Posted on 12/02/2013 10:32:21 AM PST by fishtank
New ICR Research Associate: Vernon R. Cupps
Vernon R. Cupps believed that God created the universe and that Darwinian evolution was inconsistent with the Bible and science since he was young. But he didn’t give much consideration to a recent creation of the universe until about a decade ago.
“I had not given much thought to that proposition until the last 8-10 years when I read both Dr. [Henry] Morris’ and Hugh Ross’ books. At that point, it seemed self-evident to me that one cannot hold to the inerrancy of Scripture and also believe in an old earth and universe,” he said in a recent interview.
Dr. Cupps received his B.S. and M.S. in physics at the University of Missouri-Columbia and his Ph.D. in nuclear physics at Indiana University-Bloomington, where he worked at the Indiana University Cyclotron Facility. He later spent time at the Los Alamos National Laboratory before taking a position as radiation physicist at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, where he directed and supervised a radiochemical analysis laboratory from 1988 to 2011. He is a published researcher with 73 publications, 18 of which are in referred journals.
During his time with Fermilab, his assignments varied. “My primary job at Fermilab was to manage the operation of the Radioisotope Analysis Facility,” he said. “I also developed and helped implement the Air Monitoring Program, initiated material activation research projects, performed shielding calculations for the accelerator division, and implemented health physics and environmental monitoring projects.”
Many discoveries await nuclear physicists like himself. “After over a century of directed effort, we still do not fully understand the nature of the strong and weak nuclear forces,” he said. Also, several interesting science questions still bear further investigation, such as, “Is radioisotope dating a reliable way to ascertain the age of anything?” and “Can nuclear matter really be explained through the exchange of particles?”
Dr. Cupps recently became the first nuclear physicist to join the Institute for Creation Research as a research associate. “I had been familiar with ICR through published literature for approximately 12 years but was blessed to establish a personal connection only in the last two,” he said. When asked what he plans to focus on at ICR, he replied, “First, I will probably review the RATE1 report and attempt to answer the radioisotope dating questions which came out of that report. Second, I will look at radioisotope dating in general and the assumptions that go into the various dating methods. As an aside to this project, I will try to clarify what the scientific method is and what it is not as there seems to be a great deal of confusion even among ‘scientists’ on this. Third, I would like to investigate the feasibility of the radioactive decay constants not being constant. And finally, I would like to study more closely the nature of nuclear matter.”
When asked where he saw God shining the most in his study of physics, he said, “The structure of the nucleus, which constitutes most of the matter we know; i.e., how can a bunch of electrically repulsive particles like the proton be held together in such a small volume of space without blowing apart?”
Dr. Cupps also intends to continue his work in tutoring young people in math and physics, since he fostered a love of math and science at an early age. “I have loved mathematics, science, and history since I can remember, but I think I became more focused on physics while working on my science-fair projects in high school,” he said. “The Lord gave us our minds to use—to search out His truth.”
References
RATE (Radioisotopes and the Age of the Earth) is the Institute for Creation Research’s eight-year research study. For more information, see www.icr.org/rate.
Cite this article: No Author. 2013. New ICR Research Associate: Vernon R. Cupps. Acts & Facts. 42 (12).
Noah’s Ark theory of the ‘Kinds’.
OK, I have spoken
Good the more intellectual fire power they can attract the better.
Jesus. as part of the Trinity, the Triune God, has been forever, as has God. He is NOT PART of creation, rather He is the CREATOR.
“Let US create man in OUR image.”
“In the beginning was The Word and The Word was with God and The Word was God”.
God is HE, not a she or it.
OK, now the Bible has spoken.
“He is a published researcher with 73 publications, 18 of which are in referred journals.”
I assume the 18 publications are in refereed journals, ie peer reviewed, not referred journals.
And, if a publication is not in a refereed journal it’s not a scientific publication.
Also, Hugh Ross is not a young Earth proponent unless he has changed his rather clear stance that the Bible supports an ancient Earth.
Only when one accounts for the fact that, as Adam's body was flesh-and-blood made of created dust into which He breathed life, so He infused Himself into a speck of Holy Uncorrupted Flesh-And-Blood Dust which was placed by the Holy Ghost into The Chosen Virgin for physical maturation and birth as The Incarnate Redeemer and Yet-To-Be-Sacrificed Lamb, born to die at Calvary.
And your point is what exactly?
It seems to me that you don't have the authority to judge another man's servant.
Old-earth Christians like me could use exactly the same argument about a young-universe interpretation. What kind of capricious and deceitful God would place markers in creation that show it to be billions of years old, when it was just created last week, comparatively?
He (Jesus) is the CREATOR.
My point is responding to your statement to stubernx98, which was:
He is NOT PART of creation, rather He is the CREATOR.
and that:
OK, now the Bible has spoken.
But the Bible has spoken of more than your comment indicates. I think you left out the idea that He enteredand became a part of His Creation. Of course, stubernx98 was incorrect, IMHO, in saying that Jesus was a product of the Creation. And you were right in correcting by saying that He was/is the Creator. But, coming as a human, He became more than a Creator, He became a participant of it. Finally, He will be the Restorer and Perfecter of it, as its Savior and Lord.
The ICR, Ken Ham, Duane Gish et al, have made atheists of more people than the likes of Dawkins and Hitchens could possibly have dreamed of.
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