Good one. --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Evangelical Scientists Refute Gravity With New 'Intelligent Falling' > Theory > August 17, 2005 | Issue 4133 > > KANSAS CITY, KSAs the debate over the teaching of evolution in > public schools continues, a new controversy over the science > curriculum arose Monday in this embattled Midwestern state. > Scientists from the Evangelical Center For Faith-Based Reasoning are > now asserting that the long-held "theory of gravity" is flawed, and > they have responded to it with a new theory of Intelligent Falling. > > > Rev. Gabriel Burdett (left) explains Intelligent Falling. > "Things fall not because they are acted upon by some gravitational > force, but because a higher intelligence, 'God' if you will, is > pushing them down," said Gabriel Burdett, who holds degrees in > education, applied Scripture, and physics from Oral Roberts > University. > > Burdett added: "Gravitywhich is taught to our children as a lawis > founded on great gaps in understanding. The laws predict the mutual > force between all bodies of mass, but they cannot explain that > force. Isaac Newton himself said, 'I suspect that my theories may > all depend upon a force for which philosophers have searched all of > nature in vain.' Of course, he is alluding to a higher power." > > Founded in 1987, the ECFR is the world's leading institution of > evangelical physics, a branch of physics based on literal > interpretation of the Bible. > > According to the ECFR paper published simultaneously this week in > the International Journal Of Science and the adolescent magazine > God's Word For Teens!, there are many phenomena that cannot be > explained by secular gravity alone, including such mysteries as how > angels fly, how Jesus ascended into Heaven, and how Satan fell when > cast out of Paradise. > > The ECFR, in conjunction with the Christian Coalition and other > Christian conservative action groups, is calling for public-school > curriculums to give equal time to the Intelligent Falling theory. > They insist they are not asking that the theory of gravity be banned > from schools, but only that students be offered both sides of the > issue "so they can make an informed decision." > > "We just want the best possible education for Kansas' kids," Burdett > said. > > Proponents of Intelligent Falling assert that the different theories > used by secular physicists to explain gravity are not internally > consistent. Even critics of Intelligent Falling admit that > Einstein's ideas about gravity are mathematically irreconcilable > with quantum mechanics. This fact, Intelligent Falling proponents > say, proves that gravity is a theory in crisis. > > "Let's take a look at the evidence," said ECFR senior fellow Gregory > Lunsden."In Matthew 15:14, Jesus says, 'And if the blind lead the > blind, both shall fall into the ditch.' He says nothing about some > gravity making them falljust that they will fall. Then, in Job 5:7, > we read, 'But mankind is born to trouble, as surely as sparks fly > upwards.' If gravity is pulling everything down, why do the sparks > fly upwards with great surety? This clearly indicates that a > conscious intelligence governs all falling." > > Critics of Intelligent Falling point out that gravity is a provable > law based on empirical observations of natural phenomena. > Evangelical physicists, however, insist that there is no conflict > between Newton's mathematics and Holy Scripture. > > "Closed-minded gravitists cannot find a way to make Einstein's > general relativity match up with the subatomic quantum world," said > Dr. Ellen Carson, a leading Intelligent Falling expert known for her > work with the Kansan Youth Ministry. "They've been trying to do it > for the better part of a century now, and despite all their > empirical observation and carefully compiled data, they still don't > know how." > > "Traditional scientists admit that they cannot explain how > gravitation is supposed to work," Carson said. "What the gravity- > agenda scientists need to realize is that 'gravity waves' > and 'gravitons' are just secular words for 'God can do whatever He > wants.'" > > Some evangelical physicists propose that Intelligent Falling > provides an elegant solution to the central problem of modern > physics. > > "Anti-falling physicists have been theorizing for decades about > the 'electromagnetic force,' the 'weak nuclear force,' the 'strong > nuclear force,' and so-called 'force of gravity,'" Burdett > said. "And they tilt their findings toward trying to unite them into > one force. But readers of the Bible have already known for millennia > what this one, unified force is: His name is Jesus." > Advertisement >
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