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dircct scientific knowledge and
power into a happy, peaceful , long
and wholesome life. Without this
knowledge all increase of power
only heightens the tension and anx–
iety of impending chaos.
Science has, without scientific
proof, arbitrarily rejected the Cre–
ator God and his vital knowledgc
that it so desperately needs.
It
has
arbit rarily rejected the
Word of God-the
God, and assumes the posttiOn of
telling mankind how to live. That is
a direct insult to God!
Anyone who has honestly looked
into the marvels of nature and seen
the varieties of animals, plants and
insects together with the intricacy,
complexity and beauty of this cre–
ation- has to acknowledge God as
Creator. Even the simplest item is
awe-inspiring! One tiny leaf of
a tree, for example, is made
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Science, like Adam and Eve, is unable to
discover all knowledge by
experimentation. There is vital knowledge left which
experimentation will not uncover.
Holy Bible- witbout even so much
as considering it (Rom. 1: 18-22).
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nstead of science being all wise
as the world is prone to think, it is
only part wise, having rejected spi r–
itual knowledge. T his one-sided–
(half-witted?)- action is the root
of today's trouble (Hos. 4:6).
Science Robs God
In their zeal to uncover knowledge,
to broadcast it and to claim credit
for the discovery, men have made
an idol of science. It is a creature of
their own invention (Rom. 1:25,
28).
It
claims that it does not need
God. Science takes the place of
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up of millions of tiny cells, all intri–
cately and perfectly organized. It is
simi lar in shape to the other leaves
on the same tree, but it is never
exactly the same. l t has its own
individuality.
Wbat marvelous laws started it
to form and guided its development
on the branch? Slowly and logically
it developed to live out its season as
it was intended! God did it!
Man would consider himself
greatly exalted if he could only find
out how a t iny leaf forms and wby a
tiny leaf grows. How much more
his ego would be exalted if he could
have invented it, designed it in all
its l:ieauty and given it life.
These apparent ly insignificant
leaves also have a vital function for
you and me. They transform solar
energy into food and fuel.
By the process of photosynthesis
the whole tree receives an impor–
tant part of its nourishment and, in
turn, ani ma ls, insects and even
man, gain good from its branches.
Furthermore, these tiny leaves
absorb carbon dioxide, which is a
barmful waste product of man and
animals. The leaves utilize it
through photosynthesis and return
vitally needed oxygen to the air.
Leaves come on the plant at the
appropriate time of the year. They
spread their refreshing shade, per–
form t heir many vital functions and
then, turning into beautiful shades
of red and gold, finally drop to the
ground in a utumn to become
humus and fert ilizer for the roots
of hungry plants next season.
Has science ever made an inven–
tion which has served mankind as
much as even the tiny leaf?
God's creations are marvelously
beautiful, in tricately complex and
vital to mankind. They are drawn
up and set in motion by an all–
wise Creator. He is our wonderful
God , whom most of mankind
chooses to ignore. T hough scien–
tists cannot full y understand the
bow and why of leaves, they have
attached the impressive name
..photosynthesis" to their living,
manufacturing processes, and the
world ignorantly thinks science
knows all about it.
The wor ld forgets God and rev–
erently gives science the g lory.
Fa ith in Sclence
In this world, scientists' hypoth–
eses, theories or speculations are
looked upon as being very wise.
Men and women everywhere
accept most of their statements in
explicit faith. All one needs to say
is, ' 'According to the latest scien–
tific thi nking thus and sois true."
Actually this jargon means that
science is ignorant of the real
answer but it assumes or imagines
that ..such and sueh is true."
Newspapers grab this result of
scientific imagination and flash it
around the world as "tbe latest
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