 10 billion.” (Miroslav Radman
and Robert Wagner, The High Fidelity of DNA Duplication… Scientific America. Vol. 299, No 2, August 1988, pp 40-44., Quote from page 24)
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“An intelligible communication via radio signal from some distant galaxy would be widely hailed as evidence of an intelligent source. Why then
doesn’t the message sequence on the DNA molecule also constitute prima facie evidence for an intelligent source? After all, DNA information is
not just analogous to a message sequence such as Morse code, it is such a message sequence.” (Dr. Charles B Thaxton, Walter L Bradley and
Robert L Olsen: The Mystery of Life’s Origin, Reassessing Current Theories, New York Philosophical Library 1984, pp 211-212)
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“It is entirely in line with the accidental nature of mutations that extensive tests have agreed in showing the vast majority of them detrimental to the
organism in its job of surviving and reproducing — good ones are so rare we can consider them all bad.” (H.J. Mueller, Bulletin of the Atomic
Scientists 11:331. Mr. Mueller won the Nobel prize for his work on mutations)
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“Evolution is a theory universally accepted not because it can be proved by logically coherent evidence to be true but because the only alternative,
special creation, is clearly incredible.” (D.M.S. Watson, “Adaptation,” Nature, Vol. 123 (1929), p. 233., Evolutionist D.M.S. Watson)
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“Even if there were no actual evidence in favor of the Darwinian theory … we would still be justified in preferring it over rival theories creationism“
(Richard Dawkins, The Blind Watchmaker, NY Norton, 1986, pg 287)
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“Virtually every scientist now concedes that the universe and time itself had a beginning at some point in the finite past.” (Stephen Hawking)
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Page Information & Research Resources
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The Institute for Creation Research
BIBLICAL - ACCURATE - CERTAIN
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Biblical Science Facts & Creation Vs. Design Links
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Creation by Design
Things that Never Could Have Evolved
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Creation by Design
Biochemistry, DNA, Cosmology, Physics, Fossil Record
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Eternal Productions
101 Scientific Facts & Foreknowledge
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The Case for a Creator
Story of Atheist Journalist's Evolution & Creation Investigation
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Creation Answers
Science, the Bible, Apologetics
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