Our Heliocentric Universe

 The earth revolves around the sun, not the other way around.  Ever since the priest Nicolaus Copernicus pointed out that the book of Joshua got it wrong, science has challenged religion.  

Joshua 10: 12-13
"O sun, stand still over Gibeon,
      O moon, over the valley of Aijalon."
So the sun stood still
     and the moon stopped,
     till the nation avenged itself on its enemies,

as is written in the Book of Jashar.
   The sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day.

Copernicus lived in the 16th century.  Copernicus understood that the earth was rotating but at that time no one could detect it.  At that time, lack of evidence was accepted as the sun revolved around the earth.  Galileo using a telescope taught and wrote, proving that the earth revolved, as Copernicus claimed.

A miracle happened in Joshua 10: 12-13.  The day was longer than usual.  God controls nature.  And on that day, God's intervention saved the people.

Science should respect religion, not challenge it.

Astronomy

 This goes as an addendum to my post about Aliens and the Catholic Church.

Splitting Hairs

This morning a story that was related by Lee Strobel in his book The Case for Faith, caught my interest.  The author tells the story of a molecular biologist, Michael Denton, giving an example of facts misleading to incorrect conclusions.

The story is about a murder.  The man accused was Ronald Williamson.  The case against him:

•           a witness who saw Williamson talking to the victim earlier in the evening of the murder
•           an admission by Williamson that he had a dream of killing the victim
•           four of Williamson's hairs were found on the victim's body.

The jury found Williamson guilty, but he wasn't.  After spending twelve years in prison, nine on death row, an analysis of DNA proved that Williamson was innocent.

What about the hair?  Hair evidence isn't conclusive.  It's "scientifically unreliable."  

Note this:  at the writing of this book, hair evidence has been used against eighteen death row inmates who were eventually declared innocent.

Not only is this a grievous example of miscarriage of justice, it also is an example of how science can be wrong.  It can be unreliable.  It can be unreasonable.  It is not to be taken as absolute Truth.