I have wondered why God commands us to be baptized. The perspective affects our view on creation and salvation.
To begin to think about this, we must discern between science, which is observable data and narrative, which is an explanation of the data.
The current narrative in science is that light was created first, they call this the Big Bang which emerged from a singularity. The narrative tells us that the Universe is approximately 13 billion years old, and it covers a distance of billions of what are termed “light years”
What does the data say? The age and size of the universe is based on our knowledge of the speed of light, but we do not know the direct speed of light. We know the speed of reflection. No experiment has been designed which is capable of measuring the one way speed of light. An error in our inference can turn out that our beliefs on the age and size of the universe is profoundly wrong.
Our inference tells us that the Earth revolves around the Sun, but that cannot be proven with observational data. Galileo observed that moons orbit Jupiter and Venus orbits the Sun, and we infer that Earth does the same. What does the data say? We see that all celestial bodies appear to be moving away from Earth, and they tell us that it is impossible to find a center of the universe. This is not observation, this is inference
What does God say? He does not say that light was created first. Let there be light was not the beginning of the material universe. Before there was light, darkness was over the face of the deep and the Spirit moved upon the waters. This tells us that water, not light was the first creation.
What does the data say? Water can be found everywhere. The moon, mars, Jupiter’s moons and even the surface of the sun have been observed to contain water. Why would there be water in those places? Hydrogen is very simple, but the other component of water is oxygen, and it is unique among the elements. There is no simple path to form oxygen beginning with elemental hydrogen and nuclear fusion.
God also tells us that the Sun and stars were not formed until the fourth day of creation, yet there was light on the first day. Would we have data to back that up? Yes, computer programs have been written that can subtract all the light from then sun and stars, and the universe still contains a faint glow. Remnant of the light of the first day?
The James Webb telescope also does not show us what we would expect at the beginning of the universe if it came from a singularity of light
What does this mean in terms of salvation? God says that water was created first in creation. When we are baptized, we go back to the beginning and become born again of water.
We also can see that when God had repented of making man upon the Earth, He decided to destroy the Earth with water. In a way bring it back to the beginning and have a “do over”
Water is very important to God in terms of creation. God is Our Father, and He formed the Earth beginning with water, which would make it our mother. God gives us the sign of water in that the woman He chose to be His mother is named Mary, which means water or sea. A sailor is often called a mariner.
Who is the angel of light? He used to be called Lucifer, we know him now as Satan. He thought he was too beautiful and dignified to ever bow down to water. God says He puts enmity between Satan and the woman, light vs water.
This fight carries over even into what we consider science. Satan wants you to think light is the origin, but we know God is the creator and He made water first. When we are baptized, we are submitted ourselves to God. We deny our lofty inferences about creation and submit to Our Lord who made water first, not light
If we free ourselves from our presupposed inferences, the observable data shows Genesis to be more scientifically sound, with the Big Bang and evolution becoming the mythical narrative
To begin to think about this, we must discern between science, which is observable data and narrative, which is an explanation of the data.
The current narrative in science is that light was created first, they call this the Big Bang which emerged from a singularity. The narrative tells us that the Universe is approximately 13 billion years old, and it covers a distance of billions of what are termed “light years”
What does the data say? The age and size of the universe is based on our knowledge of the speed of light, but we do not know the direct speed of light. We know the speed of reflection. No experiment has been designed which is capable of measuring the one way speed of light. An error in our inference can turn out that our beliefs on the age and size of the universe is profoundly wrong.
Our inference tells us that the Earth revolves around the Sun, but that cannot be proven with observational data. Galileo observed that moons orbit Jupiter and Venus orbits the Sun, and we infer that Earth does the same. What does the data say? We see that all celestial bodies appear to be moving away from Earth, and they tell us that it is impossible to find a center of the universe. This is not observation, this is inference
What does God say? He does not say that light was created first. Let there be light was not the beginning of the material universe. Before there was light, darkness was over the face of the deep and the Spirit moved upon the waters. This tells us that water, not light was the first creation.
What does the data say? Water can be found everywhere. The moon, mars, Jupiter’s moons and even the surface of the sun have been observed to contain water. Why would there be water in those places? Hydrogen is very simple, but the other component of water is oxygen, and it is unique among the elements. There is no simple path to form oxygen beginning with elemental hydrogen and nuclear fusion.
God also tells us that the Sun and stars were not formed until the fourth day of creation, yet there was light on the first day. Would we have data to back that up? Yes, computer programs have been written that can subtract all the light from then sun and stars, and the universe still contains a faint glow. Remnant of the light of the first day?
The James Webb telescope also does not show us what we would expect at the beginning of the universe if it came from a singularity of light
What does this mean in terms of salvation? God says that water was created first in creation. When we are baptized, we go back to the beginning and become born again of water.
We also can see that when God had repented of making man upon the Earth, He decided to destroy the Earth with water. In a way bring it back to the beginning and have a “do over”
Water is very important to God in terms of creation. God is Our Father, and He formed the Earth beginning with water, which would make it our mother. God gives us the sign of water in that the woman He chose to be His mother is named Mary, which means water or sea. A sailor is often called a mariner.
Who is the angel of light? He used to be called Lucifer, we know him now as Satan. He thought he was too beautiful and dignified to ever bow down to water. God says He puts enmity between Satan and the woman, light vs water.
This fight carries over even into what we consider science. Satan wants you to think light is the origin, but we know God is the creator and He made water first. When we are baptized, we are submitted ourselves to God. We deny our lofty inferences about creation and submit to Our Lord who made water first, not light
If we free ourselves from our presupposed inferences, the observable data shows Genesis to be more scientifically sound, with the Big Bang and evolution becoming the mythical narrative
