Creationism - National Center for Science Education

Was there any way by which all desirable ends should be met? Only one suggests itself. God might lead
inspired men to use such language, that, without revealing scientific facts in advance, it might accurately
accommodate itself to them, when discovered... If there be terms or phrases which, without suggesting
puzzling enigmas, shall yet contain within themselves ample space for all the demands of growing human
knowledge; if the Bible may, from imperfect human language, select terms which may hold hidden truths,
till ages to come shall disclose the inner meaning,—this would seem to be the best solution of this difficult
problem. And when we come to compare the language of the Bible with modern science, we find just this
to be the fact. [1886:114-116]
Pierson goes on to show, using numerous examples, that despite its non-scientific
language, the Bible is indeed scientifically inerrant. “Again we say, show us one
undoubted fact, revealed by scientific studies for two thousand years, that cannot be
harmonized with the word of God!” He devotes considerable attention to the Genesis
account of creation, explaining how the six creation days, interpreted as geologic ages,
are fully in accord with the latest discoveries of science.
In evaluating the evidences for Christianity, says Pierson, we must prize
“perspicuity” of argument and evidence; also, “It is safe to distrust any argument that
insults common sense.” “It is always possible, if one has a thought worth anything, to put
it in plain words; and why not in good, homely Anglo-Saxon?” (1886:24). After all, this
is what God Himself did when he divinely inspired the translaters of the Authorized
(King James) Bible.
“From the facts it becomes evident that the Christian faith, like science, rests upon
clear and positive facts.” So says F. Bettex, who goes on to write that “the Christian
religion, like science, is founded on clear, daily-recurring facts, easily recognizable by an
impartial observer” (1901:249, 252). Bettex shows that though Darwinism is refuted by
geology, the Genesis account is in perfect accord with science.
The Biblical final resolution (not annihilation) of all elements through excessive heat (see St. Peter ii), and
the new Creation which will result from it, is a scientific, astronomical, chemical, absolutely correct
conception. Spectrum analysis, the science of the elements revealed by fire, is a true image of the last
judgment. [1901:186]
Bettex goes on to present scientific explanations of various biblical concepts. “The Bible
and nature in nowise contradict each other, though many things in nature contradict what
men have put into the Bible” (1901:187).
Gerald Winrod presented many examples of science in the Bible in Science,
Christ and the Bible (1929). “Science is exact knowledge, gained and verified. True
science never asserts; it always proves” (1929:33). Science is proved knowledge gained
from the facts of nature—or from the facts contained in the Bible.
When blatant men of science have attacked the Bible, some timid believers have sought to politely excuse
themselves by saying that the Bible is not meant to be a scientific book. There is no reason why we should
apologize for the Bible. It is in harmony with every true fact of science, but, of course, it would be
expecting too much to hope to reconcile the Bible with the theories of all the scientists. (1929:47-48]
We cannot read the books which Moses wrote, without being impressed with the fact that he was one of the
greatest scientists that ever lived. Score of instances can be pointed to in the writings of Moses wherein he
gave voice to some of the most gigantic scientific truths, which modern science knows anything about.
[1929:84]