Some of Science is not Science by Frederick Hoehn, copyright 2016, all rights reserved. Chapter 1 It's not so easy these days to find good programs to watch on TV. During the day, there are soap operas to avoid. And now, some of the evening programs are rather soap operaish. There are now the so-called "reality" shows, which are not reality at all, but are written by writers who try to write what they hope viewers want to see. Then we have programs supposed to be about science and nature. Don't know whether you watch the Nightly News Hour on PBS, but I try to catch at least the beginning of it. Lately, they give just a minute or two of news, and then they go into who it is that supports that program and PBS. At the end of that little speech they say that they're supported by those others, "And by Viewers Like You." And then I sometimes say, "That's a lie. If the viewers were like me, you wouldn't get a penny." But Fred, why won't you support PBS? Because, in their science and nature programs they preach the lie that is evolution. Shall I help PBS send people to hell? Of course not. I finished some work this morning, had a bite, and then turned on the TV. There was a program where they descended deep into the ocean. And they used a drill to drill down very deep below the ocean. And they brought up some specimens that they thought were eighteen million years old. No, I believe you're mistaken, folks. I don't think the universe is that old. And if the universe does happen to be that old, I don't think you can prove that it is. This guy, Darwin, who invented the Theory of Evolution went very far down a wrong road. In fact, he took the road to hell. How do I know Darwin went to hell? Because the Bible says, "He that digs a pit shall fall into it." (Prov 26:27) Darwin helped others go to hell, so that's where he went himself. Evolution is not how we got here. Darwin was full of foolishness. But that will happen when people reject God. Apparently, after rejecting God for himself, Darwin wanted to explain how we could have gotten here without the need for a God. Unfortunately, many people have swallowed Darwin's lies, including many so-called Scientists. Was it really Darwin's intention to muddy the water? I believe it was his intention to try to justify his own rejection of God and of the Bible. I believe it was of no concern to him that he would hurt other people with his foolishness. Mary Baker Eddy sat down to try to explain the Bible, and when she had finished, she hadn't explained the Bible at all, but had invented a false religion called Christian Science, which is neither Christian nor scientific. I am sure that she is now sharing a fiery hell with Darwin, where their worms don't die, and where the fire is never quenched, where there's crying and gnashing of teeth, says Jesus. Then there was that guy, Ernest something who tried to explain it all, and invented the false religion, Church of Religious Science. He explained things, but he explained them wrong, and threw out the teachings of the Bible. A real religion is based on the Holy Bible, and even then, we have to "rightly divide the word of truth." "Study to show yourself approved unto God, a workman that doesn't need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." (2 Tim 2:15) I desire to qualify for that A.U.G. degree (approved unto God), and I hope you do, too. But it says we should rightly divide the word of truth. That must be done prayerfully, and by comparing scripture with scripture. You don't just sit down and invent a new religion, or you're likely to share hell with these others. In some of these science programs, they talk about using powerful telescopes to try to discover the origins of the universe. You don't need a telescope to find out the origin of the universe. Just read the book of Genesis in the Bible. ___Genesis chapter 1 1 In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth. 2 And the earth was without form, and void, and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved on the face of the waters. 3 And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good, and God divided the light from the darkness. 5 And God called the light Day, and he called the darkness Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. 6 And God said, "Let there be a firmament in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters." 7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters that were under the firmament from the waters that were above the firmament, and it was so. 8 And God called the firmament heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day. Notice vs 5 and vs 8, "And the evening and the morning were..." the first and second days. A twelve hour night time, followed by a twelve hour day time, makes one twenty-four hour day. God did the whole creation in six twenty-four hour days, and then rested the seventh day. But if you reject God, and embrace Evolution, then you want the Earth and the universe to be very old, to give Evolution more time to work. I have bad news. No matter how much time you give Evolution to work, it still doesn't work. Please see my book, "The Wooly Bear Caterpillar." Evolution didn't create that very complicated creature. A spectacular Engineer did. God. Chapter 2 Someone might say, "But haven't you heard of Carbon dating?" Yes, I know about that. Carbon 14 is a radioactive isotope of carbon. It has a certain known half-life. The half-life is the length of time that it takes for a sample of carbon 14 to decay to half of its radiation level. So then, if we know what the radiation level of a certain sample of material was to begin with, and we measure it now, then we can calculate how long that sample of material has been around, assuming we're only measuring carbon 14 and not carbon 14 plus various other kinds of radiation. And assuming that the measuring device is working right, and has been recently calibrated by a competant technician who was not high on drugs at the time. A neighbor of mine said his electric blanket wasn't working right. We removed the screws to the aluminum box, and out came about two hundred cockroaches. Bugs can cause your electronic equipment to malfunction. Another problem, of course, is that we don't know what the level of radiation was to begin with. So what they do is to guess. And the people doing the guessing are generally Evolutionists, so they guess a number that will help Evolution. Is that science? No, that's foolishness. I was taught the scientific method in school. You make very careful measurements. You look only at the facts. You get as much accurate data as possible. And then you draw conclusions based only on the facts. But this guesswork has nothing to do with the scientific method. Where do nectarines come from? Did they just evolve? No, someone who worked with plants crossed a plum with a peach, and that gave us the nectarine. Bones have been found of small horses. So then someone talked about "the evolution of the horse." No, even today, horses have been bred small so that some people have small horses about the size of a dog as house pets. Not evolution, just breeding. But there are some people who would rather believe a lie than accept the fact that God exists. If God exists, then maybe there really will be a Judgment Day, when people are punished for their wrong doing. And maybe they would need to change their lifestyles if they'd rather go to heaven than a fiery hell. But if we just reject God and the Bible, then there's no need to deal with those unpleasant things. But that's very short-term thinking. That solves the short-term problem at the expense of one's long term results. Over in Switzerland, millions of dollars have been spent to build a "Super Collider." What does that do for us? It causes subatomic particles to collide with each other so that we can learn more about the atom. At last count, I think they have a list of more than twenty subatomic particles. A recent discovery, they think, was the Higgs-Boson particle, also called "the God particle," because it's supposed to hold everything together. Are they getting anywhere with that? I don't see how. But I'm not against trying to learn more about atoms. A big breakthrough was supposed to come with the building and placing into orbit of the Hubble space telescope. I'm pretty sure that I worked on part of it at one of my employers. They called it the "Lord Byron" project. The idea was that by putting a new telescope not on earth, but in space, we would be able to see out a lot farther, since the Earth's atmosphere puts a crimp on what we can see with telescopes on earth. And sure enough, the Hubble space telescope enabled us to see farther out in space. So then, what's out there that we couldn't see before? More stars. What a surprise! But, as I said before, to find the origins of the universe, don't look out in space, read the book of Genesis. A study of the atom enabled us to create the atom bomb. We wanted to have it before Hitler got it, otherwise, we might all be speaking German. And although Germany did work some on the a-bomb, we found out later that the decision was made by the Germans that development of the a-bomb wouldn't have made any difference for Germany, because by the time they would have developed it, the war would have already been won or lost for Germany. But we didn't know that, so we built the a-bomb, both uranium and also plutonium. The uranium bomb, "little boy," was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug 6, 1945. The plutonium bomb, "fat man," was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan on Aug 9, 1945. Dropping those a-bombs greatly shortened the war with Japan, and saved the lives of an estimated million American soldiers. Nuclear power has been used to generate electricity. But there were failures at "Three Mile Island," near Harrisburg, PA, and at Fukushima, Japan, and at another site in the USSR. The Fukushima failure was due to a tsunami that hit Japan. But it looks like the best engineering would have automatically shut down the facility, and I do know something about it because I've done some Engineering work myself. When I worked at the TV station, there were automatic devices that would shut down the transmitter, if that had become appropriate. I understand that some of the world's nations decided, after the Fukushima disaster, to get out of nuclear electrical power generation because of the hazards. I'd like to suggest to Christian young people who are thinking about what career to have, ask the Lord what vocation He wants you to go into. The Lord calls some to the Ministry. But if you're not called to the Ministry, I suggest don't choose to be a Scientist. If you like science, what about becoming an Engineer, where you apply the principles of science to designing and building things? But if you try to be a Scientist, I believe you'll face many challenges from Scientists who are Evolutionists and Atheists, and have no use for God, and think they know more than God if there were a God. Do you really need the nuisance of that? Jesus said, "You MUST be born again." (John chapt 3) To become a born again Christian, obey Romans 10:9,10-- "That if you confess the Lord Jesus with your mouth, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you're saved. For with the heart man believes for righteousness, and with the mouth, confession is made for salvation." ___James chapter 1 1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes that are dispersed around, greetings. 2 My brothers, count it all joy when you fall into various temptations, 3 Knowing this, that the testing of your faith works patience. 4 But let patience have its perfect work, so you'll be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God for it, who gives to all men liberally, and won't find fault, and it shall be given to him. 6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavers is like a wave of the sea driven by the wind and tossed. 7 For let that man not think that he'll receive anything from the Lord. 8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. 9 Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted, 10 But the rich, in that he is made low, because as the flower of the grass he'll pass away. 11 For the sun has no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withers the grass, and the flower of it falls, and the grace of the fashion of it perishes, so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways. 12 Blessed is the man that endures temptation, for after he's been tested, he'll receive the crown of life, that the Lord has promised to those who love him. 13 Let no man say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God," for God can't be tempted with evil, nor does he tempt any man, 14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed. 15 Then when lust has conceived, it produces sin, and sin when it's finished, produces death. 16 Do not err, my beloved brothers. 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, nor shadow of turning. 18 He chose to father us with the word of truth, so that we would be a kind of first fruits of his creatures. 19 So, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger, 20 For the anger of man doesn't accomplish the righteousness of God. 21 So, lay apart all filthiness and the unnecessary naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. 22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. 23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like a man seeing his natural face in a mirror, 24 For he sees himself, and goes his way, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. 25 But whoever looks into the perfect law of liberty, and continues in it, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. 26 If any man among you seems to be religious, and doesn't bridle his tongue, but deceives his own heart, this man's religion is for nothing. 27 Pure religion and undefiled before God the Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. ___James chapter 2 1 My brothers, don't have the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. 2 For if a man with a gold ring comes to your assembly in fancy clothes, and a poor man in dirty clothes comes in also, 3 And you have respect to him that wears the fancy clothes, and say to him, "Sit here in a good place," and say to the poor, "Stand there, or sit here under my footstool," 4 Aren't you then partial in yourselves, and have become judges with evil thoughts? 5 Listen, my beloved brothers, hasn't God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom that he has promised to those who love him? 6 But you have despised the poor. Don't rich men oppress you, and bring you before the judgment seats? 7 Don't they blaspheme that worthy name by which you're called? 8 If you fulfill the royal law according to the scripture, "You shall love your neighbor like yourself," you do well, 9 But if you have respect of persons, you commit sin, and are convicted by the law as sinners. 10 For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. 11 For he that said, "Do not commit adultery," also said, "Do not kill." Now if you don't commit adultery, yet if you kill, you've become a breaker of the law. 12 Speak in such a way, and do, as those who'll be judged by the law of liberty. 13 For he shall have judgment without mercy, that has shown no mercy, and mercy rejoices against judgment. 14 What does it profit, my brothers, though a man says he has faith, and doesn't have works? Can faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister needs clothes, and lacks daily food, 16 And one of you says to them, "Depart in peace, be warmed and filled," but you don't give them the things that are needed for the body, what good is that? 17 Even so faith, if it doesn't have works, is dead, being alone. 18 Yes, a man could say, "You have faith, and I have works, show me your faith without your works, and I'll show you my faith by my works." 19 You believe that there is one God, you do well, the devils also believe, and tremble. 20 But don't you know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? 21 Wasn't Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son on the altar? 22 Do you see how faith worked with his deeds, and by works faith was made perfect? 23 And the scripture was fulfilled that says, "Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness, and he was called the friend of God." 24 You see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only. 25 Likewise also wasn't Rahab the prostitute justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way? 26 For like the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. ___James chapter 3 1 My brothers, don't be many masters, knowing that we'll receive the greater condemnation. 2 For in many things we offend all. If any man doesn't offend in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. 3 See, we put bits in the horses' mouths, so they'll obey us, and we turn around their whole bodies. 4 Look also at the ships, which though they're so large, and are driven by fierce winds, yet they're turned around by a very small helm, wherever the captain wants. 5 Even so, the tongue is a little member, and boasts great things. See how great a matter a little fire kindles! 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of sin, so is the tongue among our members that it makes dirty the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and it is set on fire by hell. 7 For every kind of animals, and of birds, and of snakes, and of things in the sea, gets tamed, and has been tamed by mankind, 8 But no man can tame the tongue, it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. 9 With it we bless God, the Father, and with it we curse men, who are made after the likeness of God. 10 Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be. 11 Does a fountain send out at the same place sweet water and bitter? 12 Can the fig tree, my brothers, produce olive berries? Or a vine, figs? So no fountain can yield both salt water and fresh. 13 Who is a wise man, possessing knowledge among you? Let him show out of a good lifestyle his works with meekness of wisdom. 14 But if you have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, don't glory, and don't lie against the truth. 15 This wisdom doesn't descend from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. 16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. 17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be reasoned with, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. 18 And the fruit of righteousness is planted in peace by those who make peace. ___James chapter 4 1 Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don't they come from your lusts that war in your members? 2 You lust, and don't have, you kill, and desire to have, and can't obtain, you fight and war, yet you don't have, because you don't ask. 3 You ask, and don't receive, because you ask wrongly, so you can consume it on your lusts. 4 You adulterers and adulteresses, don't you know that friendship with the world makes you an enemy of God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world is an enemy of God. 5 Do you think that the scripture says for nothing, "The spirit that lives in us lusts to envy?" 6 But he gives more grace. So he says, "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble." 7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he'll run away from you. 8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double minded. 9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and cry, let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he'll lift you up. 11 Don't speak evil about each other, brothers. He that speaks evil about his brother, and judges his brother, speaks evil about the law, and judges the law, but if you judge the law, you're not a doer of the law, but a judge. 12 There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy, who are you that judges someone else? 13 Go on now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we'll go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and make a profit," 14 Actually, you don't know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is a puff of steam, that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away. 15 For you ought to say, "Lord willing, we'll live, and do this, or that." 16 But now you rejoice in your boastings, all such rejoicing is evil. 17 Therefore to him that knows to do good, and doesn't do it, to him it is sin. ___James chapter 5 1 Go on now, you rich men, cry and howl for your miseries that shall come on you. 2 Your riches are corrupted, and your clothes are moth eaten. 3 Your gold and silver are rusted, and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh like fire. You've heaped treasure together for the last days. 4 See, the wages of the laborers who have reaped down your fields, which you've kept back by fraud, shouts, and the shouts of those who've reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabbath. 5 You've lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton, you've nourished your hearts, like in a day of slaughter. 6 You've condemned and killed the just, and he doesn't resist you. 7 Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, and has long patience for it, until he receives the early and latter rain. 8 You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is getting near. 9 Don't grudge against each other, brothers, so you won't be condemned, see, the judge stands at the door. 10 Take, my brothers, the prophets, who've spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience. 11 See, we count them happy that endure. You've heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord, that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy. 12 But above all things, my brothers, don't swear, not by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath, but let your yes be yes, and your no, no, so that you don't fall into condemnation. 13 Is anyone among you afflicted? Let him pray. Is anyone merry? Let him sing psalms. 14 Is anyone sick among you? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord, 15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up, and if he has committed sins, he'll be forgiven. 16 Confess your faults to each other, and pray for each other so you'll be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man is does a lot of good. 17 Elijah was a man subject to the same kind of passions that we are, and he prayed earnestly that it wouldn't rain, and it didn't rain on the earth for three years and six months. 18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit. 19 Brothers, if any of you strays from the truth, and someone converts him, 20 Let him know, that he that converts the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.