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Backing up a God of order being compatible and flourishing science
John Lennox says science flourishes when people believe there is a God of order making laws
Backing up believing in God helping science by driving it
John Lennox says that the universe is built by a rational designer, the rational part being the principle that drives science
Backing for the Bible helping science - specific example
Psalm 8, with its description of the paths of the sea, gave rise to the discovery of the currents, which are now studied by science
Backing for Bible and nature correlation
St Augustine believes book of nature (science) and Bible to both be written by God, and so won’t be in conflict when properly read
Backing creation and creator
Minister Joe Kay says science is about creation and religion about the Creator
Jesus’s death/ gospel proved by science - before arrest
There is a medical condition called hematidrosis where a high level of stress creates chemicals that break down the capillaries in the sweat glands. So, blood leaks into it and so the sweat comes out tinged with blood. This proves the gospel reliability.
Jesus’s death/ the gospel proved by science - the beating
The beating opened up bone. The huge blood loss caused hypovolemic shock. What happens:
1. The heart races to pump non-existent blood
2. Blood pressure drops (this explains Jesus’s collapse)
3. The kidneys stop producing urine
4. You get thirsty (Jesus says he’s thirsty)
The cross description wasn’t scientifically inaccurate - details of Greek
The nails, to be scientifically accurate, had to be nailed in the wrists, so the hands didn’t fall off. While the Greek says ‘hands,’ wrists were included in this today.
While the Greek says blood then water, and it was actually clear fluid then blood, this was because there was more blood, and this was how Greek recorded things.
Jesus’s death/ gospels proved by science - the stab
The hypovolemic shock and the heart rate that caused, caused a ]fluid in the membrane around the heart (pericardial effusion) and lung (pleural effusion). So when the lung and heart were stabbed, this is what came out and was described as water.
John Lennox on the resurrection and laws of nature connection
John Lennox says age laws of nature don’t contradict the resurrection because science can only tell you what will happen if there is no interference, For instance, arithmetic (the most basic law of nature) says if you put sixpence in a drawer, there will be sixpence there the next day. But arithmetic can’t account for if someone interferes/ steals it.
Kepler’s life - details
Borm in 1571, he was a German astronomer
Kepler’s three planetary motion laws
- Planets move in elliptical movements around the sun
- The ‘area law’ which says how to calculate the time planets take to travel
- ‘Harmonic law’ hitch says that there is an exact relationship between the planet periodic time squared and the mean distance from the sun cubed,
Divinely inspired scientists as biblical authors - Job
3500 years old
Job 26:7 suggests ab earth flowing in space, when at the time people believed in a man or a turtle holding up the earth.
Job 28:5 suggests the earth core.
Job 36:27-28 suggests the water cycle.
God cared about scientific accuracy so revealed stuff to them.
Mendel - life details
George Mendel, an Augustinian abbott, born in 1822. Elected as Abbott unanimously. Founded genetics. Identified recessive sand dominant traits.
Mary Anning - life details
Born 1799, firm Anglican who spent free time reading her Bible.
Discovered first full specimen of plesiosaur and learnt about what dinosaurs ate. Copied religious poems and texts in her journal.
John Lennox on his own faith
John Lennox says he’s not remotely ashamed to be Botha Christian and a scientist because Christianity created science.
