Science vs. Scripture and Evolution vs. Creation: A Compelling Analysis of Creation, Evolution, the Big Bang, God, Jesus, and Heaven
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Have you ever wondered why there is such a huge discrepancy between what scientists say about the age of our planet and what the Bible says? According to scientists, the planet is 4.6 billion years old. Yet the Bible says that this planet Earth is only six thousand years old. But what if both were right? What if there was an analysis of creation
Brian Donnelly
Brian Donnelly started reading the Bible when he was just eight years old, and he has been a religious leader for many years. He has combined his biblical knowledge with his engineering skills of problem solving using analytics, deductive reasoning, logic, and common sense to conduct an in-depth study of creation, evolution and the big bang theory. He currently lives in Scotch Plains, New Jersey.
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Science vs. Scripture and Evolution vs. Creation - Brian Donnelly
Science vs. Scripture and Evolution vs. Creation
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CONTENTS
Introduction
Chapter One: The Planet Earth (4.6 Billion Or 6,000 Years Old?)
Chapter Two: God And Creation (A Unique Perspective On Both)
Chapter Three: The Theory Of Evolution
Chapter Four: God And The People
Chapter Five: Jesus (Just A Man, Or Son Of God?)
Chapter Six: Heaven (What’s It Like?)
Chapter Seven: Final Thoughts
INTRODUCTION
Have you wondered why there is such a huge discrepancy regarding the age of our planet? Scientists say the planet is 4.6 billion years old and the Bible says that the ‘Earth’ is only 6 thousand years old. Well, the scientists and the Bible are both correct about the age of the planet and of the ‘Earth’. This is all explained in chapters 1 and 2 of my book which provides a totally unique and provocative analysis of creation and re-creation that combines science with Scripture in the search for truth. What is written is credibly presented with fact and unique Scripture interpretations that, combined with science, gives us a more realistic account of creation and re-creation.
In this book you will also be convinced that creation is the more viable option to believe in than evolution and the big bang theory. The book breaks down the sciences so that you can see, with clarity, what the scientists want you to believe. You will also learn more about Jesus from a perspective that is not necessarily Biblical in nature. You will get a detailed description of what Heaven is like, that is not visionary, but supported with Scripture and NDE experiences. The book also writes about how God relates to us today and how we relate to him and many more relevant and interesting topics that will satisfy your palate.
Chapter One
THE PLANET EARTH
(4.6 Billion or 6,000 Years Old?)
Scientists claim that our ‘planet’ is 4.6 billion years old. How they can be so precise, without actually witnessing the planets beginnings, is questionable. But for the sake of argument let us assume that the scientists are at least in the ballpark with their estimate. Creationists say that the ‘Earth’ is 6,000 years old. Who is right? Well, they both are. Let’s look at what the Bible says first. Moses is credited with writing the first five books of the Bible or at least most of it. All Biblical scholars agree to this. I think that most believers and even non-believers agree that Moses was an incredible historical religious figure, to put it mildly, who led the Jews out of Egypt across the Red Sea (Exodus).
According to Biblical scholars Moses began writing the book of Genesis at around 1445 BC, but there is no way to be 100% sure. The Bible seems to argue for a 1445 BC date for the Exodus at which time it is believed that Moses began his writing. We know that the Lord had spoken to Moses when he gave him the words of the Covenant - The Ten Commandments. In Exodus the Bible tells us that Moses spent forty days and forty nights on Mt. Sinai. Without going further with this, keeping simplicity as our goal, it can be believed or assumed that the Lord revealed, either directly or under the Spirit’s inspiration, the order of creation to Moses if not the entire book. For now, we are only concerned with the creation itself. Let us look now at what the Bible tells us about Earth’s creation, Genesis, chapter 1 verses 1, 2, and 3 (King James Version).
In the beginning God created the Heaven and the Earth.
And the Earth was without form, and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
And God said let there be light: and there was light.
I read this over and over again and it became very obvious to me that the Bible is telling us God took something that was there already and renewed it, recreated it to its present state of majestic beauty and perfect diametrical form, like we would take a very old house and rebuild it anew. It dawned on me that the planet, that scientists say is 4.6 billion years old, had to be a veritable mess with all the asteroids, comets, earthquakes, tsunamis, and what have you bombarding the planet over billions of years including the Ice Ages. After what the planet had to endure over all that time it’s not possible that the planet could look like it does now. Even the scientists agree that a massive asteroid hit the planet millions of years ago and along with many other factors, caused the long Ice Age or Ice Ages, killing off many of the species on the planet, including the dinosaurs. The Ice Age, according to various scientific estimates lasted a few million years until about 10,000 years ago or so, not too long before God recreated the planet and called it Earth
.
As I began to research this further I was pleased to find out that there are religious scholars who also interpret the seven days of Genesis as a record of how God regenerated the Earth after an older world order perished. Also the old Creationists biblical interpretations were of the re-creation belief. Let us now look at each verse closely. Verse 1 says: In the beginning
—. Moses is obviously referring to the Earth that God has recreated, the Earth he is living on, the creation of animals that he knows, and the creation of modern day humans Adam and Eve and not the beginning of the original planet as many modern theologians believe. Verse 2 says: "And the Earth ‘was’ without form and void."
We all know, of course, what the word ‘was’ means. In Hebrew the word for ‘was’ is hayah. It is defined as a verb that means to exist, that is, be of, have become, come to pass.
Why would God create a world without form and have nothing in it? He is describing what he started with. Verse 2 continues with, "And darkness ‘was’ upon the face of the deep". To understand this, we must look again at what our scientists say about the massive asteroids and comets that hit our planet causing dirt and debris to fill the atmosphere which helped cause the Ice Age due to blocked sunlight. One such comet, called the ‘Younger Dryas comet impact event’, struck our planet prior to the re-creation event. We will talk about that in chapter two. Without form
very simply means that throughout all of the billions of years of wear and being battered the planet lost its natural form. Go on your computers and look at pictures of our beautiful ‘Earth’ today from outer space and see how perfectly round (like a basketball) the planet is. Ask yourself, is this the same planet that came into being 4.6 billion years ago, untouched? Or is this the planet that God took and renewed and recreated, as the Bible tells us, to look like it does today with all its magnificent beauty all around the globe. Finally verse 2 concludes with - And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters
. Again, the Bible is telling us that the water was there already. It doesn’t say the Spirit of God created water upon the Earth, only that he moved upon the face of the waters.
Verse 3 says: and God said let there be light: and there was light.
Perhaps God had just cleared the atmosphere (skies) of asteroid and comet debris at that moment of time, because he wasn’t talking about the creation of the Sun. This was an instantaneous event. We don’t know how much Moses could really understand about the scientific nature of the planet. It’s amazing that he recorded what he did without any real science available to him when he wrote Genesis. Everything he wrote is not incorrect only maybe God did not intend the Bible to be a scientific manuscript that would only confuse those