Court upholds federal funding of embryonic stem cell research - White Coat Notes - Boston.com

Court upholds federal funding of embryonic stem cell research - White Coat Notes - Boston.com

Unmasking The Religion of Science And The New Age

Two days ago, I published a blog on Singularity-The Scientific Rapture. If you did not read it yet, do so now.

A new age is dawning; one in which created beings deny the existence of their creator and finite minds cast doubt on The Infinite One. In this new age, just like it's cool for men in the fashion world to be homosexual it's cool for scientists to be atheists or agnostics. Any belief in God is frowned upon, not because it contradicts scientific data but because it challenges the rebellious nature of men's hearts who have chosen to reject Him. There is no scientifc data which comprehensively disproves the existence of God. I am so sure of this that if anyone thinks there is, I issue an open challenge. Bring it!

I digress...

According to The Merriam-Webster Dictionary, in this context, "religion" is defined as:

a: a personal set or institutionalized system of religious attitudes, beliefs, and practices

b: a cause, principle, or system of beliefs held to with ardor and faith

It also gives one definition of "faith" as, "something that is believed especially with strong conviction."

Let's make things really simple so nobody gets confused. Any cause or system of beliefs that's vigorously defended is a religion. Hence, militant atheism, for instance, is a religion. So, in essence, the only way to be non-religious is to not have any belief system whatsoever. What does that mean? If you want to distance yourself from all religion, you cannot have a position or hold on to an opinion. You must be swayed by all evidence that's provided at all times.

In addition, even if your belief system is based on scientific evidence, it can be religious. If the ideas which form the basis of your belief system are based on extrapolations that are not explicitly stated by the evidence and you hold on to it with ardor and faith, it's a religion. Why? You believe the evidence means something that the evidence does not specifically state. Even if your position makes logical sense, your logic contributes to your religion. Hence, if you try to defend your position in the face of other opposing evidence, you are being a religious fanatic.

From Faith Science;

But God shows his anger from heaven against all sinful, wicked people who suppress the truth by their wickedness. They know the truth about God because he has made it obvious to them. For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God.
Romans 1:18–20 nlt

People who claim to be atheists or agnostics because of the church’s failure to testify accurately of God are lying to themselves. In addition, Christians who blame the church for not convincing the world of their need for God are completely deceived. According to the Apostle Paul, people have no excuse for not knowing God. That’s especially true for those who study natural sciences like physics, chemistry, and biology. It’s also true for philosophers. The deeper we get, the more we can see his invisible qualities and the less we can deny his power. At some point, it becomes less of a need for proof and more of a choice to rebel against the truth.

Yes, they knew God, but they wouldn’t worship him as God or even give him thanks. And they began to think up foolish ideas of what God was like. As a result, their minds became dark and confused. Claiming to be wise, they instead became utter fools. And instead of worshiping the glorious, ever-living God, they worshiped idols made to look like mere people and birds and animals and reptiles.
Romans 1:21–23 nlt

I’ve met several “thinkers” who claim to have once believed in Jesus but walked away for various reasons. I’ve also met those whose arguments break down under the right kind of pressure and expose their true nature. They knew God, and even if they didn’t know him the way we do, they realized that his existence cannot be denied. It also cannot be disproved by any scientific process. They came up with their own ideas, and that’s when things went haywire. Darkness and confusion entered, not because they were supposed to, but because the light was rejected.

Now they parade themselves as possessing wisdom apart from God. Some say they are evolutionists and we are creationists. Evolutionists say they are true scientists, while creationists only believe in fiction. Sadly, such foolishness turns from a pursuit of knowledge into idol worship. Since they don’t worship God and all humans were created for worship, they find someone else to worship. That someone most of the time ends up being a popular scientist or philosophers. For instance, Charles Darwin is god for several who study his work. Many also worship the work of the modern thinker Richard Dawkins. Some others won’t give credit to another man but choose to worship themselves or science itself.

We're all religious because we have a system of beliefs! What's your religion?

Singularity - The "Scientific" Rapture

Genesis 11:1-6(KJV) -And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. 2And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. 3And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter. 4And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. 5And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. 6And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.

Christians anticipate The Resurrection. Jews anticipate their Messiah. Muslims anticipate the second coming of their prophet. Buddhists anticipate Nirvana. For people of faith, it's normal to look forward to a bright future when things are better than they are today. Well, maybe not better for everyone but for the faithful, at least.

However, for those who pride themselves in reasonable thinking, such anticipation is unfounded and illusionary. It is not based in logic. It cannot be verified by experiment. It's impossible to prove. Faith-based forecasting is nothing but religious prophecy. That is, unless you anticipate Singularity. That's right! Logical, intelligent, secular, scientific, even agnostic thinkers now embrace their own "Rapture" of sorts.

As a young physics student, I spent Summer 2000 conducting research at The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. My project was in the Cosmology research lab of Dr George Smoot, the eventual 2004 winner of The Nobel Prize in Physics. His NASA funded project, COBE was on the cutting edge of research on The Big Bang at the time. That experience opened my eyes. For 18 years, I grew up in a Christian home but at 20, I found myself surrounded by top scientists whose worldview was completely different.

Job 35:11(The Message) - When God sets out the entire creation as a science classroom, using birds and beasts to teach wisdom.

In my book, Faith Science, released in January, I discuss the realities of technological advances like Stem Cell Research, Cloning and Synthetic DNA. I also delve into Antimatter, The Higgs Boson, Entropy and The Human Genome Project. On radio interviews across the country I've demonstrated clearly that even The Big Bang is in The Bible.

Why? To prepare you for this: A world where the line between science and faith becomes blurry. It's inevitable that science will begin to shape worldviews and impact belief systems. People will teach a new kind of faith using science and deny that it's even faith in the first place.

By showing you where science fits into a Biblical worldview, I accept the risky task of merging faith and science without compromising the scriptures. The merge is coming anyway so it's time to get prepared. That's my assignment. Maybe I'm too late. Maybe I'm too early. Maybe I'm right on time. It doesn't matter. I have to do what I have to do.

I recently read an article about the mind behind the concept of Singularity, Ray Kurzweil, in The New York Times called "The Promise of Rapture for the High-Tech Elite." He has received endorsements from such top technologists as Microsoft founder, Bill Gates and Bill Joy, cofounder and former chief scientist of Sun Microsystems. With this same philosophy, Larry Page, cofounder of Google and others have founded Singularity University.

It's an awesome idea with a noble goal that has pulled together some of the best minds in the world in Artifical Intelligence & Robotics, Biotechnology & Bioinformatics, Energy & Environmental Systems, Finance, Entrepreneurship & Economics, Futures Studies & Forecasting, Medicine & Neuroscience, Nanotechnology, Networks & Computing Systems, Policy, Law & Ethics and Space & Physical Sciences.

Check out the faculty and advisor list. It will blow your mind. Even Dr George Smoot is in there under Space & Physical Sciences. Human beings are working together right now to take humanity beyond our created limitations. The human mind is now the answer to the challenges that face humanity. If all the best minds get together as one, nothing is impossible. That sounds like good news but is it really?

Take a look at the philosophy behind Singularity in Ray Kurzweil's book.

From Singularity.Com

 Now, in The Singularity Is Near, he examines the next step in this inexorable evolutionary process: the union of human and machine, in which the knowledge and skills embedded in our brains will be combined with the vastly greater capacity, speed, and knowledge-sharing ability of our own creations.

That merging is the essence of the Singularity, an era in which our intelligence will become increasingly nonbiological and trillions of times more powerful than it is today—the dawning of a new civilization that will enable us to transcend our biological limitations and amplify our creativity. In this new world, there will be no clear distinction between human and machine, real reality and virtual reality.

We will be able to assume different bodies and take on a range of personae at will. In practical terms, human aging and illness will be reversed; pollution will be stopped; world hunger and poverty will be solved. Nanotechnology will make it possible to create virtually any physical product using inexpensive information processes and will ultimately turn even death into a soluble problem.

John 5:40-43(NKJV) - But you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life. “I do not receive honor from men. But I know you, that you do not have the love of God in you. I have come in My Father’s name, and you do not receive Me; if another comes in his own name, him you will receive.

Now that human beings can work together to fix the world's problems, who needs Jesus, right? For those who reject Jesus, who came in the name of The Father, another has come in his own name. 

The Faith Science Experience 3 - Stem Cells and Cloning

When: Sat, April 30, 2pm – 4pm
Where: AMLI at Milton Park, 26000 Mill Creek Ave, Alpharetta GA 30022 (map)
Description: Join Donnell Duncan for next month's "Chapter Study" from his newest book, Faith Science. These sessions are open to the community and provide an open forum for discussion, discovery, and debates arising from the inevitable collision between modern scientific developments and timeless biblical truth!

For More Info Visit; http://www.meetup.com/The-Faith-Science-Experience

How One Christian Scientist Conquered The Human Genome

For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
Mark 8:36–37 kjv

For reliable information on cloning, I did some research on the Human Genome Project, which lasted from 1990 to 2003. Formed by the US Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), they achieved the following goals, two years ahead of their fifteen-year schedule:

• identify all the approximately 20,000–25,000 genes in human DNA
• determine the sequences of the 3 billion chemical base pairs that make up human DNA
• store this information in databases
• improve tools for data analysis
• transfer related technologies to the private sector
• address the ethical, legal, and social issues (ELSI) that may arise from the project

— About the Human Genome Project: genomics energy.gov

With the help of this unquestioned federal support, the biotechnology industry took off and what once lived in the imagination of scientific researchers became a reality.

The Human Genome Project defines a genome on their website as “all the DNA in an organism, including its genes.” They continue to say, “Genes carry information for making all the proteins required by all organisms. These proteins determine, among other things, how the organism looks, how well its body metabolizes food or fights infection, and sometimes even how it behaves.”

Now that you know the calibre of science attributed to the Human Genome Project let me share something interesting. The man behind it all was Dr Francis Collins, a born again Christian.

Here's a quote from his bio;

Dr. Francis Collins is a physician and geneticist known for spearheading the Human Genome Project and for his landmark discoveries of disease genes. With Collins at the helm, the Human Genome Project produced a finished sequence of human DNA in 2003. He then used this new data to help create powerful tools and strategies to advance biological knowledge about humans and improve their health. Along with his research, Collins has also stressed the importance of considering the ethical and legal issues surrounding genetics.

Collins founded the BioLogos Foundation in November 2007 and served as its president until nominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the United States Senate as the 16th Director of the National Institutes of Health. He resigned from the BioLogos Foundation on August 16, 2009, and was sworn in as NIH Director the following day.

Formerly an atheist, Collins became a Christian in his 20s after realizing his perspective did not provide answers to profound questions about the meaning of life and was inconsistent with observations about the nature of the universe and humankind. He wrote about finding harmony between the scientific and spiritual worldviews in The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief, which spent 20 weeks on The New York Times bestseller list. Collins coined the term BioLogos to define the conclusions he reached about how life, or bios, came about through God’s word, or logos. DNA, therefore, may be considered God’s language.

Source - Biologos.org/about

In this season, God is placing His people in positions of influence at the top of the mountains of influence in society. Dr Francis Collins climbed to the top of the mountain of science. Which mountain are you supposed to take?

Isaiah 2:2 (New King James Version)
2 Now it shall come to pass in the latter days
That the mountain of the LORD’s house
Shall be established on the top of the mountains,
And shall be exalted above the hills;
And all nations shall flow to it.

Faith To See The Invisible

From Faith Science;

Faith to See the Invisible

The Chaldeans answered the king, and said, “There is not a man on earth who can tell the king’s matter; therefore no king, lord, or ruler has ever asked such things of any magician, astrologer, or Chaldean. It is a difficult thing that the king requests, and there is no other who can tell it to the king except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.” For this reason the king was angry and very furious, and gave the command to destroy all the wise men of Babylon. So the decree went out, and they began killing the wise men; and they sought Daniel and his companions, to
kill them. Then with counsel and wisdom Daniel answered Arioch, the captain of the king’s guard, who had gone out to kill the wise men of Babylon; he answered and said to Arioch the king’s captain, “Why is the decree from the king so urgent?”

Then Arioch made the decision known to Daniel. So Daniel went in and asked the king to give him time, that he might tell the king the interpretation. Then Daniel went to his house, and made the decision known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions, that they might seek mercies from the God of heaven concerning this secret, so that Daniel and his companions
might not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. Then the secret was revealed to Daniel in a night vision. So Daniel blessed the God of heaven.

Daniel 2:10–19 nkjv

I established earlier in this book that the spirit realm is as real as the natural realm but it’s invisible and mass-less. Identifying the details of Nebuchadnezzar’s dream and its interpretation necessitated spiritual sensitivity. What the king’s spiritual advisors could not do was see clearly in the spirit realm. Daniel knew that if he could just get a glimpse of what God had revealed to Nebuchadnezzar in the dream, their lives would be saved. He shared it with his three friends, and they sought the face of God for insight.

In the spirit, the limitations of time and space do not exist. God said this about himself: “Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times things that are not yet done, Saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, And I will do all My pleasure,’” (Isaiah 46:10 nkjv). God declared the future through images in a dream and set the stage for Daniel’s promotion. What kind of wisdom would you have access to if you approached God in a difficult situation before you ever considered another option?

Since our hypothesis states that biblical faith is “complete trust in the invisible evidence provided by the Word of God confirmed by commensurate action,” Daniel demonstrated his faith by confidently sharing what God revealed to him with the king. The king expected him to recount the dream and then explain what it meant, with the risk of death if he got it wrong. With the only evidence of the king’s dream being what God showed Daniel in a vision of his own, Daniel needed faith to survive. After Daniel told the king everything, let’s see how it turned out.

Then King Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face, prostrate before Daniel, and commanded that they should present an offering and incense to him. The king answered Daniel, and said, “Truly your God is the God of gods, the Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, since you could reveal this secret.” Then the king promoted Daniel and gave him many great gifts; and he made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief administrator over all the wise men of Babylon. Also Daniel petitioned the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and AbedNego over the affairs of the province of Babylon; but Daniel sat in the gate of the king.
Daniel 2:46–49 nkjv

Daniel’s faith led to instant promotion. When people begin to see life through the eyes of God, they begin to see the invisible. What might look one way on the surface might be completely different underneath, and the person who always knows that is God. He knew all along that this situation was designed for their promotion and the threat of death was just a catalyst for action. Normal people limit themselves to what their natural senses can perceive.

In contrast, God has a plan for promotion that cannot be perceived through physical eyes or with carnal understanding. Like the magicians, astrologers, and Chaldeans discovered, people who only see through the eyes of reason will draw blanks at some important times. They may have been able to create an interpretation of the king’s dream by reason, but they couldn’t deduce its contents if he didn’t tell it to them. From their perspective, deductive reasoning could only go so far and no farther. That lack of spiritual insight almost cost them their lives, while Daniel and his friends received great promotion. The lesson learned from faith to see the invisible is that spiritual eyes can see beyond the limits of time and space.

The Faith Science Experience 3 - Stem Cells and Cloning

When: Sat, April 30, 2pm – 4pm
Where: AMLI at Milton Park, 26000 Mill Creek Ave, Alpharetta GA 30022 (map)
Description: Join Donnell Duncan for next month's "Chapter Study" from his newest book, Faith Science. These sessions are open to the community and provide an open forum for discussion, discovery, and debates arising from the inevitable collision between modern scientific developments and timeless biblical truth!

For More Info Visit; http://www.meetup.com/The-Faith-Science-Experience

Culture, Religion and the Kingdom of God

From The Mysterious Kingdom of Heaven;

CULTURE, RELIGION AND THE KINGDOM OF GOD

Matthew 24:14(NKJV) - And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.

In the countries where religions originated, cultures originated. Jewish culture was birthed out of the religion of Judaism. Muslim culture was birthed out of the religion of Islam. Buddhist culture was birthed out of the religion of Buddhism. Hindu culture was birthed out of the religion of Hinduism. Therefore, in those societies, contrasting religions result in contrasting cultures.

Their entire lives are shaped by the religion they espouse. The way they dress, eat, talk, make decisions, raise their families, enjoy entertainment and think is based in their religious beliefs. As a result, conversion from most of those religions is more than just a change of church or belief system. It's dying to all they know and coming back to life as someone completely different. Their culture and religion are co-existent. When we understand these things, we'll recognize how revolutionary the gospel of The Kingdom really is.

According to The Merriam-Webster Dictionary, in this context, "culture" is defined as:

a: the integrated pattern of human knowledge, belief, and behavior that depends upon the capacity for learning and transmitting knowledge to succeeding generations

b: the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group; also: the characteristic features of everyday existence (as diversions or a way of life} shared by people in a place or time; popular culture, southern culture

c: the set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices that characterizes an institution or organization; a corporate culture focused on the bottom line

d: the set of values, conventions, or social practices associated with a particular field, activity, or societal characteristic; studying the effect of computers on print culture, changing the culture of materialism will take time - Peggy O'Mara



Also, in this context, the word, "religion" is defined as:

a: a personal set or institutionalized system of religious attitudes, beliefs, and practices

b: a cause, principle, or system of beliefs held to with ardor and faith


Take a close look at the second definition of religion. If you have any system of beliefs, whether you like it or not, you have a religion. Therefore, if you claim to believe in the teachings of Jesus Christ, by definition, you have a religion that is commonly known as Christianity. For the sake of argument, in this book, The Mysterious Kingdom of Heaven, let us define Christianity as following Christ the same way we define Buddhism as following Buddha.

John 17:14-19(NKJV) - I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You should keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth. As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. And for their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also may be sanctified by the truth.

The world is not a place. A place does not have feelings and cannot hate someone. The same person can be in the world one day and be out of the world the next. That's the testimony of every Christian. The world actually refers to cultural systems which come out of secular beliefs. In 2 Corinthians 4:4, the god of this world is the devil so even the people who claim to have no god are given one by default.

The Christian Cultural Revolution

Acts 2:38-42(MSG) - Peter said, "Change your life. Turn to God and be baptized, each of you, in the name of Jesus Christ, so your sins are forgiven. Receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. The promise is targeted to you and your children, but also to all who are far away-whomever, in fact, our Master God invites." He went on in this vein for a long time, urging them over and over, "Get out while you can; get out of this sick and stupid culture!" That day about three thousand took him at his word, were baptized and were signed up. They committed themselves to the teaching of the apostles, the life together, the common meal, and the prayers.

Peter broke the gospel down in a way that we could all understand. Becoming a Christian is more than just missing hell, going to church and obeying uncomfortable rules. It's a change of belief system (religion) and a change of lifestyle (culture). We don't think the same way as the people of the world and we do not act the same way either. We cannot impact the culture of the world if we cannot impact what they believe. Until people believe something different, their lifestyles will never change.

Romans 10:13-15(NLT) - For "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." But how can they call on him to save them unless they believe in him? And how can they believe in him if they have never heard about him? And how can they hear about him unless someone tells them? And how will anyone go and tell them without being sent? That is why the Scriptures say, "How beautiful are the feet of messengers who bring good news!"

We have to follow the example of The Apostles in The New Testament to have the impact that they had. By changing their own belief system, developing the culture of Jesus and sharing it with others they attacked the belief system around them and impacted the culture. Hence, we can't effectively invite people to join The Body of Christ if Christianity is not our culture.

Would a Human Clone Have a Soul?

From Faith Science;

Would a Human Clone Have a Soul?

Then God said, “Let us make human beings in our image, to be like ourselves. They will reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the livestock, all the wild animals on the earth, and the small animals that scurry along the ground.” So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth and govern it. Reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky,
and all the animals that scurry along the ground.”
Genesis 1:26–28 nlt

God addressed Adam and Eve directly in Genesis 1:28 and gave them instructions. That scripture looks fine when considered on its own, but think about this. He did not create Adam’s body until Genesis 2:7 and did not create Eve’s body out of Adam’s genetic material until Genesis 2:22. If they did not have bodies when God addressed them in Genesis 1:28, what did their bodies have to do with their existence in God’s eyes? Absolutely nothing!

As far as God was concerned, he created Adam and Eve first; then he created a body for Adam and placed Adam in it. Then he extracted Adam’s DNA and created a body for Eve and placed her in it. Hence, the source of the human body has no bearing on the source of the human soul. That’s why there are no mistaken births with God. Every human soul was created by him and placed in a human body. Children who are born as a result of rape, incest, artificial insemination, or cloning are no less humans than those who come from the God-ordained sexual union of a husband and wife.

What we do on earth is only supply bodies, but God is the source of the soul. Did Eve have a soul? Yes! Was she created out of the ground like Adam? No! She was created out of Adam’s DNA. Did the creative process of her physical body impact the creative process of her soul? No! I have never heard anyone answer this question with certainty. Even the most noted biblical thinkers hit the wall when they consider the question of cloned human beings.

What does the process of acquiring a human body have to do with an eternal soul? Nothing! If two people can decide when they want to have sex or whether or not they want to use birth control, they can impact when a child is born. Does that human influence on birth cheapen the life of the child? Of course not!

Don’t be afraid of those who want to kill your body; they cannot touch your soul. Fear only God, who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
Matthew 10:28 nlt

And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven. As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
1 Corinthians 15:45–49 kjv

Sexual intercourse, artificial insemination, and cloning do not create souls. They are processes that create human bodies. God doesn’t discriminate based on the process by which the body was developed. A person is a person in God’s eyes because a person’s soul comes from him. The same quality soul can live in a strong, healthy body or one that’s broken and deformed. If the value of life was merely physical, people would be judged by the quality of their bodies and the circumstances of their birth. The better the body or birth environment, the better the person. Something about that approach doesn’t sound right to me and shouldn’t to you.

If you approach life this way, you’ll realize that God will hold every human being to the same eternal standard. It doesn’t matter the circumstances surrounding someone’s birth. If one doesn’t accept Jesus Christ according to Romans 10:9–10, one’s soul will be sent to hell. If one does believe in Jesus Christ, one’s soul will return to God, who created it. The moral questions that need to be answered have little to do with whether or not a human clone can have a soul. It’s more an issue of quality of life. If children resulting from improper sexual relationships face tremendous emotional and psychological challenges what do you think it would be like to be a human clone?

For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
Mark 8:36–37 kjv

Faith Which Changes Nature

From Faith Science;

Jesus and the Apostle Peter broke the law of gravity when they walked on water in Matthew 14:25–29. Elijah broke natural laws when he stopped rain from falling using words in 1 Kings 17 and then started it again in 1 Kings 18. He also broke natural laws when he called fire out of heaven several times in 2 Kings 1:9–14. Philip broke physical laws when he disappeared from one location and appeared in another in Acts 8:39.

Paul broke natural biological and chemical laws when he was bitten by a venomous snake and nothing happened to his body in Acts 28:3–6. Like Paul said in Romans 8:2, the spiritual law of life in Christ Jesus triumphed over the law of sin and death. Though discernible, natural laws were made obsolete in specific human lives.

With this much evidence, it’s not difficult to see why God wants us all to live by faith. Trusting God’s Word liberates human beings from the limitations of natural laws and gives us access to the power by which he operates. When God created man, that was exactly what he had in mind. Even though he subjected the earth to natural laws, he gave man authority over these laws. When faced with impossible natural situations, faith in God’s Word can change things.

Here’s exactly how God designed the system:

Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
Genesis 1:26–28 nkjv

God expected Adam to determine what happened on the earth. Even though fish, birds, cattle, and every other animal were given minds of their own, God programmed them to obey the commands of a man. Fish could naturally swim and birds could naturally fly better than Adam, but that didn’t stop his dominion. He had the supernatural ability to do whatever was needed. So what seems outrageous to many of us is actually God’s original plan for our lives.

The Faith Science Experience 3 - Stem Cells and Cloning

When: Sat, April 30, 2pm – 4pm
Where: AMLI at Milton Park, 26000 Mill Creek Ave, Alpharetta GA 30022 (map)
Description: Join Donnell Duncan for next month's "Chapter Study" from his newest book, Faith Science. These sessions are open to the community and provide an open forum for discussion, discovery, and debates arising from the inevitable collision between modern scientific developments and timeless biblical truth!

For More Info Visit; http://www.meetup.com/The-Faith-Science-Experience

Adam and Eve According to Science

First, one became two; then two became one!

From Faith Science;

Is There Cloning in the Bible?

Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is just right for him.” So the Lord God formed from the ground all the wild animals and all the birds of the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would call them, and the man chose a name for each one. He gave names to all the livestock, all the birds of the sky, and all the wild animals. But still there was no helper just right for him. So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep. While the man slept, the Lord God took out one of the man’s ribs and closed up the opening. Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib, and he brought her
to the man. “At last!” the man exclaimed. “This one is bone from my bone, and flesh from my flesh! She will be called ‘woman,’ because she was taken from ‘man.’”
Genesis 2:18–23 nlt (emphasis mine)

Long before scientists created Dolly the sheep, God put Adam to sleep, removed a rib, and fashioned Eve. Her body came out of Adam, but her soul and spirit came from God. Believe it or not, God chose not to create a completely separate human body from the earth but purposefully chose to make one human being out of another. For the role she would play in his life, God wanted Eve to come from the same genetic material as Adam. I believe God did not do that by chance. The umbrella definition of cloning provided by the Human Genome Project is duplicating biological material, so
Eve would be considered a clone of Adam.

I know this might get me in trouble with many religious people, because it’s completely outside of what is traditionally taught. God created Adam out of the ground, but he made Eve out of Adam. What is this process called? The Human Genome Project, on their Web site, genomics.energy.gov, defines reproductive cloning as “a technology used to generate an animal that has the same nuclear DNA as another currently or previously existing animal.”

Dolly the Finn Dorset sheep was not the first mammal cloned. Eve, the woman who was made out of Adam’s biological material, was. Someone might argue that it wasn’t cloning because God used Adam’s rib to create Eve, not nuclear DNA. I find it hard to believe that Moses knew what DNA was at the time. Even if he saw in an open vision that God removed a cell from tissue in Adam’s chest, he still wouldn’t know what to call it.

The Faith Science Experience 3 - Stem Cells and Cloning

When: Sat, April 30, 2pm – 4pm
Where: AMLI at Milton Park, 26000 Mill Creek Ave, Alpharetta GA 30022 (map)
Description: Join Donnell Duncan for next month's "Chapter Study" from his newest book, Faith Science. These sessions are open to the community and provide an open forum for discussion, discovery, and debates arising from the inevitable collision between modern scientific developments and timeless biblical truth!

For More Info Visit; http://www.meetup.com/The-Faith-Science-Experience