The Scientific Claims
Gravity
1. One of the most well-known scientific phenomenon is gravity. Gravitation, or gravity, is a natural phenomenon by which physical bodies attract each other with a force proportional to their masses. Gravitation is most familiar as the agent that gives weight to objects with mass and causes them to fall to the ground when dropped. Gravitation causes dispersed matter to coalesce, and coalesced matter to remain intact, thus accounting for the existence of the Earth, the Sun, and most of the macroscopic objects in the universe.
Job 38:31 Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
The Pleiades is an open star cluster containing over 1000 middle-aged hot B-type stars located in the constellation of Taurus. The most prominent members are what is called the "Seven Sisters". The Pleiades is a gravitationally bound cluster and this is exactly what the Bible says in Job.
Orion's Belt or the Belt of Orion is an asterism in the constellation Orion. It consists of the three bright stars: Alnitak, Alnilam and Mintaka.
2. Radio astronomy is a subfield of astronomy that studies celestial objects at radio frequencies. The initial detection of radio waves from an astronomical object was made in the 1930s, when Karl Jansky observed radiation coming from the Milky Way. Subsequent observations have identified a number of different sources of radio emission. These include stars and galaxies, as well as entirely new classes of objects, such as radio galaxies, quasars, pulsars, and masers. The discovery of the cosmic microwave background radiation, which provided compelling evidence for the Big Bang, was made through radio astronomy.
Job 38:7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
3. Stellar classification is a classification of stars based on their spectral characteristics. The Harvard classification system is a one-dimensional classification scheme which categorizes the stars based on their mass, radius and luminosity as shown below:
Job 38:31 Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
The Pleiades is an open star cluster containing over 1000 middle-aged hot B-type stars located in the constellation of Taurus. The most prominent members are what is called the "Seven Sisters". The Pleiades is a gravitationally bound cluster and this is exactly what the Bible says in Job.
Orion's Belt or the Belt of Orion is an asterism in the constellation Orion. It consists of the three bright stars: Alnitak, Alnilam and Mintaka.
2. Radio astronomy is a subfield of astronomy that studies celestial objects at radio frequencies. The initial detection of radio waves from an astronomical object was made in the 1930s, when Karl Jansky observed radiation coming from the Milky Way. Subsequent observations have identified a number of different sources of radio emission. These include stars and galaxies, as well as entirely new classes of objects, such as radio galaxies, quasars, pulsars, and masers. The discovery of the cosmic microwave background radiation, which provided compelling evidence for the Big Bang, was made through radio astronomy.
Job 38:7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
3. Stellar classification is a classification of stars based on their spectral characteristics. The Harvard classification system is a one-dimensional classification scheme which categorizes the stars based on their mass, radius and luminosity as shown below:
1 Corinthians 15:41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory.
4. Particles of Matter In physics or chemistry, subatomic particles are the particles smaller than an atom. There are two types of subatomic particles:elementary particles, which are not made of other particles, and composite particles. Particle physics and nuclear physics study these particles and how they interact. Subatomic particles then make up the universe on a microscopic level. They are invisible to the naked eyes of man unless pored over through a microscope.
Hebrews 11:3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
5. One of the fundamental laws of physics and by extension of astronomy is the Second Law of Thermodynamics which states that over time, differences in temperature, pressure, and chemical potential equilibrate in an isolated physical system so as to result in the natural entropic dissolution of the system itself. From the state of thermodynamic equilibrium, the law deduced the principle of the increase of entropy and explains the phenomenon of irreversibility in nature. Basically, Entropy states that any isolated system will have increased chaos and disorder over time, hence entropy increases in the universe.
Romans 8:20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,
Romans 8:21 Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
Romans 8:22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
6. The number of stars in the Universe is staggeringly enormous! Stars are not spread uniformly across the universe, but are normally grouped into galaxies along with interstellar gas and dust. A typical galaxy contains hundreds of billions of stars, and there are more than 100 billion (10^11) galaxies in the observable universe. A 2010 star count estimate was 300 sextillion (3 × 10^23) in the observable universe. While it is often believed that stars only exist within galaxies, intergalactic stars have been discovered.
Genesis 22:17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies
4. Particles of Matter In physics or chemistry, subatomic particles are the particles smaller than an atom. There are two types of subatomic particles:elementary particles, which are not made of other particles, and composite particles. Particle physics and nuclear physics study these particles and how they interact. Subatomic particles then make up the universe on a microscopic level. They are invisible to the naked eyes of man unless pored over through a microscope.
Hebrews 11:3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
5. One of the fundamental laws of physics and by extension of astronomy is the Second Law of Thermodynamics which states that over time, differences in temperature, pressure, and chemical potential equilibrate in an isolated physical system so as to result in the natural entropic dissolution of the system itself. From the state of thermodynamic equilibrium, the law deduced the principle of the increase of entropy and explains the phenomenon of irreversibility in nature. Basically, Entropy states that any isolated system will have increased chaos and disorder over time, hence entropy increases in the universe.
Romans 8:20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,
Romans 8:21 Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
Romans 8:22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
6. The number of stars in the Universe is staggeringly enormous! Stars are not spread uniformly across the universe, but are normally grouped into galaxies along with interstellar gas and dust. A typical galaxy contains hundreds of billions of stars, and there are more than 100 billion (10^11) galaxies in the observable universe. A 2010 star count estimate was 300 sextillion (3 × 10^23) in the observable universe. While it is often believed that stars only exist within galaxies, intergalactic stars have been discovered.
Genesis 22:17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies
7. The Earth is orbiting the Sun in space. Outer space, or simply space, is the void that exists between celestial bodies, including the Earth. Space is the boundless, three-dimensional extent in which objects and events occur and have relative position and direction.
Job 26:7 He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.
8. The First Law of Thermodynamics observes that the internal energy of an isolated system obeys the principle of conservation of energy, which states that energy can be transformed (changed from one form to another), but cannot be created or destroyed.
Ecclesiastes 1:9 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 3:14 I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.
Ecclesiastes 3:15 That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.
9. The shape of the Earth. The shape of the Earth approximates an oblate spheroid, a sphere flattened along the axis from pole to pole such that there is a bulge around the equator. However, any 3-dimensional objects are seen or represented as 2-dimensional shapes by human perception. For example, a ball really looks like a circle from a distance. Another example is when anyone watches the tv set, they can neither see the back of the tv nor the sides of it, as we can only comprehend 3-dimensional directions when we are inside objects, as for instance inside a house; we can understand the width, height and length of the house. However, when we stand outside and at the front of the house we cannot fathom the breadth and as such we have no idea what the back of the house looks like.
Isaiah 40:22 It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
10. A physical constant is a physical quantity that is generally believed to be both universal in nature and constant in time. There are many physical constants in science, some of the most widely recognized being the speed of light in vacuum c, the gravitational constant G, Planck's constant h, the electric constantε0, and the elementary charge e. Physical constants can take many dimensional forms: the speed of light signifies a maximum speed limit of the Universe and is expressed dimensionally as length divided by time; while the fine-structure constant α, which characterizes the strength of the electromagnetic interaction, is dimensionless.
Jeremiah 33:25 Thus saith the LORD; If my covenant be not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth;
Jeremiah 33:26 Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them.