RE: [asa] Finger on Sodom and Gomorah?

I'm not sure if you need science to explain a miracle, such as God
sending fire from heaven onto Sodom. Does Moses parting the sea have to
be explained by science, or Jesus changing water into wine, or Jesus
multiplying loaves and fishes? If not, then why does fire from heaven
need a scientific explanation? It seems to me to be a waste of time
(and time is precious) when trying to speculate how these miracles could
have come about through natural processes... when there are much bigger
fish to fry.

What are the bigger fish? Well, if you are trying to reach an unbeliever
for Christ, see what they are interested in to help them (such as
evolution vs. creation, etc.). At some point, a belief in the
supernatural is required for the Christian faith. Once you have the
supernatural, then miracles aren't a problem, unless they conflict with
history or scientific evidence (such as a literal worldwide flood being
contradicted by evidence in nature). There are some major difficulties
with a literal reading of the bible with science, and for that, we need
to have answers... and I think we have a way to go on that.

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From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu [mailto:asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu] On
Behalf Of George Cooper
Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 8:42 AM
To: asa@calvin.edu
Subject: [asa] Finger on Sodom and Gomorah?

I am always interested in scientific findings that may offer some
insight to Biblical stories.

Sandia supercomputers now show that the Tunguska explosion over Siberia
may have created a blast in column (finger-like) form.

http://www.sandia.gov/news/resources/releases/2007/asteroid.html

Perhaps one relatively small rock was all God used on a narrow region of
two bad towns. Not compelling, necessarily, but interesting.

George Cooper

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Received on Wed Dec 19 15:41:08 2007