The Triunity Report

Physical Science

Astronomy

• Isn't the universe infinite?

Life Sciences

• Is there life on Mars?
• What about some other kind of life? part 1
• What about some other kind of life? part 2

Paleontology

• Did dinosaurs and humans walk the earth together?

Isn't the universe infinite?

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"It really does matter, and matters very much, how we think about the cosmos," says author, historian, and college president George Roche. Unfortunately, the predominant world view is that the universe is infinite, and therefore, the dice of chance can be thrown as often as necessary to explain even such amazing improbabilities as atoms self-assembling into living things.

However, in this decade, astronomers and physicists have proven that the universe is finite-- in time and in extent. Though it is extremely old and big, it is still absurdly too young and absurdly too small to explain life's coming together by natural processes. Furthermore, astronomers have gone on to prove that the universe requires a Creator, a Creator who exists beyond our dimensions of space and time. Of all the writings forming the basis for the different religions of the world, only one, the Bible, agrees with these latest scientific breakthroughs.

We live in a day when findings every year at the frontiers of research in astronomy, physics, and other fields, simply multiply the weight of evidence for the supernatural accuracy of the Bible.

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Is there life on Mars?

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A Viking spacecraft looked a few years ago without success. The Soviet space agency and NASA will soon try again, using much more sophisticated testing instruments. Why such great expenditure of effort and money?

Certain evolutionists are convinced that life evolves naturally not just on Earth but elsewhere throughout our universe. According to these scientists, the discovery of life on Mars would prove that life evolved. And, if it evolved on two out of nine of planets in our solar system, then life may be abundant in other stellar systems.

However, these experts are ignoring just how transportable and survivable the Earth's life-forms are. Balloon studies have found microorganisms high up in the earth's stratosphere. From these high altitudes, the solar wind is capable of pushing the organisms all the way to the surface of Mars. Also, ancient asteroid collisions with the earth could have sent life-carrying earth material to Mars.

We should expect to find many species of earth life at least as far away as Mars. So, don't be deceived. The discovery of minute life-forms on Mars proves nothing about the natural evolution of life.

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What about some other kind of life? part 1

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When people see and hear evidence which shows them the virtual impossibility of life coming together by chance through natural means, sometimes they argue, "Well, that's just life as we know it." What about some other kind of life? Perhaps natural processes could make living things quite different from what we know.

The answer is that a chemistry complex enough to store information, to generate reproduction, and to process energy into useful work is a fundamental necessity. Such complex chemistries can be built on only three atoms-- carbon, silicon, and boron.

Let's take silicon, first. Silicon permits molecular assemblages containing no more than 100 amino acids. Even enzymes require more than that. That rules out silicon life. Now for boron. Boron may permit more amino acids, but boron is rare in the universe, so rare as to eliminate it as a realistic possibility. That leaves us with carbon. Carbon-based life really does seem to be the only physical life in the universe.

Since new scientific proofs establish that the entire universe is at least 10^100,000,000,000 times too small or too young to permit the natural formation of any form of carbon- based life, the only rational conclusion is that God alone is responsible for the formation of life.

What about some other kind of life? part 2

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When people see the evidence which shows them the virtual impossibility of life coming together by chance through natural means, they often argue, "Well, that's just life as we know it." What about some other kind of life? Virtually the entire community of life scientists concur that physical organisms have no option but to be built on carbon. And, the calculations demonstrating the utter implausibility of life developing by natural processes alone are easily substantiated. But, of course, there is another kind of life: spiritual life.

The equations of general relativity, the big bang origin of the universe, and some newly discovered fundamental particles all require a Creator God who lives in dimensions including and beyond the dimensions of our universe. The Bible speaks of Him and about His creating other living beings, such as angels, some of whom the Bible tells us chose to rebel against Him. Therefore, while there isn't the slightest possibility for other physical life-forms, there does exist the probability for spiritual life-forms.

Did dinosaurs and men walk the earth together?

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Did dinosaurs and men walk together? What is the scientific evidence, and what does the Bible say? The number of dinosaur fossils is truly enormous, permitting many facts to be established. One of these facts about dinosaurs is that they suffered a mass extinction long before Adam and Eve were created.

The Bible makes no mention of dinosaurs. A few Bible interpreters identify the "behemoth" and "leviathan" in the book of Job as dinosaurs. But, the word behemoth appears in Genesis chapters one and seven as a subset of the Hebrew word nephesh, which refers to birds and mammals. Since dinosaurs are reptiles, they would be ruled out.

Furthermore, a close examination of Job 40 and 41 reveals many metaphorical phrases describing behemoth and leviathan as creatures terrifying to human beings. Anatomically, the descriptions perhaps best fit the hippopotamus and the crocodile. These two species, incidentally, rank first and second in the animal kingdom as killers of human beings.

The Bible makes no mention of dinosaurs simply for the sake of succinctness. The Bible is highly selective in its description of creation miracles.

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