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SCIENCE
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though individual scient ists, he
said, may have their own " theis-
t ic" beliefs.
.
The view of a nebulous "begin–
ning" rathe r than a creation, is
strictl y in keepi ng wi th science's
own "fixed
bedrock"-evol u tion–
ary chance.
As the noted ocean–
ographer, Roger Revelle, once
remarked : ' 'Evolut ion is a fact.
lt
doesn' t mean that man can' t have
hope. Ou r values are part of our
evolutionary her itage ...
t here is
clearly no ground plan."
1n other words, evolution pos–
tulates that there is no purpose
whatever to
your
life.
Sclence Stands Mute
As trophysicist Robert J as trow, in
an article in t he Los Angeles
T imes
of J une 25, 1978, exam–
ined the di lemma that the very
concept of a " beginning" causes
science.
"Consider the enormousness of
the problem," said Dr. J ast row.
"Science has proved that the uní–
verse exploded into being at a cer–
tai n moment.
lt
asks, what cause
produced this effect ? Who or what
put the matter and energy into the
un ive r se? W as th e uni ve r se
created out of nothing, or was it
gathered together out of preexist–
ing materials? And science cannot
answer these questions."
Sorne of the greatest scientific
m ind s, observed Dr. J as t row,
have been annoyed at the concept
of a begi nni ng in ti me, because of
its clear theological implications.
Albert Ei ns tei n wrote once
that " t his circumstance of an
expand ing universe is irri tating."
Sir Ar thur Edd ington, the most
d istinguished British astronomer
of his day, wrote in 193 1, " 1 have
no ax to gr ind in this d iscussion,
bu t the notion of a beginn ing is
repugnant lo me."
Ph ilip Morrison of M IT said a
few years ago in a BBC fi lm on
cosmology,
" 1
find it hard to
accept the Big- Bang theory;
1
would like to reject it."
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Ast ronomer Jas trow notes that
" there is a strange ri ng of feeling
and emotion in these reactions.
Suc h judgments are expected to
come from the brain, whe reas
t hese come fro m the hea r t.
Why?"
Dr. Jastrow answers tbat th is
is, in par t, because "scien tists
cannot bear the thought of a nat–
ural phenomenon which cannot
be explai ned.... T here is a kind
of religion in science; a faith that
there is arder and harmony in the
universe, and that every event can
be explained as t he product of
sorne previous event."
The scientist has " lost control"
says Dr . J ast row , when con–
fronted with forces and circum–
s tances not explainable by natu ral
causes alone.
There are scientists who have
dared to " bite the bullet" and ask,
"What carne befare the begin–
ni ng?" Dr. J ast row referred spe–
cifically to Bri tish theorist Ed–
ward Mi lne, who, in a t reatise on
relat ivi ty once wrote:
" As to the first cause of the
universe, in the context of expan–
sion, that is le ft for the reader to
insert , but ou r picture is incom–
plete withou t Him ."
Where
ts
The re Life
Without fi rst coming to gri ps
with the question of
who
made
the universe, science cannot pro–
ceed to answer other questions
t hat de legates to one AAAS
symposium were told wi ll be the
big quest ions dur ing this decade
and t he
next-"Why
is t here
matter?"
" Why
is there life?"
and
"Why
is there somet hing
rat her than nothi ng in the uní–
verse?"
The answers to these questions
do not lie within the province of
science, whic h deals only wi t h
observable, measurable, physical
properties and laws.
To these and simi lar quest ions,
Herbert W . Armst rong, edi tor–
in-chief of
The Plain Tr ut h,
has
said on numerous occasions,
"Science has no answers; religion
has fai led to tell us; ed ucation is
in ignorance."
But the Bible, the Word of
God,
does
give the a nswers.
Changlng Human Na ture
There is a "great purpose and
design being wo rked out he re
below" to quote tbe words of
W inston Churchill in an address
he delivered befa re a special joint
session o f the Congress of the
United S tates.
The t rue Cospel message ofJ esus
Ch ris t , buried under heaps of
supersti tion , explains tbis g reat
pu rpose. The true C ospel- the
announcement of the soon-coming
government of Cod-entails, no
less, the changing of human nature,
and the elevation of man from the
human to tbe Cod plane- astound–
ing as this may seem to the great
minds ofthis wor ld .
Scie ntists reali ze tha t man
mus t c hange his thinking pro–
cesses to become " more sensi–
tive" to his fellowman as well as
his physical env ironme n t. Jt ' s
either that or the human race
faces exti nction.
Evolut ion can' t do t his " t rick."
Bu t the Bible shows how it is pos–
sible to make this change from
the dest ruct ive "gel" philosophy
to the "give" way of life . T hou–
sands of people are undergoi ng
this most vital o f all t ransforma–
t ions at this very moment.
Science postulates no "world
view." But the Bible does. The very
C ospel message proclaimed by
J es us C hr ist- wh ich t he vas t
majority of professi ng Christ ians
have not understood-deals with
the most important "wor ld view" of
all , greater than any polit ical ideolo–
gy ever devised by man. l t involves,
at its core, the Covernment of God
soon now to rule on this ear th.
There is a g reat adversar y
archangei- Satan- who has bid–
d e n thi s "world view" from
human understanding. Pu rpose–
less evolu tion has been one of his
most successful tools to keep hid–
den man's awesome dest iny.
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