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I find it difficult to understand a scientist that does not acknowledge the presence of a superior rationality behind the existence of the Universe as it is to comprehend a theologian who would deny the advances of science. Prof. Werner von Braun (who developed the NASA program) This one is my absolute favourite: For the scientist who has lived by his faith in the power of reason, the story ends like a bad dream. He has scaled the mountains of ignorance; he is about to conquer the highest peak; as he pulls himself over the final rock, he is greeted by a band of theologians who have been sitting there for centuries.” Dr. Robert Jastrow (Astronomer and Agnostic) Because of these startling scientific revelations, there has been a steady defection of scientists back to believing in God. An article by Prof. E. J. Larson and L. Witham in the April 3, 1997 issue of the prestigious science journal “Nature” reported on a fascinating survey of the beliefs of leading American scientists. The survey asked a thousand top scientists very specific questions about their religious beliefs regarding a personal God. The survey revealed that 40% of physicists, biologists and mathematicians acknowledged that they now believe in God. The questions revealed that their belief was not in someone up there, but in God as “A supreme being who is involved in our earthly affairs and hears our prayers.” This remarkable survey suggests that “The extremely widespread atheism among scientists in last decades has given way to a growing number of top scientists who have encountered compelling evidence in their own field of research to convince them that there must be an intelligent Designer who created the Universe.” One scientist made this comment: “The only effect of the Theory of evolution had, is that it made atheism respectable.” Then he adds: “After a century of paganism, the tide is turning.” A recent survey conducted for the professional society Sigma Zi among 3300 scientists with PhD degrees found that 43% of them went to church regularly (same ratio as in general public). They concluded that “The myth that Scientists do not believe in God is greatly over- 11
ated.” The market is now flooded with books by top scientists that were atheists in past decades, who now believe in <strong>Creation</strong>. One of these is Prof Frank Tippler, mathematician and Physicist, who wrote in his book “The Physics of Immortality”: When I began my career as a cosmologist 20 years ago, I was a convinced atheist. I never in my wildest dreams imagined that one day I would be writing a book purporting to show that the central claims of Judo-Christian Theology are in fact true, that these claims are straightforward deductions of the laws of physics as we now understand them. I have been forced into these conclusions by the inexorable logic of my own special branch of physics. I have Dr. Tippler’s book in my library. Dr. Gary Parker, a biologist, was an enthusiastic evolutionist, who later became a creationist and wrote a book: “<strong>Creation</strong>, facts of life”, describes why he changed sides by saying: “The bulk of scientific evidence available supports the Bible, not evolution.” I also have this book in my library. In an article in Nature magazine of 24 February, 2000, Jeffery Cantor wrote, under the title: Fighting the wrong battle: Scientists who scoff at religious belief miss the point and damage their cause When modern science began its rise in the seventh century, most of the key figures were convinced that it’s advance would greatly assist religion. For Bacon, Kepler, Boyle, Newton and many others, knowledge of the physical Universe illuminated God’s creation. Therefore, through the expansion of science— knowledge of God’s work— they expected humankind to come closer to God. It is ironic that their convictions now appear so misplaced. It has become fashionable among scientists with a high media profile to portray religion as the necessary foe of science. This is surely an unwise strategy, one that seems 12
Page 1 and 2: Creation Father Athanasius Iskander
Page 4 and 5: CHAPTER ONE IN THE BEGINNING In the
Page 6 and 7: The Christian religion brings manki
Page 8 and 9: All of these famous scientists not
Page 10 and 11: Scientific Society of Brussels, und
Page 12 and 13: 1965: PENZIAS AND WILSON In 1965 Ar
Page 16 and 17: calculated to make scientists appea
Page 18 and 19: You can see the direction in which
Page 20 and 21: Rev 6:14 And the heaven departed as
Page 22 and 23: The famous astrophysicist Hugh Ross
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Page 26 and 27: nutrient rich media of their own ac
Page 28 and 29: 6. When enough of these were formed
Page 30 and 31: In order to make protein you need D
Page 32 and 33: Another biophysicist Harold Morowit
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Page 42 and 43: In First Corinthians 1:24, we are t
Page 44 and 45: They also tell us that “This init
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Page 48 and 49: In the verses quoted above, the Boo
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Page 52 and 53: This band of unexplained water that
Page 54 and 55: VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS: Volcanoes spew
Page 56 and 57: CHAPTER FOUR THE CREATION OF PLANT
Page 58 and 59: Charles Darwin's Origin of Species
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like beaks can grind down their foo
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Computer scientists, especially wer
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predictable result was offspring wi
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another phase in the evolution of E
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THE HOPEFUL MONSTER THEORY! 1 The r
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A good theory is characterized by t
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CHAPTER FIVE THE CREATION OF MAN An
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eproduce its own kind. That means a
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many as 100. ... Why, in subsequent
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Again, after creating man and woman
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to the sight, and good for food; th
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that God gave His blessing to the h
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fragmentary fossils. A complete jaw
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modern orangutans. 1 As usual, from
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and antler-tipped spears. The remai
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