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Posted on 08/10/2015 9:25:20 AM PDT by fishtank
Attracted to Genesis by Magnets and a Bird Book
by James J. S. Johnson, J.D., Th.D. *
Evidence for Creation
God used magnets, a bird book, and some precious Christian teachers to draw me to appreciate and rely upon the origins history taught in Genesis. My journey of learning about creation and my Creator budded and blossomed in my teen years,1 but providential seed-planting and germination came earlier—in kindergarten, with magnets, and in second grade, when I received my first bird book.
Magnets in Kindergarten
As a small child, my parents taught me that God made everything, including me. However, in kindergarten I learned that some people disagreed about God being the Creator. There was no public kindergarten where I lived, so my parents enrolled me in a private kindergarten that Mrs. Wheeler taught in her home. She always prayed reverently when we had snacks, and she taught us that the Bible was God’s Word.
One day Mrs. Wheeler taught us to experiment with magnets. Her college-attending daughter was home on break helping her mother. As I listened, the daughter asked something like, “Why are you teaching them about magnets? Science is way over their heads.” I will never forget Mrs. Wheeler’s reply: “Soon these kids will be taught that science, without God, explains life, and they will wonder if intelligent people believe in God and the Bible. I want them to remember, from kindergarten, that the first person to teach them any science was someone who believed in Jesus and the Bible, and who prayed with them.” Wow! That astounded me! When I went to “big school,” I would be taught more science but with no Bible—nothing about God!
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My grandma had that exact “bird book” sitting on the window sill next to the binoculars :)
The most important thing for children to learn about science is that “science” is a procedure for learning about reality. It is not a body of received dogma.
To me, religion and science go hand in hand. One cannot fully appreciate one without the other.
Relativistically, 15 billion years is equivalent to six days.
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