I am starting a blog series that will look at creation science. Since people seem to think that you can either believe the Bible or science, but not both, these blogs will show that many deep thinking scientists also believe the Bible, and that, in reality, Darwinism is the one that is opposed to science.
I’m always interested in nature and science, and how both
scream that there had to have been an Intelligent Designer. That is why I was
drawn to Louie Giglio’s and Matt Redman’s book Indescribable (David C. Cook). I want to use this blog to point out
some of the breathtaking facts that they shared about our solar system.
Consider our moon and how it is perfectly suited for life
for us here on Earth. “If the Moon were larger, it would cause Earth to tilt so
far on it’s axis that the side facing the Sun would experience unbearable heat
while the opposite side of Earth would know perpetual subzero winter (p.25).”
The Moon is the perfect size to give Earth a tilt of 23.4 degrees. Are we to
thank random chance for this, or does this alert us to the fact that there is a
Creator?
Let us also think about the stars. Scientists now estimate
that there are more stars in the visible universes than there are grains of
sand on every beach and desert in the world. It is believed that there are
between 100 and 200 billion galaxies in the universe, each of which contains
hundreds of billions of stars (p.33)” Did each of these innumerable stars
randomly evolve, or were they created? The more the universe is explored and
the larger we find that it is, the harder evolution is to accept. There is
estimated to be a staggering 70,000 million million million stars in the
visible universe alone (p.43).
What about the Milky Way galaxy where Earth is? On a smaller
scale model, if our solar system were represented by a quarter, then the Milky
Way would be the size of North America (p.53). Instead of a quarter, let’s use
a golf ball. If Earth were the size of a gold ball, here is how it would
compare to other bodies in space:
If Earth were the size of a golf ball, our Sun would be 15
feet in diameter. If Earth were the size of a golf ball, the star Betelgeuse
would be the size of 6 Empire State Buildings stacked on top of each other. If
Earth were the size of a golf ball, Mu Cephei star would be as wide as two
Golden Gate Bridges put end to end. And if Earth were the size of a golf ball,
then the star VY Canis Majoris would be the height of Mount Everest
(p.146-148).
This golf ball scale helps us to comprehend just how small
our planet is in comparison to the rest of the universe. When Darwin dreamt up
his theory of evolution he thought there was little more than 2,000 stars in
the rest of the universe, and no one knew what or how big they were. The more
we find out, the more unlikely it is that they all just evolved.
And yet we continually here that God and science are at odds
with each, as if as Christians we can either believe the Bible or give in and
believe in the overwhelming science of evolution. The problem is that there is
no actual evidence to prove evolution, and for decades scientists have pushed
frauds off as evidence. That is why I was glad to see Giglio and Redman include
quotes from NASA astronauts, scientists, astronomers, physicists, a Professor
of Chemistry and Director of the Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry, a
Director of the Human Genome Project, a Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, and a host
of philosophers who believe in Creation because
of science, not in spite of it.
When I began to realize how vast our universe truly is, I
was reminded that our Creator God truly is Indescribable.
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