Amazing Truths: How Science and the Bible Agree - Softcover

Guillen, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0310343755 ISBN 13: 9780310343752

Publisher: Zondervan, 2016

Synopsis

Does science discredit the Bible, God, religious faith?

Absolutely not, says Dr. Michael Guillen, former Harvard physics instructor and Emmy-winning ABC News Science Editor. In Amazing Truths, he uses his entertaining, down-to-earth storytelling skills to reveal ten astonishing truths affirmed by both ancient Scripture and modern science that answer some of our biggest questions:

• Can faith really move mountains?
• Does absolute truth exist?
• Are humans truly unique?
• Is it possible to communicate with God?
• How much about the universe do we actually know?
• How could Jesus have been fully man and fully God?

In Amazing Truths, Dr. Guillen explains that faith is not some outdated way of thinking. Faith is a necessary part of science, Christianity, and any intelligent, comprehensive, coherent worldview--vastly more powerful than even logic.

Amazing Truths will expand your mind and bolster your faith. You will see for yourself what Dr. Guillen, a theoretical physicist and devout Christian, has discovered in a lifetime of serious exploration--that science and faith are not at odds. In fact, they're the ultimate power couple.

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About the Author

Dr. Michael Guillen, former ABC News Science Editor and Harvard physics instructor, is host of the History Channel's Where Did It Come From? and producer of the award-winning family movie Little Red Wagon. He's also a bestselling author, columnist, and popular speaker. He is president of Spectacular Science Productions Inc., and Filmanthropy Media Incorporated. For more on Dr. Guillen go to www.michaelguillen.com.

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Amazing Truths

How Science and the Bible Agree

By Michael A. Guillen

ZONDERVAN

Copyright © 2015 Michael A. Guillen, PhD
All rights reserved.

ISBN: 978-0-310-34375-2

Contents

Acknowledgments, 9, 
1. Best of Both Worlds: Objective Truth Exists, 11, 
2. Beyond Circular Reasoning: Time Is Linear, 24, 
3. I Am Who I Am: An Entity Can Have Contradictory Natures, 38, 
4. Seeing in the Dark: Significant Parts of Reality Are Hidden from Us, 52, 
5. Not of This World: Light Is Unearthly, 70, 
6. An Egg-straordinary Event: The Universe Was Created Ex Nihilo, 84, 
7. The Certainty of Uncertainty: Truth Is Bigger Than Proof, 100, 
8. La Vida Loca: Cause and Effect Can Be Disproportional, 118, 
9. The Cosmic Grapevine: Instantaneous Communication Is Possible, 135, 
10. Beyond Fleas and Grapes: Humans Are Unique, 154, 
Notes, 173, 
Scripture Index, 185, 
Name Index, 187, 
Subject Index, 190, 
About the Author, 197, 

CHAPTER 1

BEST OF BOTH WORLDS

OBJECTIVE TRUTH EXISTS

Science without religion is lame; religion without science is blind.

ALBERT EINSTEIN

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Faith and Reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth.

POPE JOHN PAUL II

WHEN I WAS A KID, one of my favorite riddles went like this:

A boy journeying through a foreign land arrives at a fork in the road guarded by two men in native dress. One man belongs to a tribe that always lies; the other, to a tribe that always tells the truth — but the boy doesn't know which is which. One road leads to danger; the other, to safety. Riddle: What is the one question the boy can ask the two tribesmen to make sure he takes the right road?

I will give you the answer later in this chapter, but first I want to ask you another question. It is the simple but deep question that Pontius Pilate put to Jesus, who claimed to represent the truth: "What is truth?"

When I was science editor for Good Morning America, I did a story about a tourmaline mine in Southern California. The best part of the assignment was that I got to go mining for gems, something I'd never done.

I was led deep inside the earth to a cramped space where the air was cool and humid. With my bare hands, I dug into the cave's creamy mud wall and soon struck something hard and sharp-edged. I seized the mystery find, pulled it out, and wiped it off. That's when I saw it: a magnificent, fully formed, pink tourmaline gemstone.

I imagine truth — objective truth — being like that. Something real and beautiful. Something natural, not of our making, with definable qualities, waiting to be unearthed.

Do such truths actually exist?

I claim they do. And in this book, I elaborate on ten objective truths that I consider amazing because of what they tell us about life, the world, and the Creator. And because — wonder of wonders — science and the Bible agree on all ten being absolutely, positively, demonstrably true.

Obviously, my position is at odds with skeptics who believe that science and the Bible cannot possibly agree on anything, and with relativists who insist that objective truth doesn't exist, not in science and certainly not in religion. But the evidence for my thesis is considerable, as you will see.

Why does it matter that objective truth exists? For one thing, because the journey of life is noted for its vexing forks in the road. Whenever we come to one, we are forced to choose which path to take. And our choices

Edition details

• Publisher: Zondervan
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0310343755
• ISBN 13: 9780310343752
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208