Is Science Synthetic?

Synthetic can mean: not genuine or natural; not of natural origins; contrived artificially. Is science synthetic? Science's epistemic history may help us determine if it is synthetic. The historical root assumption in science came from Aristotle, a pagan philosopher. He argued that we must assume that the properties of matter are fixed and build all knowledge on changelessness, even though none is observed. It is the nature of synthetic ideas that the universe remains unchanged when one denies the idea. For example, if we deny the existence of luminiferous aether - nothing in the universe changes. Aether was merely a speculated substance that filled all space to force scientific theories on an indifferent universe. If the denial of an idea changes nothing in nature, then the idea is certainly synthetic and not part of nature.

Would our universe look different if matter were always changing its properties relationally? Relational change is where the properties change in parallel, simultaneously. Absolutely nothing in nature would be affected if Aristotle's idea is false. In fact, we could get rid of 100% of the aether-like substances that artificially prop up the laws of physics. To preserve their concept of fixed length seconds, scientists claim that the observed acceleration of all atomic clocks in billions of galaxies at many ranges is unreal. They speculate that a vacuous process adjusts the frequencies of all ancient atomic clocks as the light passed through the void. To force their laws on billions of galaxies, they claim that each galaxy is surrounded by a cloud of invisible matter that has much more 'mass' than the visible galaxy. According to scientists, the vacuum of space is energetic, accelerating galaxies to close to the speed of light. Where did it get this energy? Why a tiny bit of vacuum exploded, creating the whole universe out of nothing and filling it with a vacuous, undetectable substance called space-time. Even here on earth, by admitting that the properties of matter are emerging, we could get rid of undetectable subduction. The continents only fit together on a tiny earth and the ocean floors are much younger than the continents. A global expansion seam in every ocean keeps on visibly forming new earth crust every year. The soft, layered sediments in the subduction zones clearly show that subduction is a scientific myth. All these scientific speculations are completely unnecessary if one denies the basic scientific creed - that the properties of matter are fixed, that matter does not change relationally with age.

The visible universe fits the law of biblical physics - that the creation is in bondage to phthora - change fundamentally. We confirm biblical physics with light, not mathematical symbols. Ephesians 5:13 "But all things become visible when they are exposed by the light, for everything that becomes visible is light." The verb exposed (elegchomena) means to refute, to expose error. Light exposes error and makes evident (phanero) the truth because all things (panta) are light (phôs estin). Notice that Paul does not say we see things because of light. All things are light. All substance is inseparably associated with light because matter is a relationship with light.

The only history that one can observe is cosmic history. We confirm biblical physics with visible cosmic history. The earliest visible galaxies were naked, densely packed with close-together, tiny stars. At closer ranges, we see little globs of stars coming out in equal spacing, like beads on a necklace. At many ranges we observe that these globs rotated out, accelerated out, taking up more volume as billions of galaxies grew into huge growth spirals. Clocks, atomic and orbital, in billions of galaxies (at many ranges) accelerate together throughout cosmic history. What is visible is not artificial or synthetic. Galaxies could not grow into growth spirals unless the properties of matter are emerging. Genesis chapter One states that God places the Sun, Moon and stars in the shamayim raqiya, the spreading out heavens. We can see the simple evidence for biblical physics and biblical cosmic history in the way billions of galaxies grew from tiny naked object to huge dusty growth spirals. The scientific universe is almost totally invisible and filled with aether like substances to force their assumption (and the laws that depend on that assumption) on an indifferent universe.

Therefore, science is itself synthetic and the Bible will certainly vanquish man's wisdom, just as it predicts.

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