. Astronomy and the Bible; . The Southern Cross This beautiful constellation is a stranger to those dwelling in the Northern Hemisphere. Note the immense company of lesser Yerkes Observatory, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin SCIENCE AND THE BIBLE 33 host by number; that is to say, with mathematicalprecision and order. He so brought them out in thebeginning — created them, or gave them He still continues to bring them out; that is, main-tains their existence. Or again, the scientist asserts that gravitation holdsall the heavenly bodies in place. And the Bible showsthat in this, the
. Astronomy and the Bible; . The Southern Cross This beautiful constellation is a stranger to those dwelling in the Northern Hemisphere. Note the immense company of lesser Yerkes Observatory, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin SCIENCE AND THE BIBLE 33 host by number; that is to say, with mathematicalprecision and order. He so brought them out in thebeginning — created them, or gave them He still continues to bring them out; that is, main-tains their existence. Or again, the scientist asserts that gravitation holdsall the heavenly bodies in place. And the Bible showsthat in this, the scientist has not thought deep ask. What is gravitation? The scientist answers,Gravitation is the attraction between the particles ofmatter; it is the bond of relationship by which theyare held together. But we press the question. Whatis this attraction? We find that his answer is merelya description of the thing, and really no explanationof it at all. The attraction between particles ofmatter is but another name for gravitation. What isgravitation — what is this attraction ? How and whydoes it exist? In short, what causes the pull betweenthe particles? Sir I
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