God of the Universe
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4 SCIENTIFIC, MATHEMATICAL AND LOGICAL SUPPORT FOR GOD AS THE INTELLIGENT CREATOR
What do the concepts of God and science have to do with Jesus the Christ?
In the Gospel According to John in Chapter 1:1-5, 14 & 17, John makes this connection between God, Jesus Christ and creation.
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.”
“The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.”
“For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.”
From these verses we have these truths.
1. The Word was God.
2. The Word created all things.
3. The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.
4. The Word came from the Father full of grace and truth
5. Grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
6. Therefore, Jesus Christ is the Word.
7. Jesus Christ created all things. As directed by the Father.
8. As all things were created, biology, chemistry, physics and mathematics were created to govern and bind together all of creation.
Those who believe in the secular scientific concepts without the inclusion of faith in a divine creator believe that the proof of God’s existence has to be by scientific experimentation. Also a god is the creation of the intellectually weak, those who need religion as a superstitious crutch. According to these scientists, intelligent design and scientific experimentation are at odds with one another. However, these scientists tend to forget about mathematical arguments, proof and logic and how they are the foundation of their own basic concepts. They also tend to ignore and disregard the importance of probability models except when they serve their own professional purposes and personal beliefs.
These people claim that they will only accept scientific evidence and that science shows that a god does not exist. They believe that we evolved through natural selection. Natural selection implies an action by an entity that made the choices and provided the means by which that evolutionary action occurred. So, who is this entity?
GOD IS THE INTELLIGENT DESIGNER
It is possible to take established and proven mathematical facts and concepts and use them to illustrate that God is the Designer and His relationship with us. I believe that this not only can be done, but God gave the ability to some to establish and prove these facts and concepts, others to understand them and communicate them and still others to apply them. Typical applications consist of practical uses in various sciences and technologies. What will follow here is applying Biblical Truths to some of these mathematical concepts. This may sound crazy, but I believe God has given me the ability to make these connections.
In 1991 Jon Mohr and Michael W. Smith wrote a song that was recorded by Steve Green. The title was “All Across the Sky”. The lyrics are summarized as follows:
The first verse talks about how people refuse to believe in a god that they cannot physically see. These people cannot accept a god that allows us to suffer pain. The second verse speaks of nature and how the intricacies of the details in all of life can be seen and the patterns in their development are so consistent that they could not possibly happen by chance (the probability for the DNA alone to happen by chance is mathematically prohibitive). A question asked in this song is one that agnostic and atheistic scientists, as well as some other scientists, cannot answer. This question is; “What is the source of life?” The chorus speaks of how God’s love can be seen in all aspects of His creation.
THE LOGARITHMIC SPIRAL
There is a sea creature called the Nautilus and its ancestor the Ammonite.
Scientists and Mathematicians have studied the intricate and amazing structure of the interior of the shell. Some say that the spiral that is generated can be generated by a series of rectangles in increasing size and with exactly the same proportion known as the Golden Ratio (1:( + 1)/2). These rectangles and chambers in the Nautilus shell make up a spiral that has been found to be in perfect symmetry. This spiral is also known as a logarithmic spiral. However, the Golden Ratio is a special version of the Logarithmic Spiral. In my further research using the internet, I have found articles from scientists and mathematicians that say the spiral that is found in the shell of the Nautilus and the Ammonite are not Golden Ratio Spirals, but are still Logarithmic Spirals. This could also apply to other Logarithmic Spirals as found in nature and the cosmos. The Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia on the Internet has these comments about the Logarithmic Spiral. “A logarithmic spiral, equiangular spiral or growth spiral is a special kind of spiral curve which often appears in nature. The logarithmic spiral was first described by Descartes and later extensively investigated by Jakob Bernoulli, who called it Spira Mirabilis, ‘the marvelous spiral.’” (Additional mathematical information in the form of the Polar Coordinate Equation and its Parametric Equation form along with a graph can be seen in the appendix. These are included to show that all areas of mathematics have been devoted to the study of the logarithmic spiral. This spiral seems to be one of the most studied and researched scientific and mathematical peculiarities known.) The Logarithmic Spiral is also connected with the Fibonacci Series, which is extensively used in architectural designs and computer programming.
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Science fiction stories have resulted in the creation of technological advancements. They have also borrowed philosophical concepts from various belief systems and, in some cases, resulted in the establishment of new belief systems. These belief systems attempt to direct many from Christianity and other established belief systems. Using philosophical and scientific logic as well as mathematical facts, the existence of an intelligent creator can be shown to be not only a fact but an absolute truth and necessity for our existence. This being is God—the Holy Trinity of the Bible—who is beyond our simple-minded abilities to understand until He reveals himself to us. In Genesis and the Gospel of John, God is revealed to us as a triune creator. The Trinity is the Father, who directs all, the Son, who does the Father’s will, and the Holy Spirit, who gives life and instruction. According to the scriptures, we are born in sin, as described in Galatians 5:19–21. Also in Galatians 5:22–23, Paul tells us the benefits and attributes of living in obedience to God. What are the implications of this? How does this affect us? In light of these truths and facts, how then shall we live? Reflect on these questions as you read this book. My prayer is that you and all who read this will be blessed and come—by the Holy Spirit—to the realization to which I was led.
About the Author
The author, L. Charles Arnold, Jr., was born in Ames, Iowa, and he was raised in Danville, Illinois. As a son of a chemical engineer, he went to college to be an engineer. He ended up with a BA in biblical studies from Asbury University in 1977 and a BA in secondary mathematics education from Eastern Illinois University in 1983. In 1984 he moved to South Carolina, where he taught mathematics for three years. In 1990 he was hired by the SC Department of Health and Environmental Control as an environmental regulator.