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    In 1633, Galileo Galilei faced hostile inquisitors who opposed his astronomical discoveries. Galileo claimed that Earth moves
around the sun while the sun stays stationary, which was opposite to what Galilee's church taught.' This confrontation is often labeled as a "religion versus science" trial because it involved a disagreement about the meaning of Psalm 93:1:
      "The LORD reigns, He is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed,
       He has girded Himself with strength. Surely the world is established, so that it cannot be moved."

    The latter part of Psalm 93:1 allegeclly clashed with Galilee's analysis of our solar system. His telescopic measurements of movements in the heavens (i.e., sun, moon, planets, etc.) proved that Earth orbited the "stationary" sun, not vice versa. However, Roman Catholic interpretations of Scripture at the time disagreed with Galileo's astronomical analysis, claiming the opposite was true. Actually, both sides were partly wrong because both sides relied on errors.
  1. Both the sun and Earth are moving in very predictable orbits
    (and thus neither is absolutely stationary), yet when described
    contextually both are moving in relation to one another-
    and to the Milky Way galaxy, as well. Plus, all motion must
    be described with respect to a frame of reference, so it's most
    practical for observers to use their own positions as locational
    indices. 1,2
  2. The Hebrew phrase translated "it cannot be moved" in Psalm
    93: 1 means that Earth cannot be yanked away (i.e., pulled off
    course) from its divinely prescribed and established program
    of movements-as opposed to describing a state of absolute
    motionlessness,"
   The lesson? When religion clashes with science, expect to see examples of sloppy religion in the form of inaccurate Bible interpretations, or sloppy science as evidenced in inaccurate scientific observations and/or analysis, or both.
    This is nothing new. During the heyday of the so-called Enlightenment (1700s-1800s), a fad called deism flourished. Deism was,
and still is, a "free thinking" -dominated theism that exalts human reason (ignoring how fallen reason is) while keeping the Bible closed whenever science is discussed. Prioritizing popularity with secular culture, deists strive to retain some Christianity. But this unbalanced compromise over-tips the boat, eventually sinking the ship under an ocean of self-contradictions.
    Accordingly, deism artificially cherry-picks fashionable Bible teachings while ignoring and discarding others that are undesirable or inconvenient.' Modern-day deists, such as Intelligent Design (ID) proponents, often react to apparent "religion versus science" conflicts by siding with science over what the Bible teaches. Consequently, to favor science over Scripture, deists employ straw-man caricatures of biblical truth. Jonathan Sarfati highlights the approach taken by ID leader Dr. William Dembski.
    Dembski justifies his Scriptura sub scientia approach (i.e., Scripture [ranked] under science) by raising the tired old canard
about geocentrism ....
    WD: Yet, during that time [of Galileo's trial for teaching heretical science], church teaching also held that the earth was
stationary.
    Unfortunately, this [ecclesiastical error] is because they kowtowed to the prevailing Aristotelian science of the day, which in-
cluded the Ptolemaic cosmology ....
    WD: Psalm 93 [verse 1] states that the earth is established forever and cannot be moved .... A literal interpretation of Psalm
93 seems to require geocentrism.'
    William Dembski's misunderstanding of Psalm 93: 1 shows his failure to properly analyze the Hebrew philology. Similar approaches are taken by others who place a reliance on science over the truth of Scripture. Making the assumption that the Bible is not to be trusted in matters of science will always lead to error.
    Pity poor Galileo. If only he had today's Newtonian astrophysics and geokinetics, a good Bible concordance, and a Bible in his own language! He could have seen that the Bible's descriptions of God's choreographed heavens are corroborated-not opposed-by true science.

Dr. Johnson is Associate Professor of Apologetics and Chief Academic
Officer at the Institute for Creation Research

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    • Was the Global Flood Too Extreme?
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    • Asteroid Impact
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    • Resurrect Extinct Species?
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    • Time and Creation
    • Did God Make Monsters?
    • Born Gay?
    • Grace from the Ark & Flood
    • Balancing Church & State
    • Life's Hidden Marvels
    • Time and Creation
    • Testing The Teachers
    • Days before Sun?
    • Life on Mars at Last?
    • Is Evolution A Lie?
    • Is There Anything good about Pain?
    • The Created Placenta
    • So Many Skin Tones
    • Ice Age Scattering of Nations
    • Did The Euphrates Flow Before the Flood?
    • Sloppy Religion Sloppy Science
    • Recent Humans Upend Evolution
    • Are Fossils Just Rocks
    • Subduction Was Essential for the Ice Age
    • Multipurpose Plant Sensors Startle Scientists
    • Why Don't poison Dart Frogs poison Themselves?
    • When did Life Begin?
    • What happened to the dinosaurs after the flood?
    • Contend Earnestly
    • The Universe out of Nothing
    • The Genesis Flood and Evangelism
    • Was the Global Flood to Extreme?
    • The Dark Side of Nature
    • One of a Kind?
    • Science Requires Some Leaps, But No Faith; NOT!
    • Did Humans Evolve From Apes?
    • The Ever-Evolving Human Evolution Story
    • Evolutionism Poisons Christian Worship
    • Confronting a Clever Classroom Con
    • No “Gay” Gene? Do Genetics Determine Morality?
    • Deep Space Objects Are Young
    • Miniscule Erosion Points to Hawaii's Youth
    • What Can We Learn about God from Creation?
    • What is The Image of God?
    • Evolutionism Maligns Christian Education
    • There's Nothing Like an Eyewitness
    • Complex Creature Engineering Requires a Creator
    • The Syrinx Song
    • Do Carbon Ages Refute a Biblical Timeline?
    • Genesis and the Oceans
    • Six Biological Evidences for a Young Earth
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