Creation as Science
Overview
Who or what shaped the cosmos and life? In the heated battle over evolution, creation, and intelligent design, all sides have become deeply entrenched. Dialogue has vanished amid the smoke and shrapnel.
Astronomer and author Hugh Ross leaps into the fray with a unique approach—one that brings real hope for progress in pursuit of the truth. In Creation as Science he proposes that any account (or model) of how the universe, life, and humans came to be deserves serious consideration if and only if it is verifiable/falsifiable. A valid model must stand or fall by the scientific method. It must address the why questions and successfully predict what ongoing research will reveal.
This book introduces one such model, the Reasons to Believe (RTB) Creation Model. While many voices argue that creation is a strictly religious notion, Ross demonstrates that it can also be a scientific one. His model incorporates what the latest research says—in striking harmony with the Bible—about:
• The origin and expansion of the universe
• What life demands of a galaxy, star, and planet
• How and when life formed
• How changes in the sun impacted the fossil record
• The emergence and sustenance of humanity and civilization
Ross concludes with a stunning assertion: Scientists’ willingness to consider creation as a testable possibility can boost scientific advance and spark a resurgence of interest in the scientific enterprise.
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Top Highlights
“Long-lasting childhood and adolescence during which the brain continues to grow and develop appears to be a unique hallmark of the human species. This distinctive provides additional support for the conclusion that hominids did not give rise to human beings.” (Page 154)
“The extremely high abundance of free oxygen in Earth’s atmosphere dramatically sets Earth apart from all other heavenly bodies. Scientists know only one way for a planet or a moon to accrue a large percentage of free oxygen in its atmosphere—through the long-term activity of superabundant photosynthetic life. And yet even with the help of photosynthetic life, the job of oxygenating a planet’s atmosphere to the level where it can support advanced life is not easy.” (Page 136)
“From a biblical perspective, one reason so many apparent transitions appear in the fossil record for whales and horses is that the Creator had a particular time, place, and purpose for each one in the ecosystem. Because these kinds of animals go extinct so rapidly, the fossil record shows frequent replacements, or ‘transitions,’ for them. It seems God frequently created new species to replace those that went extinct. Creatures such as cockroaches, with very long extinction times, manifest either no ‘transitions’ or very few. That is, God seldom had to intervene to preserve them.” (Pages 143–144)
“One theory solves two great dilemmas: The universe was created with 10 initially rapidly expanding space-time dimensions. When the universe was just 10-43 seconds old (a 10-trillionth of a quadrillionth of a quadrillionth of a second), gravity separated from the strong-electroweak force, and at that moment six of these 10 dimensions ceased to expand. Today, these six dimensions still exist as components of the universe, but they remain as tightly curled up as when the cosmos was only 10-43 seconds old.” (Pages 91–92)
This is the most scientifically compelling compilation I have ever read that demonstrates the work of a purposeful Creator in founding the universe, Earth, and life. Through page after page of precisely cited mainstream research studies from the world’s most highly recognized scientific journals, Ross demonstrates the fine-tuning that was required to prepare the universe and Earth for human life. If scientists would read this book, they’d be confronted with overwhelming evidence from astronomy, biology, and chemistry that would likely shake their preconceptions and change the way they teach.
—James M. Tour, Ph.D., professor of chemistry, Rice University
- Title: Creation as Science
- Author: Hugh Ross
- Publisher: Navpress
- Publication Date: 2006
- Pages: 295