Re: The Bible anticipates scientific discoveries - again!

From: George Andrews Jr. (gandrews@as.wm.edu)
Date: Fri May 04 2001 - 14:17:41 EDT

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    Hi Jack;

    Meine zwei Pfennigs:

    you wrote

    " (snip) (1) The book of Romans tells readers that the entire creation
    is subject to the law of decay. Again, a scientist would see this
    statement as an obvious reference to the second law of thermodynamics.
    ...."

    I think it important -- if not critical! -- to understand that the
    second law drives systems to higher degrees of complexity locally. This
    is the driving mechanism for evolution in all of its manifestations;
    e.g. stellar formation, pulsed lasers, etc. To equate the 2'nd law with
    decay alone, is therefore missleading.

    Cheers
    George A.

    --
    George A. Andrews Jr.
    Physics/Applied Science
    College of William & Mary
    P.O. Box 8795
    Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
    



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