Thursday, July 2, 2009

Singularity

What makes the origin aspect particularly difficult to ascertain from a scientific perspective, is that the creation event itself, as well as the Flood, would each be viewed as singularities. That is, they are (from a scientific perspective) non-repeatable anomalies. Science requires an event to be repeatable in order to study and make measurements. Since those two are not repeatable (i.e., one-time occurrences), it is scientifically impossible to understand the physical nature of what exactly went on. This is no different than anything else in science -- if you can't repeat it, you can't understand it. A good example is when your vehicle does something (i.e., a sound, a vibration) that can't be repeated when you take it into the shop -- it's very difficult for the mechanic to fix what he/she can't observe.