Loving Science – but Not the Empire

Jay Sonstroem

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This book is one-stop-shopping for answering the question of our origins. A Creator is revealed, and a century of secular fables is debunked
For decades the world has been telling us that God is dead and science has proven it, but is that really true? As the evidence has continued to accumulate, the tide has turned. God is back to full health and not only that, but He is far more awesome and ingenious than we ever imagined. Now it is the scientific establishment that is on the ropes as a century of errors and deception has been unearthed.
In Loving Science – But Not the Empire, experimental scientist Jay Sonstroem helps readers discern between the findings of real science and fables, which have been pushed by an entity he calls The Empire. Jay provides short, readable chapters to reveal both the wonders of creation and the schemes and blunders of The Empire, which have resulted from its hijacked version of science. Topics include the hidden truth of DNA, the wonders of biology, the fine-tuning of the universe, and evolution and Darwinism debunked.
Is it possible to love science but not worship it? You bet. Does a person who believes in God have to give up Reason? No. Come along and piece together the puzzle of life, the universe, and everything in between. What you believe about your origins has everything to do with what you believe about your destiny. Follow the light, find the Truth, and together, let’s free science from a Godless agenda.

Sujets

• Religion
• Christianisme
• Philosophie et théologie
• Darwinism
• Christianity
• Creator
• History
• Empire
• Science

Informations

• Publié par: WestBow Press
• Date de parution: 27 février 2023
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9781664289079
• Langue: English

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LOVING SCIENCE – BUT NOT THE EMPIRE
 
HOW REAL SCIENCE REVEALS A CREATOR BUT THE ESTABLISHMENT KEEPS US IN THE DARK
 
 
 
 
 
 
JAY SONSTROEM
 
 
 

 
Copyright © 2023 Jay Sonstroem.
 
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WestBow Press rev. date: 02/27/2023
To all the scientists whose views and work have been hidden, cancelled, or crushed
by The Empire.
CONTENTS
Preface/Acknowledgements
Introduction: Who I Am And What’s My Gripe?
Chapter 1Defying Common Sense
Chapter 2What Is Real Science
Chapter 3DNA Part I: The Revelation
Chapter 4The Cell: Mindboggling Complexity
Chapter 5What Is The Empire?
Chapter 6The Empire Gets It Wrong
Chapter 7Science Class In Public Schools
Chapter 8The Eyes Have It
Chapter 9Evolution Part I
Chapter 10Ape To Man: “Science” At Its Worst
Chapter 11Fine Tuning Of The Universe
Chapter 12The Dating Game – Part I
Chapter 13DNA Part II — The Central Dogma (The What?)
Chapter 14The Origin Of Life
Chapter 15How To Tell If Something Is Designed
Chapter 16Feedback Loops
Chapter 17Big Bang Or Big Bust?
Chapter 18Evolution Part II: The Limits
Chapter 19The Brain
Chapter 20The Dating Game Part II – Radiometric Dating
Chapter 21What About The Dinosaurs?
Chapter 22Birth Plus One Minute
Chapter 23Aren’t All Creationists Dummies?
Chapter 24DNA Part III: Breakdown
Chapter 25Real Science Vs Fairy Tales
Chapter 26Evolution Part III: Loose Ends
Chapter 27The War Of Worldviews
Chapter 28The Dating Game Part III – The Geologic Column
Chapter 29Climate Confusion
Chapter 30What Is Truth?
Chapter 31The Finished Puzzle
Chapter 32The Need For Reform
Afterword
About the Author
Figure/Photo Credits
Endnotes
PREFACE/ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I had never planned to write a book. While several people through the years have encouraged me to do so, I always shrugged it off. There are many excellent books out there that deal with the kinds of “origins” issues that I cover here. But as I look at my bookshelves, I see that my personal library on this topic has grown to be extensive. This is just the books that I have purchased, which must amount to about 30,000 pages in all. Yet none of them really pull together what I consider the critical pieces of information into one place in a reader-friendly way. Nor do they sufficiently expose the ugliness of the scientific establishment as it promotes its own godless religion and snuffs out traditional religions. And very few people have the time to read this much material if they want to look into this critical subject.
So I finally gave in after recent urging by several people including Pastor Dax, my brother-in-law David and sister-in-law MaryBeth. This book is my attempt to pack the essential information into one place. It includes the “best of” the scientific evidence for a Creator/designer, and the “worst of” the blunders, fraud, and deception of what I am calling The Empire over the past century and a half. I have tried to make the book more fun and readable by playing off the evil empire of the Star Wars saga, and including quotes and analogies along the way. Thanks to my wife and daughters for helping me with my Star Wars quote picking party!
I want to thank my family editors, who carefully reviewed my first draft of each chapter. My wife Andrea was the first screener, and gatekeeper for the initial writing. My daughter Becca and brother-in-law David provided grammatic edits and content suggestions to the first draft. An editorial review at WestBow Press provided a number of helpful suggestions which helped me to improve the final product. Thanks also to the whole staff at WestBow Press for guiding me through the assisted self-publishing process.
Of course, my wife also had to put up with me isolating myself in my study every other week for over a year, and keeping me fed and watered. Thanks my sweet!
At Burke Community Church, Pastor Marty has been a great influence with his fearless commitment to preaching and teaching the truth in all things, and with his creationist apologetics. Thanks also to the boys in my lifegroup at BCC, who provided weekly encouragement for the past two years, ever since I told them that I was writing this book. You guys are the best… roll tide!
The book is also a response to some extent to a recent report produced by the Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod which deals with the “ Intersection of Science & Christian Theology”. 1 This report was thought-provoking for me in many ways and included a challenge of sorts for Christians who are in the sciences to reach out and uplift our world with the light and the truth. In my case, I had accumulated a wealth of knowledge and information on the issue of origins, so here I play my part by presenting it to anyone who cares to read it. I believe that the preponderance of scientific data reveals a Creator, and people will be enriched by knowing that.
The introduction will explain who I am and more about how I came to hold the positions I hold on the origin of things, in light of my background and career in science and my life as a Christian.
INTRODUCTION
Who I Am And What’s My Gripe?
Your Humble Author
I love science. Ever since I was a kid I had an interest in figuring out everything around me. My brothers were into model rockets and I thought that was the coolest. I got an aeronautics kit for Christmas one year, and it was filled with experiments that I could do and things I could build. I think I did them all. Strange little planes and gadgets were all around the house. I found out that you could measure the height of a tree from a distance using simple trigonometry. I would say to my mom, “did you know that tree is 65 feet tall?” “Very good, Jay”. I loved doing all of the experiments.

Here is a picture of me in third grade, already wearing my geeky glasses. When my youngest daughter first saw this picture, she said “dad, it looks like you are wearing a Star Trek uniform!” Yes it does, and proud of it. For some reason those velour shirts were popular that year… amazing. But the truth is out, I was a little nerd.
By the time I got to high school, I had an inkling that I wanted to pursue some kind of science as a career. I was really interested in astronomy. My dad was a biology professor at a small private college and he would bring home sample college textbooks that publishers would send him. I was reading the astronomy textbooks for fun when I was half way through high school.
My high school library had a section on astronomy, and I read those books too. There were books on amateur telescope making which gave me a craving to build my own telescope from scratch. I never did this, but instead I bought my own Newtonian reflector when I was a high school senior. It was the classic form of backyard amateur telescope at the time. I still have it today, and some of the astrophotos that appear in this book were taken through that telescope.
That was also the year that I discovered physics! Mr. Martin was my high school physics teacher. He was young and engaging and he got me hooked. We would do some group experiments in class that were fun and amazing, and the labs were fascinating to me. Plus, I was paired for the year with this gal as a lab partner who was pretty and nice and didn’t mind that I was a nerd. It was heavenly. But back to the physics, I also learned some important lessons that year about the scientific method, experimental science, and observing that have served me through my life.
As I looked into college, I thought about going into astronomy, which is also a branch of physics. But from all of my reading, I had the distinct impre