Proof The Bible Is True

RMCF members enjoyed a unique experience at the July 8, 2011 meeting, where James Nickel of Wenatchee, WA spoke on his specialty, mathematics and creation. James Nickel is a mathematics teacher at the Potter’s School, which partners with families to provide a wide range of training and resources for family discipleship and home education. His book, “Mathematics: Is God Silent” is available at his website, http//biblicalchristianworldview.net James spoke about a Grand Mystery of science, which is a conundrum to many mathematicians and philosophers: the fact that the physical world can be comprehended. A. Einstein wrote: “The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility.”—there appears to be no reason to justify its comprehension. Mathematics is a key player in this whole situation. Mathematician Richard Courant said, “That mathematics, an emanation of the human mind, should serve so effectively for the description and understanding of the physical world is a challenging fact,” a mystery of mysteries. Naturalists admit they have no clue as to the reason why the universe is intelligible; it is not at all “natural” that laws of nature exist, much less that man is able to discern them. Amazingly, many aspects of empirical reality seem to fit themselves into established mathematical forms, as if through a kind of pre-adaptation. Many scientists say there is no rational explanation for the enormous usefulness of mathematics in the natural sciences. In a naturalist …