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Scientific Problems for Scientism Robert C. Newman Biblical Theological Seminary Abstracts of Powerpoint Talks - newmanlib.ibri.org -newmanlib.ibri.org

Scientific Problems for Scientism Power Point version of a paper by the same title published in Presbyterion in the Fall issue See the paper for references and further details. Abstracts of Powerpoint Talks - newmanlib.ibri.org -newmanlib.ibri.org

Various Terms for Scientism Scientism Science is the only valid way of knowing. Materialism All is matter, or matter-energy. Naturalism All is nature; there is no supernatural. Evolutionism All things have developed by unguided natural processes. No God has intervened miraculously to make things the way they are. Abstracts of Powerpoint Talks - newmanlib.ibri.org -newmanlib.ibri.org

Influence of Scientism Liberal Biblical Criticism Explain the Bible without miracles. Darwinian Evolution Explain nature without divine intervention. Marxism Explain history and society by economics. Freudianism Explain mankind without soul or spirit. Abstracts of Powerpoint Talks - newmanlib.ibri.org -newmanlib.ibri.org

The Problems Scientism Faces Prediction Continuity Mindlessness Eternality Locality Abstracts of Powerpoint Talks - newmanlib.ibri.org -newmanlib.ibri.org

Prediction "I have no need of that [the God] hypothesis" Laplace The Laplacean Program: Calculate the entire future of the universe by knowing the position and velocity of all its particles at one time. Abstracts of Powerpoint Talks - newmanlib.ibri.org -newmanlib.ibri.org

How Much Computing Power? There are particles in the universe. Each particle exerts one or more forces on (nearly) all other particles. It is more economical to build a parallel universe as a model! Must give each particle its proper position and velocity. Problem of quantum uncertainty. Problem of the "butterfly effect." Abstracts of Powerpoint Talks - newmanlib.ibri.org -newmanlib.ibri.org

Conclusion re/ Prediction The Laplacean Program is dead! Contrast the Christian worldview: God alone knows the future. He can intervene, and He surely has. He can answer prayer. He can fulfill prophecy. Abstracts of Powerpoint Talks - newmanlib.ibri.org -newmanlib.ibri.org

Continuity Scientism has an antagonism for, and fear of, gaps or singularities in nature. Darwin – no discontinuites in biology if the history of life is taken into account. Reaction of biologists to Goldschmidt in the 1940s for his "hopeful monster" model. Proposal of punctuated equilibria model of Gould & Eldridge. Abstracts of Powerpoint Talks - newmanlib.ibri.org -newmanlib.ibri.org

Problems with Continuity The "trade secret of paleontology" – gaps in the fossil record Over 200 million fossils catalogued in museums A "random walk" between major kinds? The "shape" of the fossil record Abstracts of Powerpoint Talks - newmanlib.ibri.org -newmanlib.ibri.org

Conclusions on Continuity A "god of the gaps" or a "natural law of the gaps"? Lack of evidence or evidence of lack? Discontinuities point beyond mere natural law. Abstracts of Powerpoint Talks - newmanlib.ibri.org -newmanlib.ibri.org

Mindlessness Minds only arise by evolution in a mindless universe (according to scientism). Darwin's work is hailed as destroying Paley's arguments from design to a Designer. Design is only apparent, being produced by natural selection. But design appears in inanimate nature also! Abstracts of Powerpoint Talks - newmanlib.ibri.org -newmanlib.ibri.org

Fine-Tuning in the Basic Forces Strong Interaction Tuned to  5% Weak Interaction Tuned to  few % Gravity & Cosmic Expansion Tuned to 1 part in Electromagnetism Charges balance to better than 1 part in Abstracts of Powerpoint Talks - newmanlib.ibri.org -newmanlib.ibri.org

Designed Earth? Rotation period Distance from sun Thickness of crust Atmosphere Size of moon Size of Jupiter About 60 more such items Abstracts of Powerpoint Talks - newmanlib.ibri.org -newmanlib.ibri.org

Conclusions on Mindlessness Design in inanimate nature Design in animate nature Insufficient probability in 1000s of universes Minds can construct order that would never happen by chance Abstracts of Powerpoint Talks - newmanlib.ibri.org -newmanlib.ibri.org

Eternality According to scientism, the universe must somehow be eternal. Sagan – "The cosmos is all that … ever was…" But the history of cosmology in the past century has been that of increasingly frantic attempts to avoid a beginning in the face of mounting evidence for one. Abstracts of Powerpoint Talks - newmanlib.ibri.org -newmanlib.ibri.org

Cosmology Eternal static universe Expanding universe Steady-state universe One-bounce big-bang Oscillating big-bang No-bounce big-bang Pop-into-existence-w/o-a-cause big-bang Abstracts of Powerpoint Talks - newmanlib.ibri.org -newmanlib.ibri.org

Conclusions on Eternality What is eternal is not confined to this universe. What is eternal has the characteristics of mind. What is eternal is an adequate cause for the universe. This sounds like the God of the Bible! Abstracts of Powerpoint Talks - newmanlib.ibri.org -newmanlib.ibri.org

Locality Materialism naturally favors local interaction of particles (bumping). Even Newton's gravitational field was initially viewed with great suspicion, but came to be seen as local interaction of the particle with the field. Quantum phenomena have put pressure on this, suggesting instantaneous interaction at great distances. Abstracts of Powerpoint Talks - newmanlib.ibri.org -newmanlib.ibri.org

Quantum Phenomena & Locality The Two-Slit Experiment Which slit does the particle pass through? Bell's Theorem If quantum phenomena are real, then the universe is not local. Aspect's Experiment Particle spin shows instantaneous knowledge at large distances. Abstracts of Powerpoint Talks - newmanlib.ibri.org -newmanlib.ibri.org

Conclusions Prediction Laplace's program has collapsed. Continuity Darwinism is inadequate. Mindlessness Does not explain known design. Eternality Universe looks like it had a beginning. Locality Quantum phenomena are non-local. Abstracts of Powerpoint Talks - newmanlib.ibri.org -newmanlib.ibri.org

A Designed Universe Looks structured to point beyond itself. Unpredictable to show human limitation? Discontinuous to show divine intervention? Planned to show a mind behind it? Finite to point to the infinite beyond it? Non-local to point to the omnipresent God? Abstracts of Powerpoint Talks - newmanlib.ibri.org -newmanlib.ibri.org

The End of Scientism? Universe Looks Theistic Abstracts of Powerpoint Talks - newmanlib.ibri.org -newmanlib.ibri.org