Scientific conclusions are based on some element of faith. Now we have to define “faith.” Some define faith as believing in something with no evidence for it. This is absolutely not the definition of faith, though it would be the definition of blind faith. Faith, even in religion or God, is very often associated with evidence. In the quote here, this scientist shows his bias and shows his faith – and blind faith, in this case. He is not being open-minded to...
Read MoreHow Would You Define Science?
I define “science” in the second way. Often scientific authorities will tend to define “science” in such a way as to not allow supernatural causes. This is normally good, because science is a process or method of using natural means to measure natural things or events. The method of science can be used to come up with the most reasonable explanation for things or events and thus naturalistic conclusions can be understood, but it cannot completely rule out any...
Read MoreWhen 3 Equals 5?
This is one of my (Brian Mariani’s) favorite quotes showing the challenge of taking the observations from science and correctly interpreting them.
Read More“Scientific evidence does not have to be interpreted. Science is science.”
The above was a response (“Scientific evidence does not have to be interpreted. Science is science.”) that I received while in a debate with an evolutionist. This is how I rejoined in the debate: Crime Scene Scientists, Paleontologists, and Archaeologists along with probably every other scientist is faced with the challenges of how to best interpret the evidence. If you were a crime scene investigator, you would come into a house and observe a dead body laying on the...
Read MoreCan Evolution Produce Rational Minds?
What do you think about this argument for God? If human beings were solely the product of a blind evolutionary process, our minds would not be generally reliable. Our minds are generally reliable. Therefore, human beings are not solely the product of a blind evolutionary process. From “Can evolution produce rational minds?”...
Read More“An Ever-Receding Pocket of Scientific Ignorance”
Atheistic Claim: The claim that “God did it” is simply asserted as truth without any evidence to back it up. “God is an ever-receding pocket of scientific ignorance.” Answer: Atheists run into the same, but worse problems. They run into the laws of logic and their worldview cannot justify or explain them, whereas an all-powerful God is a valid and reasonable explanation. See recent posts from Tuesdays for more clarification on this...
Read More“God did it” vs “the Universe did it”
Atheistic Claim: The claim that “God did it” is simply asserted as truth without any evidence to back it up. Answer: Here is a quote from the father of physics, Sir Isaac Newton, “Atheism is so senseless. When I look at the solar system, I see the Earth at the right distance from the sun to receive the proper amounts of heat and light. This did not happen by chance…This most beautiful system of the sun, planets, and comets could only proceed from the counsel...
Read MoreHow do you prove something 100%?
You might say that you would just have to stack up a lot of evidence and that scientific evidence would prove your conclusion. But in every case, you still have to have faith in the lab equipment working correctly and even that the laws of nature will continue to be constant as we would expect (for example, that gravity would not all of the sudden turn off – which is possible, because we can’t say that that is impossible). You may be able to get 99.9% sure of the...
Read MoreAnswer the Questions in this Picture
Scroll Down for the Answer. You can see that when we look at this picture, we make assumptions about what we expect was the original shape. In fact, there is no right answer to these questions. The correct answer could be any one of those following options in the next picture. This is similar to having evidence (a fossil) which is in the present (currently in your hand) and you have to make assumptions as to how and when it formed....
Read MoreFinish This Picture
See Answer Below! You can see here that if you only have a small piece to the puzzle, you have to make a lot of assumptions about the rest of the picture. And with only a little bit of evidence, you can be way off with the end result. ...
Read MoreTest Your Knowledge!
“Empirical/Operational/Observational Science: a systematic approach to understanding that uses observable, testable, repeatable, and falsifiable experimentation to understand how nature commonly behaves.” “Historical/Origins Science: interpreting evidence from past events based on a presupposed philosophical point of view.” Notice also that assumptions are critical to how accurate a conclusion may or may not be. Definitions from...
Read MoreLiving in Two Worlds!
In Ep. 3 of our ongoing videos, Mary Jo describes how she believed the Bible completely, but did not know how to reconcile what the Bible says to the Evolutionary history taught in Science. So she drew a line down the middle and the two truths didn’t mix. But the reality is that God’s Word and God’s World do agree perfectly. See here for more evidence:...
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Ep 12 – But Evolution is Visible – We see animals change all the time...Right? This is our Discover Creation Children’s Adventure Series. (If you have missed our previous episodes, look back at our older... facebook.com/AlphaOmegaInst…
