oddXian: Challenge the Consensus

This essay introduces a framework called "temporal asymmetry" to reconcile the apparent discrepancy between the biblical account of a young creation and the scientific evidence for an ancient universe. This framework proposes that from an Earth-based observer's perspective and using Earth standard time, the universe appears to have a genuinely old history spanning billions of years. However, this does not conflict with the idea that from the Creator's eternal, transcendent point of view, the entire cosmos was brought into existence in a literal six-day period. Key points: 1. Biblical texts suggest that God experiences time differently than humans, transcending our Earth-based perception of time (e.g., Psalm 90:4, 2 Peter 3:8). 2. Scientific theories like relativity show that time is relative to the observer's frame of reference, which in our case, is an Earth-based perspective using Earth standard time. 3. The temporal asymmetry model suggests that while we, as Ea...

  The Adversary We live in a time that looks exactly like how an Adversary to the Christian God would shape an opposition: Shifting of the burden of proof of God from the default position that the vast majority of humanity has held to an atheistic and materialistic worldview  Introduction of religions that are slight twisting of the Biblical Christian framework  Elevation of preachers and teachers that corrupt the Gospel with false teachings or perverted lifestyles  Destruction of the traditional family and roles for a hollow and absurd progressivism Worship of money, celebrity and sports over charity, humility, and truth That’s why it is so critical for Biblical Christians to hold firm to God’s Word and resist the Adversary. The ultimate victory is God’s but we have a responsibility to glorify Him through our lives and testimony. Tell the truth in love and honor Christ in all you do. Daily put to death those things that pull you away from the Savior. Soli Deo Gloria...

 

1. God of the gaps: - The concept of "God of the gaps" refers to a theological perspective that seeks to explain phenomena or gaps in scientific knowledge by invoking the intervention of a higher power, namely God. - It suggests that when there are gaps in scientific understanding or explanations for natural phenomena, some people attribute these gaps to the direct intervention of God. - This perspective is often criticized for being a form of argument from ignorance, where God is used to explain things that are not currently understood by science. - As scientific knowledge expands and fills these gaps, the need for invoking God as an explanation diminishes in this perspective. 2. God in the system: - "God in the system" refers to a perspective that sees God as being inherently the mind behind the natural world and its systems, rather than being invoked to explain gaps in knowledge. - This perspective often aligns with the idea of a God who set up the natural laws a...

Introduction: When contemplating the grand questions of existence - the origin of the universe, the fine-tuning of the cosmos, the emergence of life and consciousness - there are a limited number of potential hypotheses to explain these phenomena. One possibility that merits serious consideration is that of an Intelligent Developer - an immensely powerful and knowledgeable mind that purposefully created our reality. Here we examine logical arguments and empirical evidence from fields such as computer science, physics, information theory, and biology to build a case that an Intelligent Developer is the best explanation of our reality based on causes now in operation. Here is the logical framework: Argument 1: P1 All coded systems have an intelligent developer P2 Life is a coded system  C1 Life has an Intelligent Developer (i.e., God) Argument 2: P1 All coded systems have an intelligent developer P2 Reality is a coded system C1 Reality has an Intelligent Developer (i.e., God) Informa...