Unveiling Worldviews, Critical Thinking, the Nature of Belief, Exploring Faith, Science, and the Search for Truth. (Proverbs 14:15) The simple [gullible] believes every word, But the prudent considers well his steps.
Welcome! Today, we're diving into a fascinating topic: how we understand the world around us. We'll explore the intersection of science, faith, and critical thinking. There Is A Quest for Truth. Our goal isn't to convert anyone directly, but to encourage you to think critically, question assumptions, and seek and embrace truth wherever it may be found, for we believe that it is the truth seeking road that will set you free. If you embrace Christianity because you find it is truth, so be it.
The Bible encourages us to "prove all things; hold fast what is good" (1 Thessalonians 5:21). Let's not be deceived by claims that lack solid evidence. Instead, let's continue to search for truth, trusting that God, the source of all truth, will guide us.
The Battle of Worldviews
We all have a "worldview" – a set of beliefs and assumptions that shape how we see the world. These worldviews influence our understanding of science, history, ethics, and even what we consider "truth."
Sometimes, these worldviews clash. Today, we'll examine one such clash: the relationship between scientific inquiry, religious belief, and specifically the viewpoint of Atheism.
Understanding Atheism
Oxford dictionary online state Atheism means, “the belief that God or gods do not exist”.
Webster dictionary online adds a second definition of, “a philosophical or religious position characterized by disbelief in the existence of a god or any gods”.
Atheism is not simply the lack of belief in God, but refers to the belief that there is no God-which is the imperical precursor to lacking that belief.
What is Atheism? Atheism is the belief that God does not exist. It's a statement about the nature of reality, just like the belief in a God. It's important to understand that atheism is not simply the absence of BELIEF in God; it is the belief in the absence of God. Many atheists adhere to a worldview that is based on the idea that everything is able to be known.
The Limits of Knowledge, (Romans 11:33) “Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out!”
We all have limits to our knowledge. To say there is no God would mean you have complete knowledge of the universe, and everything beyond. You would need to know everything in every corner of the universe and beyond, and to have done so throughout the entirety of existence. That is impossible.
The "No Gold in China" Argument: Imagine claiming there is no gold in China. To be absolutely sure, you'd have to search every inch of China and check every person's mouth for gold fillings! It's another impossible task.
We must acknowledge the limits of our knowledge.
Agnosticism vs. Atheism
It's important to distinguish between atheism and agnosticism as you will find both on the contrary side to the Intelligent Design Movement.
Agnostics: "I don't know if God exists." This acknowledges the limits of human knowledge.
Atheists: "God does not exist." This is a definitive statement of belief. And this belief leads into their religious values…
The Characteristics of Faith, What Makes a Religion? Generally, religions have several key components we will now show.
Beliefs and Worldviews: A system of beliefs about the world, the origin of life, and the universe.
Practices and Rituals: Actions that express and reinforce those beliefs.
Moral and Ethical Guidelines: Rules and principles that guide behavior.
Community: A group of people who share the same beliefs and practices.
Sacred Texts, Symbols, and Histories: Narratives and symbols that give meaning to life.
Faith: A strong belief, even without concrete proof.
When applying the definition, does atheism fit the definition of a belief system?
Beliefs and Worldviews: Atheists have a worldview that rejects the existence of God.
Practices and Rituals: Some atheists engage in practices like activism to promote their beliefs, such as the hypocritical ‘freedom from religion foundation’.
Moral and Ethical Guidelines: Atheists often have moral codes, even if they don't originate from a divine source.
Community: Atheists often form communities, online or in person, to share their beliefs.
Sacred Texts, Symbols, and Histories: Some atheists may have favorite books or writings that shape their beliefs.
Faith: Atheism requires faith in the idea that God does not exist, even though this is impossible to prove.
Important Considerations: There's no single, universally agreed-upon definition of religion. Varying characteristics of religions come in a wide array, with many Atheists religiously claiming they have ‘no religion’, but instead promote a freedom from religion from their religious standpoint (yes a lot of hypocritical thinking, but they actually mean ‘a freedom from belief in God movement’ not freedom from religion).
Evolution as a Religion? Evolution, as a worldview, can be seen as a religion by some because:
It proposes a creation story (the origin of life). Typically most source the ‘Big Bang’, which we will explain it’s emptiness later’.
It offers a framework for understanding the world (natural selection).
It requires faith that the natural processes can account for all of existence. It is an unseen guess and does not happen this way even in a laboratory today.
It involves faith-based belief that nature is the god that created itself. A capability of nature not found as of yet today.
‘Evolution’ with a capital ‘E’ involves the faith-based unseen, not observed not reproducible things like the claimed macroevolution process involves a story such as changing protoplasm into a person through the steps of it becoming a fish, to crawling out of the water as an amphibian or reptile, to eventually a monkey and then transforming into a man (even though mice and pigs are more genetically similar in parallel DNA comparison with humans than monkeys). This all done through a sequence of death upon death without purposeful intent beyond simply typical survival as we are on the path toward a godhood. “Evolution” simply means to change. “Devolution” is what we actually microevolution observe instead, a process of changing to become weaker with the thinning out of genetics and drastic increase of negative mutations over the generations all leading toward eventual extinctiction, not grandeur. Dog breeding is a fantastic example that most see with all dogs deviating away from their original core wolf-like genetic ancestor losing its’ survival genetics that was hosting all the various breeds its’ original genetics hosted inside of it. Two Chihuahua dogs cannot breed by itself a Great Dane even though they come from the same wolf style ancestor since their genetics has been too refined to produce the size and capability…though you can cross breed them together to gain some of those traits back but their are size impracticalities. We will go into this in more detail through another lecture dealing with the ‘Hanging Garden Of Life’.
Overall, as you can see when empirically tested, Evolution is a religion not a science belief. And through this religion of the Evolution Nature worship supported and backed by the faith based Atheists a deceptive artwork claiming to be a science was formed. (2 Corinthians 11:13-15) “For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ. And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves into ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.”
This claimed ‘freedom from religion’ religious group totally misrepresents what they actually are presenting since it has zero empirical facts supporting it. Through their influence an great financial resources they have A.I. (Artificial Intelligences) preprogrammed to Hitler style directly lie and state Evolution is not made of hypothesis alone, but instead only empirical evidences-which is a direct falsehood. Evolution is simply a hypothesized guess proven wrong again and again empirically. Now then consider the implications of how we perceive information. Just as art can be a representation, so too can scientific claims. Within the broader worldview, we are discussing the religion of Evolution, which has been embraced by some atheists. This view is often presented as empirical science. However, we must critically examine: Is this representation accurate? Does it align with the evidence?
Empirical facts are not based off of faith-based guesses which is the entire basis of Evolution and Atheism alike. They make it look like it is empirical science, but actually it is a fraudulent display of their power through data as any technician (like myself) can apply the science testing can show and tell.
(Proverbs 14:15) The simple believes every word, But the prudent considers well his steps. While presented as fact, the foundations of these claims are often built upon faith-based beliefs about the origins of life and the universe. This is not to dismiss the pursuit of knowledge, but to challenge us to discern what is truly empirical. It is a matter of seeking truth to compare and contrast as the Bible points out empirical testable empirical data, such as Romans 1:20- creation is testable proof of a Creator. For example DNA is a language code, and language codes are repeatable tested as being only formed by a mind, therefore a mind had to be behind anything created with DNA. Anything that exists requires the equivalent greater nature power for it to come into existence. This is a repeatable observational science. For the time, space, and matter we in direct observation exist in to exist requires not just a Greater Nature but a mind to harmonize it to be. Just like any factory requires a Plant/Factory Manager, construction of buildings requires a Builder, a piece of art also requires an Artist. You may not see this person, but through the processes and results we hold in our hands we empirically know it is true they exist. The identity of this person though, now that is another investigation requiring a forensic style testable faith to complete that journey.
(1 Thessalonians 5:21) Prove all things; hold fast what is good. Therefore, we must be careful not to be deceived by what appears to be science but lacks the concrete, testable evidence that defines true scientific inquiry. Evolution presents radiometric and carbon 14 dating without factoring in weathering, ignore flamingo fossils right next to T-Rex fossils continuously found, try to explain away how dinosaur and archaeopteryx have blood and cartilage found even when claimed millions of years old and blood and cartilage cannot last even one million years in a lab if we tried our hardest to preserve it with modern technology! This where we have to be cautious of the actual political only power behind their representations as you can see. A cautionary tale we once-upon-a-time learned from, again, Hitler’s actions when taking over Germany’s youth, burning books, rewriting to replace the Bible, executing all those who resisted.
Why is this? The logic statement, Romans 1:20 states that God's invisible qualities, such as His eternal power and divine nature, are clearly seen and understood through what He has created, leaving humanity without excuse.
This means that by observing creation, people can mathematically understand the existence and nature of God, even though He is not seen with the naked eye. 1 + 1 = 2 scientific method of observing the created world, people can understand and discover these "invisible attributes" of God. No excuse: The verse concludes that this evidence makes people accountable, meaning they have no excuse for not knowing God exists. In the broader context of Romans 1:18-32, this verse is used to explain why humanity is subject to condemnation for suppressing the truth they know about God and instead worshipping creation itself. An exact reference to the faith based Atheism centric Evolution Nature Worship Religion of Darwin set up today.
“Which view of evolution do you believe?” (Lamarckian, Darwinian, Neo-Darwinian, Punctuated Equilibrium). Yes, like Christianity there are more than one.
Lamarckian- Believes that by using traits leads to enhancement of those traits and new kinds.
Traditional Darwinism-Natural selection acting over millions of years leads to new kinds.
Neo-Darwinism- Natural selection AND genetic mutations acting over millions of years leads to new kinds.
Punctuated Equilibrium- Natural selection and genetic mutations acting in rapid bursts over millions of years leads to new kinds.
In other lectures we will get into these more specific for each, but overall for you to accept what is said you do need to understand some background history. There is a shadow of suffering- Darwin's Loss and the Erosion of Faith. Things become transparent quite fast with this.
The tragic personal loss that profoundly impacted Charles Darwin and contributed to his rejection of the Christian faith was that of his dying daughter. The Bible teaches that God is love (1 John 4:8), and the story of Darwin's life demonstrates the devastating consequences of rejecting this truth, and the core biblical doctrine of the Fall.
The Doctor's Words and Darwin's Agony:
"I’m sorry. I’ve done all I can. Your daughter is dying." These words echoed the anguish of Darwin, as he witnessed the suffering of his beloved daughter, Anne, a ten-year-old child whose joy had been the cornerstone of his life. As the Word of God states, "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life" (John 3:16).
A Father's Pain and the Question of God:
Darwin, a man who sought understanding through observation and reason, grappled with the reality of suffering. Anne's illness, mirroring his own struggles with health, became a crushing blow. The doctors were unable to alleviate her pain, and Darwin watched as his daughter wasted away, ultimately succumbing to her illness. This experience shook his faith to its core.
Darwin's Rejection and the "Damnable Doctrine":
Darwin's rejection of God became evident in a private message to his family, penned late in life: "I can indeed hardly see how anyone ought to wish Christianity to be true; for if so the plain language of the text seems to show that the men who do not believe, and this would include my father, brother and almost all my best friends, will be everlastingly punished. And this is a damnable doctrine.” This demonstrates his rejection of the biblical doctrine of salvation through Jesus Christ.
The Church's Role in the Erosion of Faith:
The roots of Darwin's rejection can be traced to the failure of the church. As the Bible says, "But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them" (2 Corinthians 4:3-4).
Abandoning Biblical Truth: Decades before Anne's death, many theologians and scientists had abandoned a biblical view of history, particularly the significance of Adam's Fall (Genesis 3) and the global Flood (Genesis 6-9). They were cutting out sections and pasting others together of their bible’s to meet the standard of what they wanted in violation of the Bible’s dictates of Proverbs 23:23 seeking the truth out of what was being presented. It is supposed to be Psalm 119:105, “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path”, not the other way around of letting your feet of where you want to go dictate your path with eyes closed to its’ impact.
A "Foolish" Explanation: The church offered a flawed explanation for the existence of evil, claiming that God created parasites to encourage cleanliness and mice to feed cats instead of being a consequence of the Genesis chapter 3 fall of man into sin therefore failing to address the true source of suffering.
The Consequences of Rejecting Genesis:
Without the biblical understanding of Adam's sin bringing death and a curse upon the world, there is no satisfactory answer to the problem of evil. This also undermines the need for Jesus Christ, the "second Adam" (Romans 5:12-14; 1 Corinthians 15:44-49), to redeem humanity from sin and death.
Darwin's "Natural Selection" and a Substitute for God:
Darwin, unable to reconcile suffering with a loving God, sought an alternative explanation. He proposed the theory of natural selection, making sure to minus the aspects of LOVE’S intervention and preservation factors, which posits that death has always been a part of life. He then placed together many of the views that contradicts science to try to explain a way for existence without a Creator. The Evolution Nature Religion (nature being the god that made us) to this day falls far short of empirical science support (it is a proven fiction hypothesis story by testing it with empirical science), even though it claims it has it- but cannot show evidence of it so we are told to simply just believe by blind-faith…which many do! Remember that empirical science is not solely based on logic, hypothesis, but instead repeatable measures done in a testing ground or laboratory). Darwin’s Evolution is a religion of faith made for those who hate God. This is its’ core.
The Need for Biblical Logic Seeking Truth in Darwin's story serves as a cautionary tale. “Prove [test making sure] all things; hold fast what is good" (1 Thessalonians 5:21). The Bible emphasizes the importance of understanding the thought foundation account of creation, the Fall, and redemption. As the Apostle Paul reminds us, "For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God" (1 Corinthians 1:18). Darwin's rejection of the Bible resulted in his inability to find satisfactory answers to the questions of suffering, death, and evil. The truth, found in God's Word, offers a foundation for understanding the world and finding hope in the face of tragedy. 2 Timothy 1:7 promises that, “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind (no mental disorders).” This offer is for all that strive to live in a relationship with Him, something Darwin rejected and fled from in an anger. This are warnings in the Bible about people falling into the delusion of believing their own lies- John 8:44, Romans 1:25, 2 Thessalonians 2:11-12. This is where Darwin’s false representation of facts begins.
The Power of Representation, The Object Lesson Of Art, Reality, And The Power Of Perception
“You can make a piece of art look like anything….does that then make the artwork that thing?”, Dr. Michael A. Scordato, Ph.D.
The ‘Monkey To Man’ artwork entitled "March of Progress: The Road to Homo Sapiens“ constantly advertised on t-shirts to blankets to bags to mugs and more shows Evolution presented as a piece of art. BE AWARE AS ITS’ THE ART’S NAME ALONE DECLARES AN AGENDA….The idea that art can "be" what it depicts highlights the profound power of representation and our perception. While it opens up exciting creative possibilities, it also demands critical awareness, media literacy, and ethical considerations. We must be vigilant in discerning what is real from what is simulated, and we need to develop the tools and frameworks to navigate a world where the boundaries between these realms are increasingly blurred. This is the same warning with presentations about the art of science.
The implications and cautionary real-world applications of this statement: Misinformation and Propaganda, Artificial Intelligence and Deepfakes, Advertising and Marketing, Art Forgery and Deception, Simulations and Virtual Reality. There Is A Call to Truth-Seeking, Seeking Truth Because Of This!
(Proverbs 23:23) “Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.”
(1 Peter 3:15) “but sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear”
We are called to be truth-seekers. We must be willing to question, investigate, and seek answers. The Bible encourages us to "prove all things; hold fast what is good" (1 Thessalonians 5:21).
Do not settle for easy answers, and always be ready to examine the evidence. The reason why the Bible says to challenge and seek truth is because it claims Jesus is the truth (John 14:6).
There Is A Call to Critical Thinking
Embrace the Journey Understanding different worldviews is crucial for critical thinking. Be open-minded, but also be discerning. Always question assumptions and seek evidence. Remember the search for truth is a journey, not a destination.
Knowing this now, when something is presented to you as fact, when in reality it is nothing but known faith-based guesses and assumptions, what does that mean?
If a bank did this to you with your bank statement, how would you respond when you go to withdrawal your money and there is nothing in your bank account and you just incurred a penalty charge for trying to over-withdrawal funds? How should you legally handle this? This is what is happening in your schools, on the television today. So when your life goes to bank on these religious thoughts, will it be found to come up in debt and deficient? Heaven or Hell? These are thought provokers to show how important it is you pay attention to what is about to be stated.
You see, you legally can sue over these things (and most likely should) as students being fed information , specifically if what you are taught is already known NOT to be stated showing the religious faith-based perspective clouding behind what the curriculum says (such as trying to convert you to the Evolution Nature Worship Religion).
So I will be upfront, legally I am teaching Intelligent Design facts through the King Piece of the Intelligent Design momentum- the Christian Bible Perspective supported by God-shown science facts in Biblical mathematical logical theory of order, cause and effect (Galatians 6:7-9, ‘reap what you sow’), truth seeking priority as designated in Proverbs 23:23- "Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding”.
There is no blind-faith allowed in Christianity. We have Jesus claiming to be the source of that said Truth (John 14:6 He is the Way, Truth, and Life). You don’t know your way? You don’t know the truth? Do you want true life? Then you are in the right place to find the starting access today, so says our Lord.
The Bible DEMANDS you be a critical thinker. Ready for the boost in your confidence?
Seeking in the Cosmos: Unmasking Deception
Let’s now start with the dominant Atheist beginning point, the Big Bang. BOOM! Now the “Big Bang” claims all begins with nothing becoming something in an explosion. An untestable, unprovable concept. If I passionately believed that my laptop I am typing on for this lesson simply just existed, magically came into being from nothing, what would you think about me? This is a simpler but same concept of presentation.
As truth-seekers, we are called to examine all things, to "test all things; hold fast what is good" (1 Thessalonians 5:21). This means not blindly accepting what we are told, but critically evaluating information and seeking the truth. Let's apply this to the Big Bang theory, a widely accepted explanation for the universe's origin that they strive to use to counter Genesis 1:1. We will break down some of the scientific challenges it faces, using a critical thinking approach. There is another comparative lesson on Genesis 1:1, but we will not get into that today.
The Atheist made story of a Big Bang to make existence falls flat on its’ face empirically. (Proverbs 14:15) The simple [gullible] believes every word, But the prudent considers well his steps.
To begin with, as a Christian from the Intelligent Design side, (Genesis 1:1) “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” The first words of the Bible tell us that God created all time, space, and matter- in that order, not that the universe exploded into existence. The Bible's account describes a purposeful Intelligent Design act of creation, with God speaking things into existence, not a chaotic explosion. Intelligent Design aligns with the idea of a Creator who planned and executed the universe. This order is what we repeatably find as we continuously test all to be true. The Big Bang focuses on the guesswork of an impossible spontaneously occurrence into a mass dark chaos gradually making itself into an order without a mind causation through unknown currently incomprehensible means. A BOOM instead of a God.
A Closer Look:
The Big Bang proposes that the universe began from an extremely hot, dense state and has been expanding and cooling ever since. While it has gained popularity, let's examine some of the scientific problems that challenge this model as it is proposed that suddenly something came from nothing then exploded to make all time, space, and matter, with no origin for this energy present…and that over time all the planets, stars, and later life came to be through this rather impossible thing. Impossible because the entire puzzle is missing the claimed pieces to build it.
Imagine having a puzzle box with a beautiful picture on the front stating it is a puzzle of 1000 pieces to put together of the majestic Mt. Everest. The box for this puzzle is advertised in commercials, on TV shows, it is even is mentioned and used as an example in all of the school curriculum books for study. One day though you decide to actually unwrap this box for yourself, no longer simply carry it around and boast you have it. You decide you want to actually put this puzzle together. But the startling shock occurs as soon as the lid lifts. The box is empty. The promised pieces to even start the puzzle, let alone complete it is not there. There is nothing but a vacant box. This is what happens when you start to unpack the ideas of the supposed ‘Big Bang’… there has been no pieces ever even found to even begin this belief.
1. Missing Monopoles: The Magnetism Mystery
The Claim: The Big Bang should have created magnetic monopoles – particles with only a north or south magnetic pole, not both.
The Problem: Particle physics predicts their creation in the early universe, yet we haven't found them. It's like expecting to find a certain type of building material after a construction project, but it is nowhere to be found.
2. Too Little Antimatter: The Mirror Image That's Missing
The Claim: The Big Bang should have created equal amounts of matter (what we're made of) and antimatter (matter's opposite, with opposite charges).
The Problem: When matter and antimatter meet, they annihilate each other. If the Big Bang was true, we should see equal amounts of both, but we don't. Our universe is almost entirely matter. Where did the antimatter go? It is like looking in a mirror and only seeing one side of yourself.
3. No Population III Stars: The First Generation Mystery
The Claim: The Big Bang created only the lightest elements: hydrogen and helium. Heavier elements were created later in stars. Therefore, the first stars should only have hydrogen and helium.
The Problem: These "Population III" stars, made only of hydrogen and helium, haven't been found. All known stars have traces of heavier elements. This is like finding every car has an engine, but being told the first cars didn't have engines, yet no one has ever seen one.
4. No Evidence for Cosmic Inflation: The Rapid Expansion That Lacks Proof
The Claim: To solve certain problems with the Big Bang, a period of rapid expansion called "cosmic inflation" was proposed, occurring immediately after the Big Bang.
The Problems: There's no direct evidence for this inflation. An idea called “inflation” in an attempt to address the flatness and monopole problems (as well as other problems, such as the horizon problem, we will get to later). Inflation proposes that the universe temporarily went through a period of accelerated expansion. Theories have attempted to explain it, but they have failed to hold up under scrutiny. It is like being told a magician made a rabbit disappear, but no-one saw it. The big bang model relies on this hypothetical (meaning guess or speculation) event cosmic inflation, specifically how it causes the universe supposedly to expand faster than light. A team of astronomers presented what they deemed direct evidence of this cosmic inflation it made for big news in the media…but a few months later, the same researchers retracted their claim. They admitted that their evidence of inflation was actually just the effect of dust within our own galaxy. This finding, however, hardly received barely even a whimper in the media.
Another serious challenge to the big-bang model is called the flatness problem. The expansion rate of the universe appears to be very finely balanced with the force of gravity; this condition is known as flat. If the universe were the accidental by-product of a big bang, it is difficult to imagine how such a fantastic coincidence could occur. Big-bang cosmology cannot explain why the matter density in the universe isn’t greater, causing it to collapse upon itself (closed universe), or less, causing the universe to rapidly fly apart (open universe).
5. Axis of Evil and the Cold Spot: The Uneven Universe (Sky Map Temperature Charting)
The Claim: The Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), the afterglow of the Big Bang, should be relatively uniform in temperature.
The Problems (Plural): There are anomalies, like the "Axis of Evil" (hot zone) and the "Cold Spot," regions of the CMB that don't fit the expected pattern. It is like expecting a perfectly smooth surface, but finding bumps and dents.
The other side also shows the ‘Horizon Problem’ where there is too much balanced temperature across the galaxy, not so many hot or cold spots which would have resulted from a Big Bang explosion, since even if billions of years old would still scientifically remain today but is not present. Regions of the universe that are diametrically opposite from our position and from which we are now receiving the CBR (Cosmic Background Radiation) have yet to come into thermal contact, yet those regions have the same temperature. How can that be if they have not been in thermal contact before? This problem is often called the horizon problem, because parts of the universe that should not have come into contact yet would be beyond each other’s horizon.
6. Distant Galaxy’s are fully formed.
Claim: Light should take billions of years to arrive to Earth therefore we see Big Bang being made planets.
The Problem: We do not see masses of mess forming together but rather fully formed planets and systems. If the Big Bang were true, and their claims on light travel were true then we should be seeing nothing but a cosmic mess yet since it took so long for light to reach us in their view. (Light actually moves faster than the claimed ‘speed of light’ as that is simply a bounce-back measurement, let alone Biblically made already reaching the Earth (Genesis 1:14-19), but that would be another lecture). So the universe is not haphazard as any truthful Big Bang explosion model would have predicted. The universe is too orderly as if set in place with intelligence, creating even ‘Goldilocks zones’ for a ‘just right’ habitable Earth for life to exist and persist.
Psalm 33:6, “By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, And all the host of them by the breath of His mouth.”
To further explain away some of the problems with the Big Bang, scientists have come up with add-ons leading to some scientists suggesting the existence of a "multiverse" – the idea that our universe is just one of many, which is difficult, if not impossible, to prove. They are trying to explain the unexplainable, rather than seek the truth.
The Big Bang model assumes that matter and energy are evenly distributed throughout space, with no preferred direction. But in reality, we see large structures and patterns in the universe that don't fit this assumption. The universe shows order and direction, contradicting the Big Bang's claim of a uniform explosive beginning.
Instead of making accurate predictions, the Big Bang theory often uses "retrodictions." This means scientists observe something in the universe (like the expansion), and then they adjust their Big Bang models to try to explain it after the fact. Cosmic background radiation is everywhere, and was a ‘predicted requirement’ for their theories to start.
Another example, they claim the abundance of light elements like hydrogen and helium was created just after the Big Bang. But the model has an adjustable number, which can be changed to get the "right" answer. This isn't good science; it's just picking the number you want to fit the results. You see this on many of their equations. They pick the number they predict. You look at the playing card first and see it is a 3 then say, “I now predict in my hand is a 3”. Not impressed.
Also, Big Bang models struggle to explain the amount of matter in the universe. They have to propose the existence of "dark matter" – matter we can't see or fully understand to make the model work…matter they claim exists but cannot see or know. They see blackness, so this is their blackness explained. The vast majority of what is said to make up the universe is claimed now unknown, which is an unreliable way to be certain of its nature let alone creation causation. This is not even touching into dark energy adding more to this equation of ‘anything goes’.
The Big Bang leaves us with some big questions: Why did the Big Bang happen in the first place? How did all the stars and galaxies form after the Big Bang? To this day, there are no good, testable answers to these questions within the Big Bang model. With the Biblical Intelligent Design thought, it counters that God is all that existed before time, space, and matter was created coming together as all time was converging at one time at once. God is the greater Nature demanded, all that there is with a Mind and the ability to create and organize through it. This is what is meant when He proclaims in Revelation 1:8 and Revelation 22:13: "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,” says the Lord, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty”. But this again is in the Genesis 1:1 lecture for more science and logic details.
(Psalm 102:25-27) “Of old You laid the foundation of the earth, And the heavens are the work of Your hands. They will perish, but You will endure; Yes, they will all grow old like a garment; Like a cloak You will change them, And they will be changed. But You are the same, And Your years will have no end.”
There is a lot of evidence that supports the idea that the universe is young, not billions of years old as the Big Bang suggests. The Big Bang needs billions of years to seem plausible, but even with those billions of years, it still fails to explain many things.
(Proverbs 23:23) Buy the truth, and do not sell it, Also wisdom and instruction and understanding.
As you can see, the Big Bang theory faces many challenges. We should always be critical thinkers, seeking truth. For Intelligent Design, what we see makes sense since we recognize a Greater Nature organizing and making the current nature.
The big bang has many more scientific problems than shown today. These problems are symptomatic of the underlying incorrect worldview. Accepting the ‘big bang’ leads to a situation in which rationality collapses. We need instead to be pursuing truth down the path it leads. Something cannot come from nothing.
These are just some of the scientific challenges to the Big Bang model. Isaiah 40:22, Job 9:8, and Jeremiah 10:12, describe God "stretching out" the heavens, which in a reference to the expansion of the universe. These verses use the Hebrew word for "stretch," and their imagery is consistent with modern scientific discovery that the universe is not static but is expanding which we do see- but not scientifically from a causation explosion as seen, but from where God spoke it to expand to fill the emptiness of space itself.
As truth-seekers, we must be willing to question, investigate, and seek answers. The Bible encourages us to "prove all things; hold fast what is good" (1 Thessalonians 5:21). Let's not be deceived by claims that lack solid evidence. Instead, let's continue to search for truth, trusting that God, the source of all truth, will guide us. The Bible is a call to Proverbs 23:23 seek truth, to never settle for easy answers, and to always be ready to examine the evidence, 1 Peter 3:15 ‘ready with an answer’. Are you?
There was not nothing in the beginning, there was God.
