Jesus, Science, and History Affirm the Bible Flood of Noah, BioLogos is Wrong as it Denies All Three
BioLogos is an organization purporting to represent a Bible view consistent with science, but does it fail? As far as the Global Flood is concerned, BioLogos' failure is as complete as one could ever imagine. BioLogos affirmed (accessed Nov 13, 2018) that "The scientific and historical evidence is now clear … there has never been a global flood that covered the entire earth." The truth is that, firstly, Jesus affirmed the Flood of Noah in the same breath that He promised His second coming: "The coming of the Son of Man will be just like the days of Noah …" . Furthermore, both science and history give powerful affirmations of the global Flood as well. Examples given include: (1) there is clearly enough water on the earth to cover a pre-Flood earth entirely; (2) A recently (2014) announced discovery of vast amounts of water remaining inside the earth gives us a clear suggestion where much of the water in the "fountains of the great deep" originated; (3) relative dimensions of the ARK were hydraulically optimal for preservation and safety of both occupants and vessel; (4) Continental scale of Flood remnants around the world logically demand flooding no less than continental/global scale; (5) Decline of human fitness generation by generation points us back to a human origin only several thousand years ago, matching the Bible time frame of the Flood; melting of snow and ice following the Flood-event generated ice age would match perfectly with the ca 2000 BC historical record of famed Chinese flood fighter Da Yu; (6) Summary research published in 2018 reviewed mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) "barcodes" (~650 bp, "commensurate" across humans and about 90% of animals in the animal kingdom) concluded that at some recent time humans and all animals had a genetic "reset" such as "founder effect" (think Creation Day Six with Adam, Eve, and animals) or "bottleneck" (think of the ARK with 8 persons, one Y chromosome, 3 mtDNA, one or 7 pairs of each animal "kind"); (7) an ancient Mesopotamian cuneiform document impeccably affirms the Genesis account of God's command for Noah to build the ARK - including the roof; (8) Ancient Chinese pictographs engraved in bronzeware and oracle bone embed many details of the Creation, the Fall, and the Flood in Chinese writing; (9) Hundreds of oral flood traditions around the world assimilate to undeniably affirm historical reality of the Global Flood (see the panel at right). Here is video summary of seminar Beaverton, Oregon, Jan. 20, 2019. The Great Falling Away: Genesis trampled, Israel betrayed, Mysticism replacing sola scriptura while Christian colleges and seminaries sleep II Thessalonians 2:3,9. “3 For it (the return) will not come unless the apostasy comes first, … 9 that is, the one whose coming is in accord with the activity of Satan, with all power and signs and false wonders, 10 and with all the deception of wickedness for those who perish…” Serious Bible readers today almost universally see growing signs of the "end of the age" in today's news headlines. One oft-overlooked "sign" is the deception which scripture assures us will occur when the "apostasy" comes. Apostasy is the word NASB uses in II Thess. 2:9, while KJV uses "a falling away" and the NIV translates as "the rebellion." Following video is a presentation "The Great Falling Away" by Vern Bissell given to a gathering of friends in Beaverton, Oregon, Feb. 25, 2018. Main points: (1) Deceived by rejection of the Genesis record of Creation, Fall, and Flood; (2) Deceived by "replacement theology", causing even a significant part of the Christian world to stand against Israel in its growing time of trouble; and (3) Deceived in a tsunami of mysticism culturally in recent movies such as Avatar and Star Wars: The Last Jedi and sweeping Christian seminaries, colleges, and churches in deepening directed practices of "contemplative prayer", "contemplative mysticism", "spiritual disciplines", "spiritual formations", and similar innocuous-sounding names. A major wellspring of this latter deception is practices, promotions, and publications by Catholic monastic mystics in the latter decades of the 20th century and taken up by undiscerning and overly willing Christian theologians. Ironically, this latter deception seems to be coming full bloom as a new age counter reformation, mirroring (not in method, but in purpose) the Inquisition's bloody attempt to defeat "sola scriptura" 500 years ago. In this battle, Scripture plus discernment are the Christian's most needed anchors. The video is not professional, but listen carefully and don't miss the message (1 hour, 50 minutes, time index of topics at beginning). Darwinism is Toxic to Modern Science and Public Health
Darwinism's true history:
harmful to science rather than helping. (1) Retardant to acceptance of germ theory; (2) Retardant to modern antiseptic surgery; (3) Idea of “vestigial organs” hindered medical science; (4) Notion of “junk DNA" retarded molecular biology; (5) Hindered understanding of embryological development; (6) Wasted lives and careers of plant breeders; (7) Retardant to scientific understanding of epigenesis; (8) Nobel Laureate spent a lot of dead-end time; (9) Darwinian ideas threatened North Atlantic cod fishery; (10) Undergirds several harmful public health practices. Presentation May 2010 Portland Design Science Association. MORE: DARWINISM TOXIC TO SCIENCE
Wuhan-19 Coronavirus reminds that "Darwin-think" repeatedly has missed opportunities to cure and save lives. Bob Enyart in his Sunday sermon at DBC March 22, 2020, reveals how Darwinism and evolutionary theory have hindered scientific development of cantagion cures which would focus on utilizing the God-given human immune system - and what that might mean to solving the 2020 pandemic and others that may later come down the road. Bob also encourages Bible believers, beginning with humility before God, to be at the forefront of scientific development of future medical cures, just as Pasteur and Lister were at the forefront of far-reaching medical advances over 100 years ago. Now I know where I am from. Being an atheist was really scary. Atheist to Christian and creationist: Tulane University Biology professor Dr. Richard Lumsden gave a "vainglorious" lecture but turned to Christ shortly after when a student prayed for him "extra time" and took time to ask him questions "to get her science straight." The video records questions and Dr. Lumsden's answers in a 1994 lunchroom interview recorded by Vern Bissell on table napkins 3 years before his death. One among many quotes in this memorable interview: "You know, Darwinism is not intuitively obvious. You have to be taught it. You have to be educated into believing stuff that only a PhD would believe." Posted Sept 28, 2015, 6 minutes. |
The Sumerian King List names kings who reigned before the Great Flood, concluding "And then the Flood swept over." It then commences naming post-Flood kings with the words, "After the Flood swept over …" Here shown is cuneiform WB-444 Weld-Blundell Prism. General agreement between several "king list" artifacts is quite good.
George Catlin painting of "Big Canoe" ceremony, Mandan tribe, North Dakota USA, 1832. The Connecticut lawyer turned to recording 19th century North American cultures in art. He later wrote that of the 120 tribes he visited in North and South and Central America, every one of them had an oral tradition of a Great Flood from which only one or a few were saved above the waters on a high mountain.
To follow Jesus, we do not follow the mystic monks to the mountains. With the "cognitive" Lord's Prayer of Matthew chapter 6, we go to the place where people loved by God are in need of God's Word and our hands and feet in service.
The eyes of the world are increasingly on Israel and Jerusalem. As Christians we must never abandon Israel in their time of trouble. That is what Jacob's brother Edom (Esau) did and received a terrible future word from God through the prophet Obadiah. That is what "replacement theology" does and what we should not.
The new Jedi message that any can access the powers of "The Force" invites dangerous experimentation into the demonic realm. At a basic level, this is the same invitation to experimentation offered in modern Christian "emergent" forms of contemplative prayer, or contemplative mystical spirituality (CMS).
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Science-Creation Literacy for Christian Bible Teachers and Students
...... because the Bible agrees with True Science
Friday-Saturday, May 8-9, 2015: Malibu, California
Bob Enyart. Students at Christian colleges should learn how true science and straightforward reading of the Bible agree on creation and the flood.
Vern Bissell. Half-lives, half-truths, Jesus ALL Truth: The crisis in Christian origins education.
Creation Ministries International Video. Evolution’s Achilles Heels,
Jake Doberenz. Being prepared for potential evolutionary teaching at a Christian university.
Clint Loveness. I wish my brother and friends knew about Biblical science literacy before entering a Christian university.
Ryan Bitikofer, Tim Brinley, Vern Bissell. True Biblical Creation Science Literacy is Vital for Missions Candidates.
...... because the Bible agrees with True Science
Friday-Saturday, May 8-9, 2015: Malibu, California
Bob Enyart. Students at Christian colleges should learn how true science and straightforward reading of the Bible agree on creation and the flood.
Vern Bissell. Half-lives, half-truths, Jesus ALL Truth: The crisis in Christian origins education.
Creation Ministries International Video. Evolution’s Achilles Heels,
Jake Doberenz. Being prepared for potential evolutionary teaching at a Christian university.
Clint Loveness. I wish my brother and friends knew about Biblical science literacy before entering a Christian university.
Ryan Bitikofer, Tim Brinley, Vern Bissell. True Biblical Creation Science Literacy is Vital for Missions Candidates.
Creation and the Flood: Reality of the Genesis Record
Saturday, May 9, 2015: Chinese Bible Church of West Los Angeles
Dr. Vern Bissell. “Half-lives, Half-truths and Discriminants: Science-Creation Literacy Crisis in Bible Colleges”
Bob Enyart. “Original Tissue Fossils Are Powerful Evidence of Recent Burial by the Bible Flood of Noah”
Bob Enyart interview C. K. Thong: A 20-min. interview: “Evidences from China’s History Supporting the Bible record of Creation and the Flood.”
Bob Enyart (“axioms” introduction by Vern Bissell). “Is the Big-Bang Cosmology Proven?”
Dr. Vern Bissell. The Bible Narrative, Materialistic Evolution, & Theistic evolution. Four pillars of witness: scripture, science, history, and culture.
Dr. C. K. Thong. God in Ancient China. Amazing revelation of the Genesis narrative in the Chinese history and writing.
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Saturday, May 9, 2015: Chinese Bible Church of West Los Angeles
Dr. Vern Bissell. “Half-lives, Half-truths and Discriminants: Science-Creation Literacy Crisis in Bible Colleges”
Bob Enyart. “Original Tissue Fossils Are Powerful Evidence of Recent Burial by the Bible Flood of Noah”
Bob Enyart interview C. K. Thong: A 20-min. interview: “Evidences from China’s History Supporting the Bible record of Creation and the Flood.”
Bob Enyart (“axioms” introduction by Vern Bissell). “Is the Big-Bang Cosmology Proven?”
Dr. Vern Bissell. The Bible Narrative, Materialistic Evolution, & Theistic evolution. Four pillars of witness: scripture, science, history, and culture.
Dr. C. K. Thong. God in Ancient China. Amazing revelation of the Genesis narrative in the Chinese history and writing.
[email protected]
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