A brilliant ancient Greek mathematician recognized that highly sophisticated, intricate order permeates the cosmos.
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Greek mathematician and scientist Pythagoras said, "Truth is so great a perfection, that if God would render himself visible to men, he would choose light for his body and truth for his soul."
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Pythagoras (c 570 to 497 BC) Believed the universe was constructed using mathematics and everything could be described with numbers; established a link between mathematics and music; proved Pythagoras’s theorem; discovered irrational numbers.
https://www.famousscientists.org/pythagoras/ (5 August 2018) http://famousquotefrom.com/pythagoras/ (5 August 2018)
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Video One: 2 minutes: "Pythagoras in 2 minutes 2"
Video Two: 6 minutes: "Mini Biography - Pythagoras"
Video Three: 70 minutes "Detailed Biography - Pythagoras"
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The discovery of a "golden ratio" in design (1.6) is credited to a European, but may have been identified much earlier in India.
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Leonardo Fibonacci, considered by many as the greatest mathematician during the middle ages (he discovered the golden ratio) said, "If by chance I have omitted anything more or less proper or necessary, I beg forgiveness, since there is no one who is without fault and circumspect in all matters.”
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Fibonacci popularized this number which was first known in India perhaps as much as 1000 years earlier. Some call it Nature's number. The golden ratio of 1.618034 is displayed extensively in the physical world.
http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Fibonacci.html (7 August 2018)
https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/1712791-fibonacci-s-liber-abaci (7 August 2018)
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Video One: 10 minutes: Magic Number
Video Two: 7 minutes: TED Talks
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One of the greatest artists and inventors of all time understood the importance of knowledge.
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Italian painter, architect and inventor Leonardo da Vinci said, "Art is the queen of all sciences, communicating knowledge to all the generations of the world."
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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) was a genius in multiple discplines including anatomy, civil engineering, optics and art.
https://quotes.thefamouspeople.com/leonardo-da-vinci-2134.php (5 August 2018)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci (5 August 2018)
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Video One: 9 minutes: "Great Minds: Leonardo da Vinci"
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Robert Boyle (1627-1691) put chemistry on a firm scientific footing, transforming it from a field bogged down in alchemy and mysticism into one based on measurement.
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Robert Boyle: From a knowledge of His work, we shall know Him.
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He defined elements, compounds, and mixtures, and he coined the new term ‘chemical analysis,’ a field in which he made several powerful contributions.
https://www.famousscientists.org/robert-boyle/ (3 August 2018)
https://todayinsci.com/B/Boyle_Robert/BoyleRobert-Quotations.htm (3 August 2018)
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Video One: 3 minutes: "Men of Science, Men of God"
Video Two: 9 minutes: "Robert Boyle - Man of Science, Man of Faith"
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Michael Faraday (1791-1867) was an English scientist who contributed to the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry.
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British scientist Michael Faraday said, "The book of nature, which we have to read, is written by the finger of God." Michael Faraday (1859), "Experimental Researches in Chemistry and Physics", p471.
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His main discoveries include the principles underlying electromagnetic induction, diamagnetism and electrolysis. Faraday was a devout Christian. Biographers have noted that "a strong sense of the unity of God and nature pervaded Faraday's life and work."
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Video One: 3 minutes: Michael Faraday and the Electric Spark
Video Two: 5 minutes: The Father of Electricity
Video Three: 9 minutes: Michael Faraday
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Sir Isaac Newton (1643 -1727) was a physicist and mathematician who developed the principles of modern physics, including the laws of motion, and is credited as one of the great scientific minds of the 17th century
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Sir Isaac Newton: "This most beautiful system of the sun, planets and comets, could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent Being."
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https://www.biography.com/people/isaac-newton-9422656 (4 August 2018)
Inventor, Scientist, and Teacher Isaac Newton, by John Hudson Tiner, copyright 1975 by Mott Media Inc. Fourth Printing 1988 (The Sower Seriies). Introduction Page 1
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Video One: 3 minutes: "Isaac Newton | Illustrating History"
Video Two: 6 minutes: "Sir Isaac Newton"
Video Three: 51 minutes: "BBC Documentary, History - Sir Isaac Newton"
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Albert Einstein (1879-1955) was a German-born physicist who developed the general theory of relativity. He is considered one of the most influential physicists of the 20th century.
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German-American Physicist Dr. Albert Einstein said, “We see a universe marvelously arranged, obeying certain laws, but we understand the laws only dimly. Our limited minds cannot grasp the mysterious force that sways the constellations."
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Source: https://www.zmescience.com/other/feature-post/einstein-christian-15102017/ (8 July 2018)
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Video One: 5 minutes: "Who Was Albert Einstein"
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Louis Pasteur: (1822-1895) The founder of modern medicine. In fact, his name provided the basis for a household word—pasteurized.
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French Doctor and Scientist Louis Pasteur said: Posterity will one day laugh at the sublime foolishness of the modern materialistic philosophy. The more I study nature, the more I stand amazed at the work of the Creator. I pray while I am engaged at my work in the laboratory ... Life comes only from life ... Science brings men nearer to God.
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https://www.sciencehistory.org/historical-profile/louis-pasteur (4 August 2018)
https://www.azquotes.com/quote/694953 (4 August 2018)
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Video One: 3 minutes: "Louis Pasteur - Scientist | Mini Bio"
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Dr. Wernher Von Braun (1912-1977) was one of the most important rocket developers and champions of space exploration in the twentieth century.
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German Rocket Scientist Dr. Werner von Braun said, "I find it as difficult to understand a scientist who does not acknowledge the presence of a superior ratonality behind the existence of the universe, as it is to comprehend a theologian who would deny the advances of science."
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https://www.biography.com/people/wernher-von-braun-9224912 (7 August 2019)
Source: McIver, T. 1986 Ancient Tales and Space-Age Myths of Creationist Evangelism. (31 July 2018)
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Video One: 5 minutes: "Wernher von Braun: From Nazis to NASA"
Wernher von Braun: Conversion Story
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Dr. James M. Tour is a synthetic organic chemist who has over 650 research publications and 120 patents.
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American Chemist Dr. James M. Tour: The information or coding within the DNA (or RNA) that corresponds to the sequence of the nucleic acids is primary to the entire discussion of life. Some would rightly argue that the information is even more fundamental than the matter upon which it is encoded. I merely showed that the requisite molecules (lipids, proteins, nucleic acids and carbohydrates) are so unlikely to have occurred in the states and quantities needed, that we could never have gotten to the point of figuring out the genesis of the requisite code or information. The code is analogous to the difference between the Library of Congress and a big box of alphabetic letters—the library has a huge amount of embedded information while the random box of letters has little. So origin of first life is the ‘nail holding the coffin closed’ on the emergence of biological evolution. Without that first life, or simple cell, which requires the four molecule types plus information, all proposals regarding biological evolution are without the base of life. And it is difficult to discuss biology without life.
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Dr. James M. Tour is a synthetic oragnic chemist who has over 650 research publications and 120 patents.
https://www.jmtour.com/personal-topics/evolution-creation/ Origin of Life, Intelligent Design, Evolution, Creation and Faith (Updated June 2018) accessed - 3 August 2018.
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Video One : Three minutes: "Graphene on toast, clothing and cardboard has tasty potential"
Video Two: Thirty-four minutes: "Dr James Tour speaking about evolution"
Video Three: One hour: "Nanotechnology, Life’s Origin and Evolution: Facts vs. Conjecture"
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God did not use trial and error to create; He made all things with wisdom.
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O LORD how many are your works. In wisdom You have made them all.
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Psalm 104:24 New American Standard Bible Copyright © The Lockman Foundation 1999-2015
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Video One: 6 minutes: "Intelligent Design Collection Trailer"
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Wisdom, understanding and knowledge are like three legs on a stool supporting the entire universe.
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The LORD by wisdom founded the earth, by understanding He established the heavens.
By His knowledge the deeps were broken up and the skies drip with dew.
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The Bible states that the universe did not come into being through a random process but was the result of a deliberate and intelligent process. Proverbs 3:19,20 New American Standard Bible Copyright © The Lockman Foundation 1999-2015
This trio (wisdom, understanding, knowledge) are also essential to any successful household as described in Proverbs 24:3-4. "By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established, and by knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches."
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Video: 1 hour 44 minutes: "Is Genesis History?"
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The stars and galaxies didn't "just happen" but were skillfully crafted.
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The LORD made the heavens with skill.
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Psalm 136:5 New American Standard Bible Copyright © The Lockman Foundation 1999-2015
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God's Spirit has wisdom, understanding, counsel, knowledge and might - all the qualities of sense, intellect and comprehension.
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The earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the deep waters. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters … the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear fo the LORD
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Genesis 1:2 and Isaiah 11:2 New American Standard Bible Copyright © The Lockman Foundation 1999-2015
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The universe was not made by a big bang or a mindless explosion but with great energy guided by brilliant sagacity.
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It is He [the LORD] who made the earth by His power, who established the world by His wisdom; and by His understanding He has stretched out the heavens.
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Jeremiah 10:12 New American Standard Bible Copyright © The Lockman Foundation 1999-2015
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Rationality and intellect predate the universe.
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“I, wisdom, dwell with prudence and I find knowledge and discretion.
“The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; Pride and arrogance and the evil wayand the perverted mouth, I hate. “Counsel is mine and sound wisdom; I am understanding, power is mine ... The LORD possessed me at the beginning of His way, before His works of old. From everlasting I was established, from the beginning, from the earliest times of the earth ... while He had not yet made the earth and the fields, nor the first dust of the world. When He established the heavens, I was there, when He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep, when He made firm the skies above, when the springs of the deep became fixed, when He set for the sea its boundary so that the water would not transgress His command, when He marked out the foundations of the earth, then I was beside Him, as a master workman.
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Proverbs 8: 12-14, 22-30New American Standard Bible Copyright © The Lockman Foundation 1999-2015
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Video One: 52 minutes: "Biblical and Scientific Reasons for Converting to Biblical Creation"
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The Bible describes a world-wide visible but inaudible communication on the magnificence of the created world
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The heavens proclaim the glory of God. The skies display his craftsmanship. Day after day they continue to speak; night after night they make him known. They speak without a sound or word; their voice is never heard. Yet their message has gone throughout the earth, and their words to all the world.
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Psalm 19:1-4 Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright ©1996, 2004, 2007. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All Rights Reserved.
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Video One: 4 minutes: "The Privileged Planet Trailer"
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