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Physicist Michael Pupin: Science Leads to God
Institute for Creation Research ^ | Sept, 2014 | Jerry Bergman, Ph.D.

Posted on 09/23/2014 8:42:15 AM PDT by fishtank

Physicist Michael Pupin: Science Leads to God

by Jerry Bergman, Ph.D. *

Michael Idvorsky Pupin (1858–1935) was a leading American researcher who made many scientific advances, including development of the fluoroscope and an electrical transmission system for long-distance telephone communication.1 A physics professor at Columbia University for 40 years, Pupin’s many discoveries resulted in devices widely used today.

Pupin’s oscillating circuit research made it possible to have simultaneous transmissions of several messages through one wire, and it was his inductance coil research that made long-distance telephone calls possible.2 Both inventions made him quite wealthy—over one million dollars for his inductance coil alone, equal to about 30 million dollars today.3 His research also laid the foundation for modern radio broadcasting. Dr. Pupin even contributed to substantial advances in X-ray technology and was also “one of the leading popularizers of science” in America.3

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: creation; pupin; science

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1 posted on 09/23/2014 8:42:15 AM PDT by fishtank
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To: fishtank

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mihajlo_Pupin


2 posted on 09/23/2014 8:43:55 AM PDT by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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To: fishtank

Even one of those famous atheists acknowledged there was something deeper to the order of the universe, how one could then still be an atheist, I’m not sure.


3 posted on 09/23/2014 8:54:34 AM PDT by BeadCounter
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To: BeadCounter

The easiest way to deal with an atheist is to ask them if they have a ‘soul’.


4 posted on 09/23/2014 8:58:57 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: UCANSEE2

And “why be good”?


5 posted on 09/23/2014 8:59:57 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: BeadCounter

When one admits that, “there was something deeper to the order of the universe”, he is no atheist.

He does not understand that that “something deeper” is more important than all the physical phenomena he observes and that It challenges him to meet It.


6 posted on 09/23/2014 9:05:54 AM PDT by 353FMG
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To: BeadCounter
Even one of those famous atheists acknowledged there was something deeper to the order of the universe, how one could then still be an atheist, I’m not sure.

One could argue that there's a certain logic to being an agnostic...one who is *truly* uncertain regarding God's existence.But OTOH there's strong,*strong* evidence of the existence of a Supreme Being while there's no evidence to completely rule out that Being's existence.

7 posted on 09/23/2014 9:06:44 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Islamopobia:The Irrational Fear Of Being Beheaded)
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To: BeadCounter

When one admits that, “there was something deeper to the order of the universe”, he is no atheist.

He does not understand that that “something deeper” is more important than all the physical phenomena be observes and that It challenges him to search for It.


8 posted on 09/23/2014 9:07:46 AM PDT by 353FMG
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To: MrB
And “why be good”?

There have been,during my lifetime,many things that I've been tempted to do which were both illegal *and* immoral.Many times I was convinced that I could avoid trouble with the police after having done that thing but I refrained simply because I fear God's judgment.I can't speak for anyone else but I,as imperfect as I've always been,would have been far,*far* more imperfect were it not for that fear alone.

9 posted on 09/23/2014 9:11:01 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Islamopobia:The Irrational Fear Of Being Beheaded)
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To: Gay State Conservative

I’ve heard the argument that being dishonest

“would violate my personal ethics”.

Well, then, where did those come from and why do you think they’re “right”?


10 posted on 09/23/2014 9:19:06 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: MrB
I once asked one, "Who really cares if my random chemical process terminates your random chemical process?"

"Well you're taking this chemical process business too far."

11 posted on 09/23/2014 9:22:24 AM PDT by DannyTN
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“too far”

I welcome and laugh at phrases like that, because “too” implies a standard, and where is that standard defined and by whom?

Is it objective or subjective? Why is it right?

They’re like Wile E Coyote standing in midair off the cliff holding up a sign “help!”.


12 posted on 09/23/2014 9:24:42 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: BeadCounter

Materialists CANNOT tell you where all matter came from, only espouse conjecture and guesses.


13 posted on 09/23/2014 9:48:49 AM PDT by Para-Ord.45 (Americans, happy in tutelage by the reflection that they have chosen their own dictators.)
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To: fishtank

The scientific method itself was developed by devoutly religious men to facilitate their search for divine truths.


14 posted on 09/23/2014 10:01:25 AM PDT by rdcbn
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To: fishtank

I’ve always felt like that
The more I see how life and the universe work the more it feels created


15 posted on 09/23/2014 10:03:12 AM PDT by wardaddy (Ferguson MO...but i thought blacks went north to escape the racism of mean ol southerners)
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To: fishtank

Of course we all know that he wasn’t a real scientist because he didn’t believe in evolution. Besides, we all know that if he were alive today, he’d believe what all the other real scientists believe that Global Warming is real and the science is settled. Just saying.

“For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:” Romans 1:20

Without Excuse!


16 posted on 09/23/2014 10:30:19 AM PDT by Lake Living
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To: fishtank

Even a “leading American researcher who made many scientific advances” can become delusional, just like anyone else.


17 posted on 09/23/2014 12:00:16 PM PDT by Misterioso ("Capitalism is not the system of the past; it is the system of the future" -- Ayn Rand)
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