How A Scientific Study of Human Languages Supports The Bible

I came across a very interesting article called "The Original Human Language Like Yoda Sounded" by Natalie Wolchover at Fox News. Here is an important quote;

Sentences like Yoda you form?

Many linguists believe all human languages derived from a single tongue spoken in East Africa around 50,000 years ago. They've found clues scattered throughout the vocabularies and grammars of the world as to how that original "proto-human language" might have sounded. New research suggests that it sounded somewhat like the speech of Yoda, the tiny green Jedi from "Star Wars."

There are various word orders used in the languages of the world. Some, like English, use subject-verb-object (SVO) ordering, as in the sentence "I like you." Others, such as Latin, use subject-object-verb (SOV) ordering, as in "I you like." In rare cases, OSV, OVS, VOS and VSO are used. In a new paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Merritt Ruhlen and Murray Gell-Mann, co-directors of the Santa Fe Institute Program on the Evolution of Human Languages, argue that the original language used SOV ordering ("I you like").

"This language would have been spoken by a small East African population who seemingly invented fully modern language and then spread around the world, replacing everyone else," Ruhlen told Life's Little Mysteries.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/10/14/original-human-language-like-yoda-sounded/#ixzz1bFq32328

In this scientific study published by the National Academy of Sciences, Santa Fe Institute Program on the Evolution of Human Languages researchers were able to trace the origin of "modern" human language to a small East African population. From this point all modern languages spread across the world and "evolved".

Why is this minor detail such a big deal for students of faith and science? It points directly to what was written in The Bible!

Let me share with you the following scripture;

Genesis 11:1-9(NLT) -

The Tower of Babel

1 At one time all the people of the world spoke the same language and used the same words. 2 As the people migrated to the east, they found a plain in the land of Babylonia and settled there.

3 They began saying to each other, “Let’s make bricks and harden them with fire.” (In this region bricks were used instead of stone, and tar was used for mortar.) 4 Then they said, “Come, let’s build a great city for ourselves with a tower that reaches into the sky. This will make us famous and keep us from being scattered all over the world.”

5 But the Lord came down to look at the city and the tower the people were building. 6 “Look!” he said. “The people are united, and they all speak the same language. After this, nothing they set out to do will be impossible for them! 7 Come, let’s go down and confuse the people with different languages. Then they won’t be able to understand each other.”

8 In that way, the Lord scattered them all over the world, and they stopped building the city. 9 That is why the city was called Babel, because that is where the Lord confused the people with different languages. In this way he scattered them all over the world.

I did some research of my own and found this map of the Middle East provided by World Atlas.

The Bible traces the origin of modern human language to the land of Shinar which is described as follows at Encyclopedia.com;

A plain in Babylonia (modern S. Iraq), where the tower of Babel was supposed to have been built (Gen. 11: 2). Some of the Israelite exiles were to be rescued from there (Isa. 11: 11). In Zechariah's seventh vision the wickedness and guilt of Judah is sealed in a basket and carried to Shinar to be deposited in a temple of its own (Zech. 5: 11).

Take a look at the map of the Middle East. Pay close attention to the proximity of the East African nation of Egypt and Southern Iraq (Babylonia). Both The Bible and scientific research trace the origin of human language to the same general region. In addition, they both agree that all modern language spread throughout the world from that location. If The Bible is a fictional collection of religious documents with no historical or scientific basis what's the probability that The Book of Genesis written several thousand years before this study could get this one right?

At Faith Science one aspect of our mission is to expose scientific mysteries hidden within scriptures. The scientific mystery of the origin of human language is revealed in The Book of Genesis and it's supported by scientific research.

This one's huge! 

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The Science Of Miracles

From Faith Science

And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry: And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet. And Jesus answered and said unto it, “No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever.” And his disciples heard it. And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots.

Mark 11:12–14, 20 kjv

Jesus caused a reaction to take place in the fig tree, which resulted in a physical product without introducing any external physical reactants. The reactants in this reaction were the spoken words of Jesus and the chemical composition of the fig tree. Somehow, these two combined, and the product of the reaction caused the fig tree to die from its roots. As I stated earlier, since spiritual matter is stable, this reaction also needed activation energy for it to take place. It doesn’t take much thought to realize a pattern here. God used words to cause the reaction of creation, and Jesus used words to cause the chemical reaction that killed the fig tree. Now, if you haven’t figured it out already, I’ll tell you what was used as the activation energy.

And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, “Master, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away.” And Jesus answering saith unto them, “Have faith in God.”

Mark 11:21–22 kjv

Peter asked Jesus the same question that I’m asking you now: How did he do that? How did he cause a chemical reaction that resulted in a physical product without introducing any physical reactant? Jesus provided a simple answer: “Have faith in God.” Faith is the activation energy that causes a reaction between the reactants of words and matter to result in a product.

For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, “Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea;” and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.

Mark 11:23 kjv

The task at hand was the removal of a physical mountain. A reaction causes change in matter, so if the location of the mountain needed to change, a reaction was necessary for it to happen. Jesus broke down the steps of the reaction in Mark 11:23. He first said to speak to the mountain. These words, when combined with the chemical composition of the mountain, form the reactants. He then said to believe that what they said would come to pass, which provided the activation energy. Then he said that the product would be the removal of the mountain. Indeed, like any scientific principle, as long as the steps were precisely followed, the same process could be repeated at will.

I will now take this even further. Paul said in Hebrews 11:3 that God created the physical earth with words, and then he also said that God used spiritual matter to create the physical earth. So there must be some relationship between words based in faith and the spiritual matter used as reactants in what I will now formally name spiritual reactions. In a spiritual reaction, the Word of God and spiritual matter were used to create physical products. Hence, I can safely conclude that God’s Word isn’t combined with spiritual matter to cause spiritual reactions, but God’s Word is spiritual matter.

When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, “Doth this offend you? What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before? It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.”

John 6:61–63 kjv

Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God? This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth. For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.

1 John 5:5–7 kjv

Jesus stated that the words he spoke were spiritual matter. So the Word of God in any form is spiritual matter. Thus, any spiritual reaction we need can take place using a process I will now coin as the spiritual method. This method is defined as “the use of faith in the Word of God as the activation energy necessary to cause matter to change form.”

Therefore, faith and the Word of God should always be considered inseparable if this method is to be effective. Paul said in Romans 10:17 that “faith comes by hearing and hearing comes by the Word of God,” which proves that there is no biblical faith outside of the Word of God. Many people have some kind of faith, but whatever they have apart from God’s Word doesn’t work with the spiritual method.

To conclude the scientific foundation of faith, I’ll return to the basis of a reaction. Do you know that certain reactions only occur when the minimum level of activation energy is provided? In addition, when approached on a molecular level, the more energy provided, the more molecules in the reactants participate in the reaction, which affects the rate of the reaction.

Thus, the rate of a reaction can be related to its activation energy. If faith is the activation energy necessary in a spiritual reaction, the amount of faith provided can determine how long it takes for matter to change form, if any change occurs at all. Carefully read the following passage and think about what I just said.

And another of his disciples said unto him, “Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.” But Jesus said unto him, “Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.” And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him. And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep. And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, “Lord, save us: we perish.” And he saith unto them, “Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith?” Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm. But the men marvelled, saying, “What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!”

Jesus said to the disciples when they appeared helpless in the storm, “Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith?” They did not have enough faith to cause a spiritual reaction between their words and the rough weather. That was the only thing Jesus mentioned as the difference between their ineffectiveness at stopping the storm and his ability to do it with ease. He asked them why they were fearful and then identified their problem as a lack of faith.

As I said earlier, the amount of faith necessary for a particular reaction must be provided before it ever occurs. In a spiritual reaction, matter in any form, including invisible or mass-less matter, changes form when combined with the spiritual matter of God’s Word using the activation energy of biblical faith. If you have enough faith, you can change anything.

How The 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics Supports The Bible!

It's official! Three Americans will share the 2011 Nobel Prize for Physics. Here's an excerpt of the Associated Press article, "3 win Nobel for showing universe is speeding up" by Malcolm and Carl Ritter released Tuesday, October 4th;

NEW YORK (AP) -- Three U.S.-born scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for discovering that the universe is expanding at an accelerating pace, a stunning revelation that suggests the cosmos could be headed for a colder, bleaker future, nearly devoid of light.

In 1998, Saul Perlmutter, Brian Schmidt and Adam Riess presented findings that overturned the conventional idea that the expansion was slowing 13.7 billion years after the big bang.

Their discovery raised a question: What is pushing the universe apart? Scientists have labeled it "dark energy," but nobody knows what it is.

It's "an enigma, perhaps the greatest in physics today," the Nobel committee said.

On the official website, NobelPrize.Org, the following announcement has been placed;

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2011 was divided, one half awarded to Saul Perlmutter, the other half jointly to Brian P. Schmidt and Adam G. Riess "for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae".

Why is this such big news for people of Faith and Science?

Job 9:8(AMP) - Who alone stretches out the heavens and treads upon the waves and high places of the sea;

Isaiah 40:22(AMP) - It is God Who sits above the circle (the horizon) of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; it is He Who stretches out the heavens like [gauze] curtains and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in,

According to The Bible, the universe is being continually stretched like a curtain and spread out like a tent. Without any advanced scientific research, Job and the prophet Isaiah said the universe is expanding. Hence, they appeared to already know an important element of The Big Bang.

In sum, current research which proves that the expansion is accelerating only further supports the fact that it's expanding in the first place. How could this scientific fact be in The Bible thousands of years before it was ever theorized and then proven by scientists? Where did these authors of The Bible get such wisdom? Maybe they had inside information. ;-)

2 Timothy 3:16(KJV) - All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

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