Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Choose one or more fallacies used by Evolutionists, describe what fallacy is involved and what argument you would use to refute it? I604-4-7

The Big Bang Theory, Also known as something from nothing.

Dr. Stephen Hawking is the author of the best seller, "In A Brief History of Time." A few years ago he said that "The question is: is the way the universe began chosen by God for reasons we can't understand, or was it determined by a law of science? I believe the second. If you like, you can call the laws of science 'God', but it wouldn't be a personal God that you could meet, and ask questions." I would suggest that the fact that the severely disabled Dr. Hawking is still alive is due to the God he doesn't believe in.

Disjunctive Syllogisms from week two (Two Terms)

The universe is either self-caused or caused by a Creator
It is impossible for the universe to cause its own existence (something from nothing)
Therefore, the Universe is caused by a Creator
Genesis 1:1, “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”
The fact that there have been hundreds of fulfilled prophecies in the Bible verifies its truth. God says that in the beginning he created the heavens and the earth and that is good enough for me.

The Fossil Record:

Is the fossil record that depends on the Geologic time scale correct? But does not the fossil record allow geologists to date and compare rocks across geological time?
Circular Reasoning, "begging the question":
Strata are dated by the fossils
then....
Fossils are dated by the strata.
It is counterintuitive that you would determine the date of a fossil by the rock it is found in and then date the rock by the fossils found in it. Add to that there are images of petrified trees standing upright through geological strata. Fish fossils nicely laid out in rock suggest a flood. Then there is Mt. St. Helene developing lots of strata in a few decades after it erupted.

Old Earth:

The second law of Thermodynamics is concerned with entropy, a measure of disorder. In accordance with the second law of Thermodynamics the entropy of the universe increases. However, the entropy of the earth decreased during the six days of creation One of the few times entropy seems to be reversed is in the mother’s womb; however, here the baby is drawing on its mother’s body as it develops.

There is so much about the age and properties of the universe in the Bible, to quote just a few:

Isaiah 64:1 says space can be torn
Psalm 102 says space can be worn out like a garment
Job 9:8 He alone spreads out the heavens, And treads on the waves of the sea

Added Later:



Pat Robinson of the Christian Broadcasting Network/ 700 Club fame has stepped into it once again this time with his fellow Christians rather than with his usual detractors. He said during his TV show that he believes in an old Earth because dinosaurs were on the earth before man.
However, in the Book of Job God tells Job: “Look at Behemoth, which I made along with you and which feeds on grass like an ox. What strength it has in its loins, what power in the muscles of its belly! Its tail sways like a cedar; the sinews of its thighs are close-knit. Its bones are tubes of bronze, its limbs like rods of iron.” Job 40:15-18 (NIV) Also, human footprints have been found in close proximity to dinosaur prints.
 
So is Pat’s statement due to “The fallacy of Appeal to Popularity? Accept this because it has popular appeal: The fallacy is that the truth of the proposition is not addressed at all. It's based on the notion that if many people believe something is right, that notion must be right.” He does have a large following.

Or could it be “Consensus Gentium. Accept this because the majority of people believe this is true: This is similar to Appeal to Popularity. It is based on the notion that if the majority believe something is right, it must be right.” Again, Pat has the Christian Broadcasting Network/ 700 Club

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