The Existence Of God: An Apologetic Refuting Scientific Mysticism. -- By: Lloyd Olson

Journal: Global Journal of Classical Theology
Volume: GJCT 04:2 (Jun 2004)
Article: The Existence Of God: An Apologetic Refuting Scientific Mysticism.
Author: Lloyd Olson


The Existence Of God:
An Apologetic Refuting Scientific Mysticism.

Lloyd Olson

Operations Research Analyst with the Javelin Project Office, PEO Tactical Missiles, Dept of Army
Ph.D. Student, Trinity Theological Seminary

“The cosmos is all that is, or ever was, or ever will be.”—Carl Sagan1

Introduction.

When Carl Sagan placed his faith in the cosmos, he expressed the naturalistic position that the universe is a closed system. Naturalists are a group of people who believe that all of our information and physical surroundings must be accounted for strictly within our scientific understandings of our universe in its space-time domain. Consequently, with no other possible means of explaining intelligent design, naturalists are forced to conclude that the sum total of the information (on the DNA molecule for example) arose strictly and only by the naturalistic processes guided by pure chance.

In the past 200 years, atheistic scientists have put forth many hypotheses in an attempt to show how the processes of random naturalistic chance events can explain a Godless intelligent design. This paper will show that naturalistic scientism is refuted by Mathematical Induction because it contradicts the regular observable verifiable predictable and accepted laws of science.

Worldviews.

In an attempt to give credibility to their naturalistic philosophy, evolutionists have invoked the mystic factor of time. Since the 1700’s2 and specifically since Darwin, scientific mystics have claimed that anything is possible given enough time. Specifically, given enough time, even the intelligent life is capable of arising from pure chance naturalistic processes.

Creationists, on the other hand, claim that the intelligence observed in nature through the various codes, programs and languages conventions can only be derived from another even more intelligent source - God. Throughout industry where ever there is a design we know who the designer was and how much effort was devoted to planning, developing, testing, tooling, fabricating, transporting and maintaining the design. Our daily and worldwide experience is that intelligent systems require an intelligent architect for both its origination and organization.

What will unfold are not two different views about science. The issues are not one form of science versus another form of science. The crux of the matter will hinge on two different life views. One life view is based on the truthfulness of God’s divine self-revelation as recorded in the scriptures. One life view is based on the wisdom and abilities of human autonomy. Both life views use the same science, but come ...

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