1. Life and Science
Chapter 1

2. Searching for the Truth
Why do leaves change color?
Jack Frost paints them
It gets colder
Lettuce doesn’t turn shades of red in the frig.
The leaves get old
Leaves change color at same time.
Shorter days cause the chlorophyll to break down and fade allowing other colors to show
How do we know what to believe?

3. Questions to Ask
Is this true?
How do they know?
Should I believe it?

4. Christians Christians have three ways to test correctness.
Historical Fact
Scientific Fact
Biblical Truth

5. Historical Fact
A true statement about the existence of something or about a past event.
What did you have for dinner last night?
Being young creates limits on personal historical facts.

6. Test for Historical Fact:
Physical evidence – tangible, visible means of something
A building
A skeleton
Recorded evidence – evidence that has been written or recorded by man
Can be altered

7. Scientific Facts Science is man’s observations of the physical world.
Observations are what we can tell about our surroundings by using our senses.
Must be repeatable and measurable

8. Universal Statement – a statement that excludes or includes everything
There is no life on other planets
Value judgments – scientific observations cannot be used to make value judgments
Observations can tell you the color of a painting but it cannot tell you if it is beautiful
Good or bad, right or wrong, valuable or worthless

9. Biblical Truth Biblical Truth: 1Timothy 3:16 Genesis 2:7 Romans 3:23

10. The Scientific Method Problem – identifies or observes
Hypothesis – an educated guess at the solution to the problem
Experiment - observe and record data
Analyze – classify and organize the data
Conclusion – choose an answer
Verify – repeat the experiment and obtain identical results

11. Scientific Method Information
Data – pieces of information
Experiment – controlling all the conditions of two or more identical groups then altering only one factor within one group
Altered factor – the experimental variable
Group altered – the experimental group
Group not altered – control group

12. Science and the Bible
The Word of God and true science NEVER contradict each other!!!
God created the world…man observes the world and makes statements. When the statement is true it lines up with the Bible…when the statement is false it may contradict the Bible.
Evolution vs. Creation
Electricity

13. The Proper Place of Science
Predict – Use science to predict outcomes
Bias – a strong opinion or belief that could affect a person’s judgment
Ohio State is the best college football team
Everyone should send their kids to Calvary!