For those who have not read my previous post regarding the existence of God & why I disagree evolution is the origin of life, you can find the link here. I believe that science, just like history and archeology if properly studied (without any biasness) should compliment the Bible. Written below are facts (Scientifically known and regarded) that the scientific community believes in and what the Bible says.
Note: I still stand by my point regarding Evolution not being the source of modern day life as we know it. Rather, I'm letting people know what the scientific community has concluded regarding the sequence on how life has appeared.
I give credit to Professor Andrew Parker, from whom I read a book detailing this information. More information can be found at the end of this post.
Scientific History of the Earth
The formation of the sun (~5 Billion years ago)
-God said: "Let there be light"
The formation of the seas and the separation of land areas (~4.2 Billion years ago)
-God said: " Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dryland appear"
The beginning of life, including single-celled, photosynthetic organisms (Plants) (~3.9 Billion years ago)
- "Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed" (Vegetation/Plants)
The first image forming eye evolved and the visual information used. The lights were turned on for animal behaviour and evolution (~521 Million years ago)
- "Let there be lights... to divide the day from night"
The Cambrian explosion (A.k.a Evolution's Big Bang) (~520 Million years ago)
- "Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life"
Life was exclusively marine at this time. It was during this period that all animal phyla that exist today evolved into what they are. *
- God created the great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly after their kind...
All animals adapted to the vision of predators, except for birds simply because they can escape predation through flight and thus generally avoid camouflage colours. It is also interesting to note how both sea creatures and birds are singled out as they are (respectively) the main characters and exceptions in life's history book
- ... and every winged fowl after his kind.
I obtained this information from a book titled "The Genesis Enigma" written by Professor Andrew Parker. He has also written the book titled "In the Blink of an Eye" which talks about his "light switch theory" that holds on to the fact that the sudden introduction of vision in the earth triggered the Cambrian explosion. Till this day, this theory has not only held strong but has been considered as the "Last man standing" in the critiques of experts in the field (E.g. the 2007 review by Harvard Professor Charles Marshall). I strongly recommend people interested in understanding the scientific accuracy of the Bible to get a copy.
Note: I am not pushing a book but rather letting people know where I obtained this information due to copyright issues (thought I highly doubt they would actually find this blog and ask me to pull it down)
*These facts are not common knowledge, only an experienced biologist would know about this.
As mentioned in all my post, I'm open to all discussions, advice, questions and encouragements.
Thursday, September 16, 2010
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