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should be intellectual and nothing more. We can count on science to do many great things, but we can
also count on science to make mistakes. If we put faith in science, we depend on imperfect, sinful,
limited, mortal men. Science throughout history has been wrong about many things, such as the shape
of the earth, powered flight, vaccines, blood transfusions, and even reproduction. God is never wrong.

A person’s belief in evolution is also a belief of faith. Since science is based on observation and
experimental investigation, the history of the world as we see it falls outside the realm of science. What
happened thousands of years ago is not observable today. All we can do is look at the evidence that
was left to perhaps glean an idea of what happened in the past. We find bones, pottery, inscriptions in
rocks, and other implements left in the ground by man. However, these historical artifacts are subject
to interpretation as to what happened in the past.

Truth is nothing to fear, so there is no reason for a Christian to fear good science. Learning more about
the way God constructed our universe helps all of mankind appreciate the wonder of creation.
Expanding our knowledge helps us to combat disease, ignorance, and misunderstanding. However,
there is danger when scientists hold their faith in human logic above faith in our Creator. These persons
are no different from anyone devoted to a religion; they have chosen faith in man and will find facts to
defend that faith.

Still, the most rational scientists, even those who refuse to believe in God, admit to a lack of
completeness in our understanding of the universe. They will admit that neither God nor the Bible can
be proved or disproved by science, just as many of their favorite theories ultimately cannot be proved or
disproved. Science is meant to be a truly neutral discipline, seeking only the truth, not furtherance of an
agenda. (https://www.gotquestions.org/science-God.html)

The person who observes the world today comes to the table with certain beliefs which will affect how
he views the data. Our presuppositions determine our predictions. The beginnings history of our
universe and earth are outside the realm of science, since no one was there to observe its foundation
(except God), nor are these events repeatable or measurable. If one believes the Word of God by FAITH,
he is compelled to believe that God created the heavens and the earth a few thousand years ago and
that God destroyed the original created world with a global flood. That flood altered the geology of the
world.

When scientists discover artifacts and bones in the soil, if flood
geology is true, then scientists are limited to viewing things
buried and altered by that flood. The flood described in the
Bible was so massive that the entire geology of the earth was
drastically altered. The geological effects of the flood are so
universally observable that it is amazing that some scientists
close their minds to seeing them.

Pictured to the right is a photograph of the Grand Canyon in the
US. It consists of thousands of layers of sedimentary layers and
a canyon washed away by water. Just looking at the picture
tells us that a lot of water created this canyon.

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