Can Biblical Inerrancy Be Proven? A Challenge
Posted: Tuesday, December 04, 2007
by Joel Hendon
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Proof (prf) n. 1. The evidence or argument that compels the mind to accept an assertion as true. 2. The result or effect of evidence; the establishment or denial of a fact by evidence.
Evidence (ev 'i-dns) n. 1. A thing or things helpful in forming a conclusion or judgment: 2. Something indicative; an outward sign:
The two suppositions mentioned above are: First, that all matter has been here forever, or that it came into existence at some point for unknown reasons and from unknown sources. Proponents believe that through small accidental natural occurrences, one inanimate thing after another was formed from unknown causes over eons of time. And that at some point in time, all elements necessary for life, for some unknown reason came in contact with each other. And for another unknown reason, it formed a single cell and came to life. Fully capable of finding adequate nutrition and of ingesting that nutrition and also fully capable of reproduction. Fully capable of surviving any hostile environment that it might encounter, heat, cold, or various deadly elements.
Then after perhaps more eons, one of these little fellows, for some unknown reason, formed a more advanced multicellular creature also with a mate or some other means of reproduction and he also had little problems of ingesting enough primordial soup to flourish. And the rest is obvious. Without any sense of direction or guidance, their progeny now includes Doctors of philosophy at our most prestigious universities and research centers. This entire fallacious assumption is based on the fact that there are some resemblances in various species of plants and of animals. Not one piece of confirmation of any of all this is found, in any of their "evidences".
And even more devastating to their views than the lack of any intellectual reasoning is the absolute proofs of their hypotheses being impossible. The law of physics "causality" (cause and effect) and/or the three laws of Thermodynamics completely obliterate their efforts to show how matter originated or was here eternally. Their total lack of fossil evidence to support their assumption that one species evolved into another. Not only do they not have a series of fossil changes, they have none. Their lack of ability to explain such phenomena as the extreme complexity of a single cell (even their first ancestor in the primordial soup) blocks their path completely. Then there are the unanswered questions concerning the advanced mind of man over other creatures. The complexity of the human eye, unimaginably tiny engines inside cells, alignment of factors in DNA cells which are dependent upon one another, the impossibility of certain species of birds and fish to have evolved from another and on and on. Yet they claim that science is on their side. So far there is no science on their side. Only wishful thinking and obscuring of evidence contrary to their suppositions. All aspects of their guess that there was a "Big Bang" about 15 billions of years ago has been blown to smithereens.
So with one of the two possible answers to origins demolished, there is left but one. That of a supernatural source, an almighty God who has the ability to create anything. A spirit which is not only from eternity before, but is eternal hereafter. He consists of nothing physical and is therefore non-deteriorating. An existence that cannot be terminated. Of course, many say they believe that there is some supernatural power but not the God of the bible. That is a cop out. Those are the ones who can see that the evidence against evolution is overwhelming but they are still not willing to admit and submit to the God of Abraham, Isaac and us. So let us pursue that angle a bit.
The very factors which exist above as proofs of the impossibility of evolution being false, are at the same time, proofs that such a God does exist. The law of causality for instance, when traced back to the universe comes abruptly to an end with a requirement that there must be a cause which cannot be an effect. And what could that possibly be other than the Almighty God? The first law of Thermodynamicsthat something cannot be made from nothing or vice versa. Not by natural laws but only by a being who can circumvent natural laws. The Almighty God.
If there exists such a being with infinite wisdom, infinite abilities, infinite power (and there is) why would he create such a universe with a planet capable of sustaining humans, and not even let those humans know He existed or what He wanted them for? No one can answer such a question because there is no reason for Him to do that. We have the Holy Bible which claims to be the word of such a being and has ample evidence to prove to anyone (even those progeny of the first amoeba) that it could not possibly have been written by any other than those who were inspired of Him.
Does it not seem weird, doubtful, impossible, even completely impossible, that a person could have written of such a being 3500 years ago? The writer with limited education and without the technological and scientific knowledge of today could write volumes concerning this being and of many other things, and that his writings would be critically scrutinized for centuries and never one incident proven to be in error? Every fact written by him, that has been discovered, has proven him accurate! Then just as phenomenal is the fact that other writers over the next one and one-half millennia, have written progressive data, all of which enhances and blends together to complete the story of God and His Son with the uncanny accuracy of the first writer.
The law of causality (cause and effect) demands that everything that happens, everything material that exists, must have an adequate antecedent cause. The cause must always be greater than the effect, must be before the effect. Therefore, any material (matter) or anything that occurs from or by it must have this adequate antecedent cause, and each material cause is also an effect, which has to have an adequate antecedent cause. Regardless of where you start, with any piece or matter or any action of such, as you continue to develop the cause, and the cause of the cause, etc. you cannot but eventually be backed into the necessity of a non-caused cause. A cause without an effect. Could the writer of 3500 years ago have known this? How could he dream of a being that would resolve this dilemma? Many people of that day thought various physical reasons for existence. Atlas with the world on his shoulders, or gigantic elephants holding the world up, and on and on. But this Moses, came up with a non-material Spirit being which resolves all the unanswered questions. And not only came up with such a being, but explained his role in creation, his implanting a like spirit into man and revealed his role, his eternal existence (since spirits do not deteriorate) and his future existence with or without God's presence.
Volumes have been written both pro and con in reference to the inerrancy of the Holy Scriptures. But each accusation against it has failed to prove error. Every statement geographical, scientific, prophetical or otherwise, which has been proven one way or another has always upheld these truths.
Compare that fact with the never ending fallacious assumptions put forth by atheistic evolutionists and determine, which one is science.
"It is as though they [fossils] were just planted there, without any evolutionary history. Needless to say this appearance of sudden planting has delighted creationists. ...Both schools of thought (Punctuationists and Gradualists) despise so-called scientific creationists equally, and both agree that the major gaps are real, that they are true imperfections in the fossil record. The only alternative explanation of the sudden appearance of so many complex animal types in the Cambrian era is divine creation and (we) both reject this alternative." (Dawkins, Richard, The Blind Watchmaker, W.W. Norton & Company, New York, 1996, p. 229-230)
"In fact [subsequent to the publication of Darwin's book, Origin of Species], evolution became, in a sense, a scientific religion; almost all scientists have accepted it and many are prepared to `bend' their observations to fit with it. . To my mind, the theory does not stand up at all . . If living matter is not, then, caused by the interplay of atoms, natural forces, and radiation, how has it come into being? . . I think, however, that we must go further than this and admit that the only acceptable explanation is Creation. I know that this is anathema to physicists, as indeed it is to me, but we must not reject a theory that we do not like if the experimental evidence supports it." H.S. Lipson, "A Physicist Looks at Evolution," Physics Bulletin, Vol. 31, p. 138 (1980) [emphasis his].
"I am convinced, moreover, that Darwinism, in whatever form, is not in fact a scientific theory, but a pseudo-metaphysical hypothesis decked out in scientific garb. In reality the theory derives its support not from empirical data or logical deductions of a scientific kind but from the circumstance that it happens to be the only doctrine of biological origins that can be conceived with the constricted worldview to which a majority of scientists no doubt subscribe." (Wolfgang, Smith, "The Universe is Ultimately to be Explained in Terms of a Metacosmic Reality" in Margenau and Varghese (eds.), Cosmos, Bios, Theos, p. 113)
With literally hundreds of quotes from die-hard evolutionists are known, as those above, it can easily be determined that blind faith and prejudicial views rule the evolutionist mindset, not scientific fact or evidence. There are many facts written within the Holy Bible, which furnish proof of it's accuracy which would take far too much space to entertain here. There are recorded public debates, and other articles with exceptional evidence for the existence of God and His inerrant word. Following are a few links for the reader's convenience.
The Cumulative Case For God
Dialogue With An Atheist
And most of all, I challenge all of my readers (especially dissenters) to read this article: Why Do So Many Scientists Endorse Evolution?
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Top-level comments on this article: (1 total)Biblical inerrancy can be proven..to be false. All it takes is a single self-contradiction. Here's one from near the beginning: Genesis 1:25-27 - indicates humans were created AFTER the other animals. Genesis 2:18-19 - indicates humans were created BEFORE the other animals. This contradiction alone is sufficient to demonstrate that the Bible is not inerrant.Ben, thanks again for your commenting, but please don't try to find contradictions in the bible. I have books in my personal library that explains every statement that appears contradictory. The one you refer to is a pitiful example. Most who wish to find such contradictions have long since dropped that one. If you read the chapters you refer to you can readily see that the reference in chapter two, eventhough it mentions again the creation of Adam in verse 7 and mentioned the creation of the animals, again in verse19. Does that mean that He also created Adam again? The first chapter described the creation of every thing in it's order. Chapter 2 rehashes the creation but gives details not mentioned in chapter one. People who desire to find errors and contradictions can find many to suit them. But take my word for it, atheists have tried this for millenia. Look at the start of my article.Unless one can prove that there are no other possibilities for a statement to be correct, it is not proven incorrect. Just like the evolutionists get away with all manner of lies, just because you may not be able to prove them wrong.
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