I agree with you. Science only uses the the lovely bit. Some scientists might use the not so lovely bit but they'd be wrong (scientifically speaking).
"Now if I had said something like that you would accuse me of using the “God of the gaps” fallacy, right?"
Certainly not. You might need to do some more work on the god of the gaps argument.
"Let me expand on that for you: “...that matter and energy were created by a process that we as yet, do not understand but that would have to violate natural law.”
Well if we're going to extend it, let's keep going.... “...that matter and energy were created by a process that we as yet, do not understand but that might require new scientific evidence that would require us to revisit our current understanding of the universe.”
Are you ok with that? Or do you still insist on inserting the supernatural into it.
The Bible is a historically accurate document that makes a lot of claims and it is filled with a lot of prophesy that has been fulfilled,.....
It also claims that in about 2,300BC there were only 8 people on the planet and only one language. The evidence would strongly suggest that it is incorrect.
"Understanding science has led a lot of people to the Creator. When you look at the intricacy of the cell, the awesome morphology displayed in the animal kingdom, the wonderful symmetry that exists in the universe that makes life even possible at all here on earth...Creator God makes a lot more sense than a bunch of chemicals (where did they come from) in a mud puddle (where did it come from) billions of years ago..... if you’re honest with yourself, deep down inside you know there is a creator."
I couldn't agree more that the universe at both a micro and macro level is stupefyingly wonderful place and I'm incredibly thankful that science has given me at least a partial understanding of how it works. As for the parts that are still hidden, I'm more than happy to wait for science to reveal more of it's secrets. There will be things that I will never know and that's just too bad.
Shalom Aleychem, Shaef.
One last thing for you, Natufian.
***It also claims that in about 2,300BC there were only 8 people on the planet and only one language. The evidence would strongly suggest that it is incorrect.***
Many studies have been done on that, Natufian, that back up the biblical account. Here’s an interesting read on that:
http://creation.com/noah-and-genetics
I know Dr. Carter personally.... he’s a brilliant guy.
Extra-biblical evidence of the flood and biblical genealogies can be found in the book “After the Flood”:
Here’s a link to the book:
http://www.ldolphin.org/cooper/
If you take the time, the information on the Miautso people of China is extremely interesting. In fact here is their genealogy (appendix from the book):
http://www.ldolphin.org/cooper/appen12.html
Blessings, Natufian.