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Science and the Problem of Death


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Copyright 2005 by The Center for Natural Studies

Published by The Center for Natural Studies

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Reviewer: Zdravko Vucinic

Cover design: Vladimir Jajin

Printed in Serbia and Montenegro

Library of Novi Sad

27-18:165.19

Petrovich, Michael

Science and the Problem of Death: Do the worlds greatest

mysteries hold the answers to the most important human

questions?/Michael Petrovich.

Includes bibliographical references (pp. 127-132)

1. Death. 2. Epistemology.

COBISS.SR-ID 201637127

ISBN 86-85197-01-5

Science and

the Problemof Death

Do the worlds greatest mysteries

hold the answers to the mostimportant human questions?

MICHAEL PETROVICH

THE CENTER FOR NATURAL STUDIES


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Contents

The Most Important Question ............. 7Traces In a Rock ................................... 12

The Secret of the Pyramids ................ 28

Fingerprints of Creation ..................... 39

Mysteroius Columns ............................ 47

The Mountain With a Black Top ........ 56

Natures Biggest Miracle ...................... 66

Fossils Speak ......................................... 77

Which Time Do We Live In? .............. 90

Best Preserved Ancient WrittenDocument ........................................... 102

Unparalleled Technology .................. 110Cities That Disappeared .................... 118


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Science can solve all human problems, inclu-ding the problem of death. This was a beliefheld by most of the Western world at the end

of the 19th century. The shocking experience

that the famous scientist Thomas Edison hadgives us a good example of the impact sciencehad on society at that time.

Thomas Edison was the man, who inventedthe electric light bulb. What most of us are notaware of is the fact that when Edison submit-ted his invention to the Patent Office, it was

rejected. He was told, Were sorry, sir, we can-not accept your discovery. Science has alreadyproven everything that it is possible to disco-

ver. There is not anything else to be discove-

red.People had strongly believed in science, but thesituation started to change soon after this.

They firmly believed that science was able toanswer all their questions. Today, most of usare disappointed in science. It has not provided

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us with the answers to the questions we areasking.

When we question death, science answers thatit cannot be avoided.

Is that really so?

When we come into the world it is first as a

baby, who grows into a child and later becomesan adult. In a twinkling of an eye we are faced

with death. The same is true with animals andplants.

Our human organism grows and develops untilwe are about twenty-five, then we start gro-wing older until the process finishes with

death.We question: Why is this so? Why is theprocess of aging ever present in our lives?

Human beings, as well as other living orga-nisms, have genes with certain characteristics.

These genes work like a computer programand they are responsible for the color of our

eyes, the length of our fingers, the beating ofour heart etc. Genes, however, do more thanthat; they are responsible for the aging process.

We have found that it is not only the geneticmakeup that influences aging, but a number of

other factors.

Our question is: Could we eliminate the influ-ence of these processes?

Several years ago five scientists made publicthe results of their research on tomato plants.

They discovered what the maturing genes ofthis plant were and eliminated them. In doing

this, they stopped the maturing process. The

tomato retained its green color and stayed instasis. The genes responsible for creating asubstance called ethylene had been removed,1

thus allowing for a longer shelf life.

When the ethylene was artificially added to thetomato, the maturing process started again at

an even faster rate.

In another experiment, scientists tried to con-trol the aging process in various living orga-nisms. In an experiment on animals, they weresuccessful in prolonging their lives by almost50%.2

Cancer cells, unlike other cells, develop at a rate2 to 3 times faster than normal cells. They

offer scientists an arena where they can studythe rapid growth of cells. These cells do notrely upon the aging and dying process. Theycontinue to reproduce themselves until thedeath of the organism. Scientists are now

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attempting to replicate this process in normalcells and thus stop the aging process.

The scientists who are involved in this researchsaid, If all the processes of aging could beeliminated and oxidative stress damage couldbe repaired, one estimate is that people could

live for a thousand years, and they would die

from causes like accidents, suicide, murder,pneumonia or some other infectious disease.

It is a well-known fact that one can prolong orshorten ones life depending upon his/her lifestyle; but here we are addressing other ways ofinfluencing the life span. We are only interested

in facts that could stop the aging process. It is

obvious that science has its own agenda, whenit comes to lengthening life.

This brings to mind the following questions:

- What is the process, which caused aging toappear in a human being?

- Will scientists soon be able to eliminate it?

- Why are we thinking about terms such aseternity or immortality?

All these and similar questions can be summa-rized into one question. Can we solve the mys-tery of death?

If were able to answer this question, well beable to answer all the other ones too.

This book will attempt to give the answers tothese questions. We will look to science for thesolution. Using science as the application oflogic, which offers a huge potential in seeing

what the future holds.

People think that death is a mystery along withvarious other things such as pyramids anddinosaurs.

Is it possible that they hold the key to the veryanswers for which we are searching?

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People, especially children, are fascinated bydinosaurs. Many scientists believe thatdinosaurs lived eons ago and that they disap-

peared from our earth about sixty-five millionyears ago. These same scientists believe thatthe first humans appeared about one millionyears ago. Following this train of thought, itmeans that people and dinosaurs could not

have existed on the earth at the same time.

In the middle of the 20th century, Americanscientists working in the Paluxy River Bed in

Texas, discovered the footprints of dinosaurs.Scientists theorized that they were made 100million years ago.

They were shocked when they made a further

discovery of not only the dinosaur prints, butalong with them in the same mud were humanfootprints (figure 2.1).1 Does this prove that

dinosaurs and people lived as the same time onearth?

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TRACES IN A ROCK

Figure 2.1. In the same rock layer we can see traces ofhuman and dinosaur prints.


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The length of the human footprints presentedthe further surprise. Namely, the average per-son today has a foot of 10 inches, but thosepeople had feet of 15 inches! Similar footprintshave been found in numerous other sites

throughout the world.2

So, we have a proof that people and dinosaurs

lived at the same time, but people were muchtaller at that time (their feet were actually muchbigger).

Why should the story about dinosaurs andpeople be important to us?

Although many scientists were surprised tolearn about the co-existence of people and

dinosaurs, there were others who had beenaware of this fact. Table 2.1 shows the namesof the famous founders of modern science.3

The list includes Isaac Newton (thought bymany to be the greatest scientist of all time),Louis Pasteur (father of microbiology),

Gregor Mendel (father of genetics) and manyothers.

These men had a different approach to the his-tory of our world than many of todays scien-tists. They thought that 3,500 years ago the

Jewish writer Moses gave us the most correcthistory of the world. According to Moses, peo-

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Isaac Newton (1642-1727)

Louis Pasteur (1822-1895)

Gregor Mendel (1822-1884)

Michael Faraday (1791-1867)

William Kelvin (1824-1907)

Joseph Lister (1827-1912)

Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)

Johannes Kepler (1571-1630)

Robert Boyle (1627-1691)

Carolus Linnaeus (1707-1778)

William Herschel (1738-1822)

Joseph Henry (1797-1878)

John Fleming (1849-1945)George Stokes (1819-1903)

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)

William Ramsay (1852-1916)

Bernhard Reimann (1826-1866)

Rudolf Virchow (1821-1902)

James Joule (1818-1889)

James Maxwell (1831-1879)

Samuel Morse (1791-1872)

George Curvier (1769-1832)

Physics

Biology

Genetics

Electro-Magnetism

Thermodynamics

Surgery

Thermodynamics

Astronomy

Chemistry

Biology

Astronomy

Electric Engineering

ElectronicsFluid Mechanics

Hydraulics

Thermodynamics

Geometry

Pathology

Thermodynamics

Thermodynamics

Telecommunications

Paleontology

Table 2.1. Founders of modern science.


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ple and dinosaurs lived at the same time in thenot so distant past.

These men believed that the history of Moseswas compatible with science. It is interesting tonote that Moses answers a great many ques-tions in his books. However, for now we will

stay with dinosaurs and people.

In 1945 scientist discovered a very interestingarchaeological site near Acambaro in Mexico.People who lived there from 800 BCE to 200CE left many artifacts. Among them weremore than 30,000 figurines made of clay.

Thousands of the figurines represented dino-

saurs (figure 2.2).4

We ask ourselves, How were these people ableto make figurines of dinosaurs? The onlypossible answer is that they had seen them and

were familiar with them.

Some figurines show the fight between peopleand dinosaurs and others depict people inte-racting with them as domesticated animals (fi-

gure 2.3).This certainly adds to the premise that people

and dinosaurs existed at the same time. Thesewere not the only areas where art reflecteddinosaurs.

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Figure 2.2. Clayfigurines found in

Mexico. They repre-sent dinosaurs and

people, as well as thefights between them.

Figure 2.3. Clayfigurine of a

woman withher petdinosaur.


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In Peru archeologists discovered the tombs ofpeople who lived in the period from 500 to1500 CE.5 Many tapestries with pictures ofdinosaurs were found in these tombs (figure2.4) as well as jars and other pictographic pot-

tery that included scenes with dinosaurs (figure2.5).

A large number of stone plates were foundwith people and dinosaurs together (figure2.6).

We can find similar artifacts throughout theworld.6 It would appear that people lived at thesame time with dinosaurs and were able to

domesticate them.

There are additional reasons to believe thatdinosaurs lived in a relatively recent time peri-od and not a million years ago; the discovery ofa dinosaurs eggs, which contained the DNAmolecule. This genetic material reveals that theeggs are not 70 million years old, (figure 2.7)

because DNA molecules disintegrate relativelyquickly after the organisms death. The com-plete DNA molecule would have beendestroyed in less than 6,000 years.7 One wouldconclude that the dinosaurs egg is not from anearlier period, but not too long ago.

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Figure 2.4.Tapestry of adinosaur foundin Peru.

Figure 2.5.Pottery with apicture of adinosaur.

Figure 2.6. Stone plates with pictures of people anddinosaurs.

Figure 2.7.Report ondinosaursegg withDNA.(Reuter,February18,1995)


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Discovery of these dinosaurs eggs with theDNA molecule validates Moses historical viewthat dinosaurs were created and lived at thesame time as our ancestors. He also left us theinformation that these people were taller, lar-

ger and lived longer that modern man.8

We cannot rely simply on the fact that they had

large feet as proof they were large. Many fossilskulls have been found at different localities inPeru and Mexico. The cranial capacity of theseskulls is double that of the size of the currenthuman race (figure 2.8).9

Their cranial capacity ranged from 2,600 to

3,200 cubic centimeters, while our skulls aver-

age 1,450 cubic centimeters.The exceptional length of these skulls tells us agreat deal about their habits. Some nativetribes, believing that they could improve theirchildrens intellect reshaped their heads bybinding them to a wooden frame, when they

were babies. This practice caused the skulls tobecome misshapen.

Large people and dinosaurs are nothing new toscientists. They have found the skulls of otherorganisms, which were also extremely large.10

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Figure 2.8. Human skulls from Peru and Mexico.


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Pigs were the size of our modern cattle anddeer antlers measured over 12 feet in width(figure 2.9).

Ferns were as large as trees and trees were over100 feet tall. Some grasshoppers and spiders

were more than 60 cm long and insects were

the size of boxing gloves.

Its hard to imagine a beaver two and a halfmeters long, but the skull of this animal onexhibition in the St. Louis Scientific Centershows that it was the size of our black bear(figure 2.10).

Scientists have found the fossil of a penguinthat is as large as a man (figure 2.11).

Gigantic bird fossils were found in central

Australia measuring 10 feet tall and weighingover a half a ton (figure 2.12).

A hornless rhinoceros, that was probably thebiggest continental mammal, was 17 feet talland 25 feet wide (figure 2.13).

Fossils of gigantic mollusks, found in Peru,were 12 feet wide and weighed 650 pounds(figure 2.14).

In 1991 the bones of a crocodile that was 8feet tall, 40 feet long and weighed 12 tons was

found in the Amazon River (figure 2.15).

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Figure 2.9. Fossils and ancient deer reconstruction.

Figure 2.10. Fossil skullof ancient beaver.

Figure 2.11. Fossil andreconstruction of ancient

penguin, compared witha modern penguin.

Figure 2.12. Print of a claw and the reconstruction of anancient bird.


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This raises the question, why were humanbeings and animals in the past so much largerthan the modern species?

Another discovery could give us the answer tothis question. Imbedded in the same layers ofrocks as the dinosaur remains was a hammer

(figure 2.16).11

It is obvious that the hammer did not belongto the dinosaur, but that is not what is mostinteresting. The chemical composition of thishammer is made from an alloy that it would beimpossible for us to duplicate today. Its verybest proof that living conditions on this Earth

were considerably different in the past.

These things are not the only differencesbetween our earth and that of ancient man.

There have been discoveries that reveal howdifferent the atmospheric conditions were.

These findings are based on the discovery ofthe fossils of tropical clams in the polar

regions (figure 2.17), which means that it wasonce a tropical climate. Furthermore, close tothe North Pole, where we find the permafrost,scientists discovered the fossils of snakes,crocodiles and other organisms, that are onlyable to survive in warm climates.12A conside-

rable amount of coal was also found in thisarea. Coal can only be produced in an area

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Figure 2.14. Fossils of ancientclams.

Figure 2.15.Reconstruction

of an ancientcrocodile.

Figure 2.16. Ancient hammer scanned to be seen.

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where there had been lush vegetation. So therecan be little doubt that this was a tropicalregion.

Many of todays scientists are surprised bythese discoveries. The founders of the modernscience would have easily accepted these fin-

dings. They had accepted Moses writings on

the climatic conditions of this planet as beinghomogenous and that even though there wasno rain, life flourished throughout the earth.

It is interesting to note that of the fossils ofplants and animal that were found, only 1% ofthose organisms are present on the earth

today.13

At the onset of this book, we stated that theprocess of aging starts at one point of our lifeand we can influence it.

On the other hand, there is historical recordthat confirms all that we have affirmed. In thisreport we can find the answer to the questions

we are looking for. Modern science is also try-

ing to explain these answers.The mystery of the pyramids, for example!

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Figure 2.17. Fossil ofa tropical clam takenout of the ice at thepolar region.


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The word pyramid conjures up thoughts ofEgypt. So far there have been a few dozencomplete or incomplete pyramids found. The

largest and most famous one is the GreatPyramid of Cheops. It is 450 feet high andconsists of about a million stone blocks, each

weighing a couple of tons.

The building of the pyramids began during

pharaoh Djosers reign, at a time when Egypthad reached the apex of its power. The firstpyramid built in Egypt was the Step Pyramid at

Sakkara (figure 3.1).

The beginning of pharaoh Djosers reign was-nt marked by anything spectacular. It was notuntil a man named Imhotep arrived on the

scene that the great ascent of this pharaohbegan. Even though Imhotep wasnt a memberof the royal family, he was appointed to a posi-

tion of power answerable only to Pharaohhimself. Egyptian history refers to Imhotep inthe following notes:

During Pharaoh Djosers reign lived Imho-tep...Chancellor of the King of Lower Egypt,Chief under the King, Administrator of the

Great Palace, Hereditary Lord, High Priest ofHeliopolis, Imhotep the Builder, the Sculptor,

the Maker of Stone Vases...who, because of hismedical skill has the reputation of Asclepius(the Greek god of medicine) among theEgyptians...1

Because of the scope of his abilities, many

modern historians call Imhotep the Leonardoda Vinci of ancient Egypt. It is important to

note what else Egyptian history says of him:

Imhotep was the inventor of the art of build-

ing with hewn stone.2

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THE SECRET OF THEPYRAMIDS

Figure 3.1. The Step Pyramid in Sakkara.


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Imhotep was the one who began the buildingof the pyramids, and the first pyramid he built

was the Step Pyramid in Sakkara.

This pyramid is very different from the otherpyramids. There is a large wall surrounding itand there is only one narrow entrance into the

complex of the pyramid (figure 3.2).

One would have to question why such protec-tion was necessary for pyramid. Could it bethat something very precious was being kept inthere?

When scientists entered the pyramid, they dis-covered eleven huge grain shafts. The findingsof the remains of grain on the bottom of the

shafts led to the supposition that they wereused for grain storage.

The shafts were capable of holding 52,000cubic yards of grain, which was far more thanthe inhabitants who lived in the area wouldneed. The shafts were interconnected at thebottom. People had to reach the bottom by

way of a staircase, where they could get grainfrom special taps. (figure 3.3) 3

Why did Imhotep build a pyramid with grainstorage shafts? It seems odd, but Egyptian his-tory reveals that everything began with a dreamthe pharaoh Djoser had.

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Figure 3.3. The storage shafts inside the Step Pyramidcomplex.

Figure 3.2. The outline of the Step Pyramid, the entran-ce and the walls.


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The Pharaoh was very upset because the godof the Nile Khnum had appeared to him in adream and promised that the Nile would give

water, but that first there would be seven yearsof famine and then seven years of abundance.4

When he had this dream, Pharaoh Djoser

asked Imhotep, What is the birthplace of the

Nile? Who is the god there? Who is God?Imhotep answered, I need the guidance ofHim who presides over the fowling net.

Later Imhotep advised Pharaoh Djoser topromise the Nile god Khnum that the popula-tion, with the exception of the priests in thegods house, would be taxed 10% on all that

was harvested.5

The people did as they were told and paid their

taxes in grain, which was stored in the shaftsbuilt within a great pyramid. An immense wall

was then erected, which encircled the entirecomplex.

The history of Egypt reveals that Imhotep was

the builder of this first pyramid, and theremains of grain found by archaeologists

reveal that it had been used as a storage unit tohold grain in anticipation of the predictedfamine.

Returning to the history written by Moses, wefind an almost identical story. Moses, however,relates this to the story to Joseph.

Brought to Egypt as a slave, Joseph had theability to interpret dreams. When asked tointerpret the Pharaohs dream, he pointed to

seven years of abundance and seven years of

famine that were to come. Joseph advised thePharaoh to collect grain from the people andto store it in preparation for the famine. His

wisdom so impressed the Pharaoh that he wasgiven a position of power next in importance

to Pharaoh himself.

According to Egyptian history Imhotep was a

priest in the town of Heliopolis and died,when he was 110 years old.6We find the samerecord about Joseph in Moses history.

Does that mean that Imhotep, one of the mostfamous personages in Egyptian history, wasindeed Joseph of the Bible?

Scientists searched for the burial place of

Imhotep. The first place that they searched wasthe Step Pyramid in Sakkara. On the walls theyfound carved drawings of people, who hadsuffered from a great famine (figure 3.4).

Although most of the pyramids in Egypt havebeen looted, because it had well-hidden under-

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ground rooms, this one had not been dis-turbed.

In some of the rooms they found over a mil-lion stuffed ibises (figure 3.5). The ibis bird wasconsidered to be a sacred bird in Egypt. Both

Egyptian and Greek history mention that pe-ople came from near and far to seeking medi-

cal help from Imhotep and because of hisgreat success in healing them, they gave himthese stuffed birds.7

When the scientists finally entered the roomthat held Imhoteps coffin8 they were surprised

to find it placed so that it faced the north. Assun worshippers Egyptians were always buried

facing the east. It is obviously Imhotep did notfollow the religious practices of the Egyptians.

When they opened Imhoteps coffin it wasempty. The body was not there. Why was thebody missing, when the tomb has not been

looted?

Could the answer be found in the writings ofMoses? He states that when the Israelites leftEgypt, they took the bones of Joseph with

them.

So we see that Moses historical account isonce again proved as reliable. Imhotep, that

famous person from the history of Egypt, wasin fact Joseph the notable person fromMoses history (see Table 3.1 for comparisonbetween Imhotep and Joseph).

It sounds a bit incredible, but scientific proofspoint out that the building of the pyramids

began so as to store wheat to save people from

famine, and later they were built as tombs forthe pharaohs who considered themselves gods.

All this fits very nicely into what Moses wrotein his history.

Even though it is correct over many interestingissues, such as dinosaurs and pyramids, Moses

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Figure 3.4. The drawing of the people suffering hungeron the Step Pyramid wall.

Figure 3.5. The ibis birds from Egypt.


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historical account faces criticism by some sci-entists.

But before we analyze some of these objec-tions, let us review one of the great geologicaldiscoveries of the 20th century.

Most of us are familiar with Vitamin C. Theplants produce it and people are able now tomake it in a form of tablets.

If we put a tablet of Vitamin C into a glass ofwater, as it starts to dissolve it begins produc-

ing bubbles in the water. Within a minute thetablet has completely dissolved and the bub-bles are gone.

What would happen if we put a tablet ofVitamin C in a glass of water and immediatelyput it into the freezer? Allowing 15 minutes forthe water to freeze, would we find bubbles

from the disintegrated tablet?

Of course not, the tablet disintegrates much

more rapidly than the water freezes. But sup-

pose that you saw a glass of frozen water withbubbles from a Vitamin C tablet, what conclu-sion would you have to come to? The only rea-sonable conclusion would be that that particu-

lar refrigerator had the capability of freezingwater at faster rate than the tablet could dis-

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solve. This would mean that the water hadfrozen in less than a minute.

So, if we had a glass of water with frozen bub-bles from a Vitamin C tablet we would have tocome to the following conclusions:

1. Someone put the Vitamin C tablets in thewater.

2. The water in the glass had frozen in less than

a minute, because there were frozen bubblesfrom the dissolving tablet.

This example will help us in better understan-ding one of the most exciting geological dis-coveries of the 20th century.

We have already noted that the specific processof vitamin creation is present in plants. Thecreation of Vitamin C belongs to this processas well. On the other hand, there is a disinte-

gration process of some chemical elementsthat are present in rocks. One can compare itto the way in which bubbles have beenformed in rocks.

For example, there are millions of unstableuranium atoms in rocks. These atoms havebeen found in a microscopically small place,

where they were disintegrating. As this processtook place, they emitted small particles aroundthemselves (figure 4.1). The damage caused to

the stable rock resulted in the formation ofbubbles.

The unstable elements disintegrated in severalsteps, resulting in several bubbles becomingintertwined. If we cut the rock in the middle ofthese bubbles, well find concentric circles in

the rock (figure 4.2).

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Figure 4.1.Disintegration ofmillions of unstab-le atoms from one

center.

Figure 4.2. Disintegration of uranium at 8 steps.


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Some of these unstable chemical elementsdecayed at a slower rate leaving bubbles onlyon the hard rock. If the rock had been in a liq-uid state such as red-hot lava, they could nothave left bubbles, just as the Vitamin C tablets

were unable to leave bubbles in liquid water,only in frozen water.

This example of bubbles helps us to under-stand the creation of our planet Earth.

The majority of the planet is composed ofgranite (figure 4.3). Science has long puzzledover how this rock was formed. It has not beenpossible to observe its creation in nature nor to

replicate it artificially in the laboratory.Therefore, many scientists believe that graniteis the result of red-hot lava that has cooled formillions of years. Many people visualize thecreation of earth this same way.

However, a world famous authority on thesubject offers another explanation regarding

the creation of the earth.1

In granite found throughout the world, wehave ascertained that the disintegration bub-bles are from one unusual chemical element.

We are referring to polonium, which can bedisintegrated in a few minutes (figure 4.4).

That means that the granite had to harden in afew minutes as well.

After a very detailed investigation was made,the results were positive.

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Figure 4.3. Transverse section of the earths surface.

Figure 4.4. Bubbles of polonium decay.


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We now have proof that our planet was notcreated from a mass of red hot lava over a peri-od of a millions, but it was created in a veryshort time a couple of minutes at most!

What is even more interesting is the fact thatthe type of polonium, which left bubbles in

granite, doesnt exist independently in nature.

It can only exist as part of a bigger disintegra-tion chain, for example the uranium disintegra-tion chain (figure 4.5).

Just as Vitamin C does not exist independentlyin nature as a tablet, this type of polonium can-not appear as an independent chemical ele-

ment in nature.

In the case of the frozen water with the bub-bles of the Vitamin C tables, we came to twoconclusions. In the same way we can come totwo conclusions regarding granite with bub-bles of polonium.

1. Somebody put this type of polonium in thegranite.

2. Granite became hard within a matter of acouple of minutes.

To date no one has been able to disprove this

discovery scientifically, although many unsuc-cessful attempts have been made.

The scientific world was rocked by this discov-ery, but those who have read the writing ofMoses were aware that he stated that the earth

was created during the first day of Creation.

However, there are still scientists who criticizewhat he wrote. They believe that his writings

contained supernatural phenomena, for exam-ple the crossing of the Israelites over the RedSea.

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Figure 4.5. Chain of uranium (type 238) decay. Type ofpolonium 218 (in the middle, 218 Po) exists in natureonly as a part of this chain.


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They also regard the environment that sur-rounded the acceptance of the TenCommandments as supernatural.

Can these stories be proven scientifically?

Several years ago scientist discovered anancient column made of granite at the Red SeaCoast. The column was 15 feet high and

weighed 11.5 tons (figure 5.1).1 The coast of

the Red Sea, where this column was found, ison the Egyptian peninsula of Nuweiba at theGulf of Aqaba (figure 5.2).

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Figure 5.1. Ancient granite column at the Egyptian partof the Red Sea.


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Scientists were surprised to find a granite co-lumn in this area, as the closest granite finding

was located in southern Egypt.

They were even more surprised to discover asecond granite column on the opposite side of

the Red Sea, which belonged to Saudi Arabia.As soon as it was discovered the Saudi Arabiangovernment transferred the column to a muse-um and placed a metal flag and table to markthe spot where it had been found (figure 5.3).

These finds raise the question as to what theseancient columns were. Could an answer befound in Israel, when the same kind of ancientgranite columns were found (figure 5.4)?

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Figure 5.2. Nuweiba peninsula (marked circle) at theGulf of Aqaba.

Figure 5.3. Metal flag and table marking the site wherethe columns were found.

Figure 5.4. Ancient granite columns at the Mediterrane-an coast in Ashkelon, Israel.


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Is it possible that during the reign of KingSolomon he erected these columns in com-memoration of the crossing of the Israelitesover the Red Sea?2

Moses wrote that the people of Israel, afterleaving Egypt, came at first to the edge of the

wilderness,3 and afterwards turned again on

their way and came to the Red Sea coast.4

(Thisway has been shown with a line at figure 5.2).

The Red Sea at the Gulf of Aqaba is extreme-ly deep. At the northern tip of the gulf it is3,000 feet deep, and at the southern part it is6,000 feet deep. The distance between the

north coast and the south coast is 9 miles; thiswould mean that the incline to reach the bot-tom of the sea would be so steep that even ifthe water of the sea were drawn back it wouldnot be passable for man or animal.

A recent discovery, at the exact spot where thegranite columns were found, uncovered an

underwater bridge. This bridge would allow fora very mild incline, because the deepest part of

the sea at this spot would be only 300 feet (fi-gure 5.5) enabling everyone to cross easily.

This discovery stirred so much excitement inthe scientific world that they put together acrew to explore the floor of the Red Sea.

Moses had recorded that the people of Israelcrossed over the separated sea, pharaohs armyfollowed them, and when the sea was drawnback the entire army was drowned. If some-

thing like this did happen, we can assume thatit would be possible to find remains of thisarmy at the bottom of the sea.

We know that pharaoh and his troops usedwooden and leather chariots (figure 5.6). In afew cases, wheels were made of some kind ofgold. If the chariots reached the bottom of the

sea, the leather would disintegrate and coralwould colonize the wooden parts. When thewooden parts disintegrated, the corals wouldassume their form.

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Figure 5.5.Underwater bridge atbottom of Red Seanear Nuweiba penin-sula.


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In searching the bottom of the Red Sea, diversfound a number of coral structures in the formof wheels and overthrown chariots (figure5.7).5

Corals normally grow and form masses, butthat was not the kind of structures they unco-

vered.

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Figure 5.6. Ancientchariots found atpharaohs family vault.

Figure 5.7. Coral formations in shape of wheels andoverturned chariots.


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The divers found a gold type wheel that hadnot disintegrated (figure 5.8).

They also found fossils and skeletons of peo-ple and horses (figure 5.9).

Because the water runs very swiftly near thisunderwater bridge, scientists think that evenmore remains of the pharaohs army could

have been carried away to the deeper parts ofthe Gulf of Aqaba. To prove this hypothesis,however, would necessitate having specialequipment, such as the kind used in the explo-ration of the Titanic making the cost prohibi-tive.

But, granite columns at the opposite sites of

the Red Sea, as well as the discoveries at thebottom of the Sea, exactly on the site werethese columns are connected, were enoughproof the scientists confirmed the authenticityof Moses history.

But, they continued with investigation. As theyknew that Moses described even more mysteri-

ous events after Red Sea crossing, they startedsearching the opposite coast. Today, this coastbelongs to the Saudi Arabia.

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Figure 5.8. Gold type wheel from the bottom of the Red

Sea.

Figure 5.9. Fossils and skeletons of people from the RedSea compared with the current one (above), horses fos-silized skull, rib and spine (below).


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One of the major problems facing the

Israelites after crossing the Red Sea was thelack of water. On their journey they found an

oasis with 12 water springs and 70 palmtrees.1 There exists today an oasis with 12

water springs and ca 100 palm trees (figure6.1), where one can still drink from that ancient

well. It is located about 10 miles from the Red

Sea in Saudi Arabia. Is this the oasis where theIsraelites rested?

Moses stated that God guided him through the

wilderness. As soon as the people ran out ofthe water they had drawn from the springs atthe oasis, they began to criticize Moses for ha-

ving taken them out of Egypt. It is at this pointthat many historians accuse Moses of super-

natural phenomena.

When instructed by God to strike a huge rock

that was nearby with his staff, he did so. Therock broke apart and water gushed forth. The

water flowed so steadily that it produced

enough water to satisfy the needs of both thepeople of Israel and the cattle.2

The Jewish historian Josephus Flavius, who

lived in the 1st century, described the same

event. He wrote that the rock had broken apartand that water went out as the river from therock.3

William Whiston (1667-1752), who translatedthe books of Josephus Flavius into English,

wrote on the margins of his translation that it

is still possible to view the broken rock.4

Scientists, who subsequently visited the site,

found an unusual rock (figure 6.2) that was 60feet high and broken from top to bottom withthe remains of a dried river bed clearly visible.5

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THE MOUNTAIN WITHA BLACK TOP

Figure 6.1. Oasiswith 12 watersprings and 100palms in Saudi

Arabia.


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Relatively close to the broken rock, scientistsfound the remains of an ancient altar. Moseshad written that the people of Israel had builtan altar of thanksgiving for the victory theyhad had over a warring nation (figure 6.3).6

Moses writes of a special mountain, where he

was given the Ten Commandments.7 The

Arabic shepherds call it Moses Mountain(Jabal Musa in Arabic). Today it is calledJabal Al Lawz. This area has been searched agreat deal (figure 6.4).

At the base of this mountain scientists discov-ered the remains of an ancient Egyptian mill-

stones. Does that mean that the Israelites bro-ught the mills to this place from Egypt (figure

6.5)?

They also found a number of circular struc-tures made of stone (figure 6.6). Could thesebe the remains of the Israelites encampment?

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Figure 6.2. Split rock in Saudi Arabia.

Figure 6.3. Altar close to split rock. Figure 6.4. Moses mountain.


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According to the writings of Moses, there wasa fence at the base of the mountain to keep thepeople from trespassing, as they were notallowed to come close to the mountain.8

In examining the area, the scientists found theremains of a fence as well as a number of

stone plates with representations of human

feet.9

These particular stone plates were onlyused in Egypt, as a designation of a specificplace that was regarded as holy (figure 6.7).

They also found what appeared to be a stonealtar. Could this be the altar that Moses wasinstructed to build (figure 6.8)?10

A second altar was also found. This altar is the

remains of the altar upon which the golden

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Figure 6.5. Foundremains of millstone(left). AncientEgyptian millstone(below).

Figure 6.6. Circled rock structures and tent reconstruc-tion.

Figure 6.7. Traces of fence at base of mountain (left)stone plate with picture of human foot (right).


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calf was placed.11 The Saudi Arabian govern-ment has fenced this area off so it is impossi-ble to do any further archaeological explo-rations at the present time (figure 6.9).12

On this altar there are a number of drawings ofbulls representing the Egyptian god Apis (figu-

re 6.10).

Moses writes that he personally ground up thegolden calf and threw it into the stream thatflowed out of the mountain.13 At the foot ofthe mountain, we can see the remains of adried river bed (figure 6.11).

Finally, Moses describes how God come to themountain in fire and thunder.14When scien-

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Figure 6.8. Altarat base ofmountain and itssketch.

Figure 6.9.Altar dedi-cated tothe goldencalf.

Figure 6.11. Drained water flow and reconstruction.

Figure 6.10. Pictures of Egyptian cult of Apis at altar(left) pictures and statues of same cult from Egypt(right).


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tists examined the rocks of this mountain, theynoticed that although the top of the mountain

was completely black the rest of the mountainwas brightly colored. After they analyzed thematerial, they concluded that the top of the

mountain was composed of the black mineralobsidian, which is formed at very high tempe-ratures (figure 6.12).15

Is the presence of this mineral at the top ofthe mountain the result of the fire and thunderdescribed by Moses?

It seems unbelievable, but scientific discoveriesseem to validate Moses writings and the

events, which occurred after crossing of theRed Sea.

There are still those who think that its neces-sary to have supernatural knowledge andsupernatural power in order to solve the mys-tery of death. We have yet another interestingoccurrence to review.

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Figure 6.12. Top of the mountain and mineral obsidian.

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Of the myriad of interesting locales that

nature offers, there is one that is visited bymore than four million tourists every year.

When tourists leave they are awe struck, sha-king their heads and asking themselves, Howis it possible to create something like this?

We are referring the magnificent GrandCanyon in the United States. This canyon is

289 miles long, 18 miles wide and over a miledeep. Tourists can view this canyon from anairplane, a boat, or from one of the many

attractive places along its upper rim.

Beside its gigantic size, why is the GrandCanyon considered to be one the greatest mi-racles in nature? Geologically speaking, it is an

interesting anomaly that the small ColoradoRiver has been credited with carving the gigan-tic Grand Canyon Gorge. The river comes

from the north and upon reaching the bigmountain (Colorado Plateau) goes through iton its way to the ocean (figure 7.1).

It would be logical that when the river comesto such a large mountain it would go around it.It is not logical for the river to go over themountain. But, we can see here the case that

the river breaks through the mountain andchooses the shortest path to reach the ocean(figure 7.2).

Does it mean that the small Colorado Rivercreated this canyon by breaking through thebig mountain?

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Figure 7.1. Colorado runs from the north (above) to themountain.

Figure 7.2. Colorado River breaks through the moun-

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There are a number of large placards locatedaround the rim of the canyon that offer theofficial explanation as to how the canyon wasformed. In essence it states that millions ofyears ago a large ocean covered this area. At

the rate of several millimeters per thousandyears, sediment settled to the bottom of theocean bed. Eventually the sediment reached a

thickness of over a mile thick and hardenedbecoming rock.

They further state that this huge sedimentaryrock slowly started to rise. Seventy million

years ago it lifted itself to the surface of theearth, and it was at this time that the ColoradoRiver went through the area. As the ocean bot-

tom continued lifting and forming the moun-tain, the river slowly cut into this newly formed

mountain and formed the Grand Canyon.

Is this explanation about the creation of the

Grand Canyon in accordance with scientificfacts? Are other canyons being created at thepresent time? Is it possible to observe them?

The Palouse Canyon located in the UnitedStates is one canyon that all scientists are inagreement over as to its formation. Violent

water motions from the Lake Missoula spillway

brought huge amounts of sediment to this areacreating a 50 foot high canyon.1

The vertical walls of the canyon reflect thedeposits of sediment that were laid down.

If we were to compare the form and structureof the Palouse Canyon with that of the GrandCanyon, we would find that they were almostidentical (figure 7.3). The only difference

appears to be the fact that the Grand Canyonis ten times deeper and bigger than the PalouseCanyon.

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Figure 7.3. Palouse Canyon (above) and Grand Canyon(below).


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If the Palouse Canyon was created during theoverflow from Lake Missoula, does it meanthat the Grand Canyon was created by an evenlarger overflow? In searching for an answer tothis question, we need to look at one of the

most important geological events of the 20th

century.

Early in 1980 scientists were alerted to the factthat Mount St. Helens was rising by two feetevery day as a result of volcanic material mov-ing deep within the bowels of the earth. Thismovement could only portend that an eruption

would take place in the near future and that isexactly what happened in May of that year (fi-gure 7.4).

There were a series of eruptions that followedone right after the other. The northern part of

Mount St. Helens slid into Spirit Lake deposi-ting more than half a cubic mile of silt andcausing enormous water movements (figure7.5).

Within a few hours a very large area had beenoverflowed, and the massive amount of sedi-

ment it carried with it caused the formation ofa canyon (figure 7.6).2

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Figure 7.5. Top of the mountain that slid into SpiritLake causing water and mud motion.

Figure 7.6.Canyon formedafter eruption ofMount St.Helens.Figure 7.4. Mount St. Helens before and during the erup-

tion.


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After a thorough examination of the canyon,scientists noted that the layers of sediment thathad been laid down were exactly like those inthe Grand Canyon (figure 7.7).

If, as it has been claimed, the sediments in theGrand Canyon were laid down over a long

period of time, we should find traces of theorganisms, which lived at the bottom of theocean such as clams, worms, plants, etc. (figure7.8)

No such remains have ever been found. Thesediments are exactly the same as those foundat Mount St. Helens, where the sediments were

laid down very quickly and organisms didnthave time to leave any fossil remains.3

When there is a sudden, violent, directionalchange in water direction it can cause what iscalled cross beds. After the catastrophic over-

flowing at Mount St Helens, scientists foundcross beds in the sediment as thick as severalinches. Along the coast of Texas afterHurricane Carla struck in the 1960s, theyfound cross beds that were eight inches thick.

The Grand Canyon has cross beds of sedimentthat are more than 100 feet thick!

Water motion, if it flows at a rapid rate andcontinuously changes its direction it createscross beds as the sediment settles to the bot-tom of the water. We know that if a hurricaneis present on the surface of the ocean, it will

not be felt 150 feet below the surface, becauseof water friction.

It is obvious that the huge amount of crossed

layers in the Grand Canyon were settled on the

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Figure 7.7. Rock layers close to Mount St. Helens (left)and Grand Canyon (right). Figure 7.8. Life at the bottom of the ocean.


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bottom by incredibly strong water motions. Ifthe water motions were strong enough to causecross beds on the bottom, how strong werethey on the surface (figure 7.9)?

Does this stretch the imagination to visualizehow great this overflow must have been to

result in the creation of the Grand Canyon?

There are wavy rock formations at the GrandCanyon that have a plastic quality as thoughthey have been molded (figure 7.10). In naturerock settles to the bottom, similar to the wayconcrete does. Concrete becomes strong veryquickly. If you want to give it a wavy, plastic

look, you have to do it before it hardens andbecome strong. Similarly the Grand Canyon

rocks had to assume its plastic deformation

immediately after sedimentation, otherwise therock would have become hard and been unable

to bend.

Elongated organisms called nautiloids werefound giving additional evidence of a massiveoverflow in this region. They were found withtheir long axis in the same direction, giving riseto the belief that they were buried under thesame water motion. If they had settled to the

bottom at a slow rate over a long period oftime, their long axis would be in disorder (fi-gure 7.11).5

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Figure 7.9. Cross beds at Grand Canyon. See proportionof man.

Figure 7.10. Layers of Grand Canyon plastically bend.See proportion of people.


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Many scientists were surprised by these disco-veries, but they should not have been if theywere familiar with the writings of Moses. He

described a great catastrophe, which was called

the Flood. It covered the entire earth causingthe surface of our planet to be completelychanged. The whole animal and plant world

was totally destroyed, except for one smallgroup that was preserved in a special way.

Was there a Flood, did this total devastation

really happen? Fossils - the remains of livingorganisms - lead us to the truth.

If we were to start digging almost anywhere on

earth, theres a good possibility that we wouldfind fossils. Theres almost no place where fos-

sils dont exist. One can find many fossilcemeteries of clams, fish, etc. (figure 8.1).

At many places we can find coal and oilreserves. They are remains of plants and ani-mals. They have been transformed info fossil

fuels under influence of high temperatureand pressure.

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Figure 7.11. Nautioloid fossil and its main axis orienta-tion (arrow).

FOSSILS SPEAK

Figure 8.1. Cemeteries of organisms found throughoutthe world. Cemeteries of snails and ammonites.


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Although we cannot observe the creation offossils today, because animals eat organismswhen they die or conditions in the atmospherecontribute to its decay, we can only surmisehow it happened. Some scientists have con-

cluded that fossils can only be created if acatastrophe happens, or if there is a suddenshift in the earth or increased temperature.

There are other scientists that believe that fos-sils can be created by natural conditions as

well. For example, mammoths can, while fora-ging for food, fall into a muddy lake and be

unable to get back out. As he dies there, he isdrawn to the bottom and the sediment cover-ing him buries him. Thus, nature has created a

mammoths fossil (figure 8.2).

Some people believe that when a fish dies itallegedly goes to the bottom of the ocean andis covered by sediment. However, we havefound fossilized fish that have just eaten sma-

ller fishes. It is obvious that these fish wereburied while they were still alive (figure 8.3).1

If we find fossils of fish where both fins areopen, we know that they were buried alive,because the moment a fish dies the musclescease to move and the fins start to close. It is

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Figure 8.2.Supposed wayof mammothfossilization.

Figure 8.3. Fossils of fishes that had eaten smaller fishes.


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apparent that these fish were buried alive dur-ing a catastrophe (figure 8.4).

A tremendous number of fossilized fish can befound rather in a small area. In California sci-entists found more than 1 billion in an areathat was four miles square.2

It is fascinating to ponder on how the fossils of

birds were found together with other seaorganisms at the bottom of the ocean. How isit possible for a flock of birds to reach the bot-tom of the ocean and be buried with varioussea creatures (figure 8.5)?

If there must be a catastrophic event to createa fossil, then that would explain why we have

not found any fossils of the buffalo. More than60 million buffaloes were extinct in America

during the period from 1700 to 1900, yet noneof them were fossilized.3

Throughout the world we have found fossils of

other large animals. In the last 100 years, theremains of more than 30,000 bears were foundin the Mixnitz Cave in Austria (figure 8.6).

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Figure 8.4.Fossil offish withopen fins.

Figure 8.5. Fossil ofbirds located at bot-tom of the ocean.

Figure 8.6. Fossil of bears fromMixnitz cave in Austria.


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In the frozen ground of Siberia, an enormousnumber of fossilized animals were found.There were over 5 million frozen mammoths.4

One of the most interesting fossils was theBeresovka mammoth, which had several kindsof undigested tropical plants with the chloro-

phyll pigment still preserved in its stomach(figure 8.7).5

Stomach acid quickly dissolves pigment, so sci-entists surmised that these animals had beengrazing on a tropical meadow. Suddenly there

was a catastrophic overflow, the temperaturedropped to -150 degrees Fahrenheit and the

animals were immediately frozen.6

The fossils of dinosaurs, some reaching theheight of a 5-story building, have been foundthroughout the world. Located on a hill in thestate of Colorado, scientists found a dinosaur

cemetery and made it into a museum (figure8.8).

These dinosaurs were plant-eating animals, yetthere was no fossil evidence of these plants tobe found. There is a layer of sedimentary rockunderlying these animals, which covers more

than 400,000 square miles in the USA, so wewould have to conclude that there was a greatabundance of water involved at the time oftheir death. The hydrostatic action had to beextremely strong in order to carry these gigan-tic creatures to this site.

Dinosaur eggs have also been found attesting

to the suddenness of the overflow (figure 8.9).

On the top of Mount Everest, the worldshighest mountain, fossils of tropical clamshave been found.7 There are many othermountains, as well that have been made of

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Figure 8.7. Fossil ofBeresovka mammoth

and its model inmuseum.

Figure 8.8. Cemetery of dinosaurs at a hill in America.


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water-covered rocks. Obviously these tropicalorganisms were once buried at the bottom ofthe ocean. The earths movement and largeearthquakes transferred them to the top of thenewly risen mountain.

These mountainous rock formations are simi-

lar to those found in the Grand Canyon (plas-tically bent layers, cross beds, layers without

signs of living organisms, etc.). These moun-tains contain fossils as evidence of their cre-ation in both overflowing conditions, as well asstrong earth movements.

The worlds huge coal deposits is the result of

a catastrophe, which caused plants to be buri-ed. In order to create one foot of coal, it is

necessary to have between 2 to 20 feet of plantmaterial.8

With this in mind it is difficult to imagine thequantity of material that was needed to formthe coal layers that are more than 100 feet thickand which are found in many places in the

world.; some of these coal deposits cover seve-

ral hundred thousand square miles (figure8.10). To bury such an enormous amount of

wooden material and to cover it with rocks,

would have necessitated a tremendous over-flow.

In many places we find fossils of tree trunksthat go through many layers of the rock. If

they had been buried for a long period of time,they would not be fossilized; they would havedecomposed. This all points to the fact that, it

must have occurred rapidly over a very shortperiod of time (figure 8.11).

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Figure 8.9.Fossil ofsmall

dinosaur,who cameinto the

world froman egg.

Figure 8.10.Coal depositsin the UnitedStates.


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Animals can leave their tracks in the mud, justas people leave their footprints in the sand atthe sea-shore, but these prints cannot be pre-served if a mild wind, rain or the ocean washesthem away. They will simply disappear and

there will be no trace of them.

All over the world scientists have found thefossilized traces of different animals. Which

leads us to believe that, these tracks were cov-ered very shortly after they were made. Yearslater the sediment that covered them erodedand the petrified traces were exposed in the

rock.

A very interesting set of dinosaurs footprintswas found in a vertical rock (figure 8.12).Evidently this rock was once soft and horizon-tal, when the dinosaurs ran through it and left

traces of their feet. Shortly afterwards, theywere covered with sediment that preservedthem. Due to some catastrophic earth move-ment, the entire area was moved around 90

degrees and vertical rock was formed. Whenthe surface of the rock was eventually eroded,

their footprints were revealed.

The fossil of an organism similar to the crab

was also found along with tracks made by itsmovement. There is little question that this ca-

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Figure 8.11. Fossils oftree trunks goingthrough several layersof rock.

Figure 8.12. Traces of dinosaurs footprints in a verticalrock in Argentina.


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tastrophic condition had to have happenedvery quickly in order to fossilize the move-ments of the crab (figure 8.13).

These are but a few of the numerous examplesof fossils that have been found from aroundthe world. Although many scientists are aston-

ished by these findings, Moses history dis-closed it. As a result, many in the scientific

world have begun to accept the writings ofMoses.

Does this predict a change in their attituderegarding death and that we can soon look for-

ward to their commencing to research it?

Before we begin to search for the answer to the

mystery of death in this report, we shoulddelve into the difficult question of time.Moses wrote that our planet was created sixthousand years ago and that the sun, moon andstars were created four days later. Is this state-ment true?

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Figure 8.13. Fossil of organism similar to a crab withtraces of movement.


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All throughout history people have used vari-

ous methods for telling time. The use of thehourglass as one of these methods (figure 9.1).

As the sand moved from the upper chamberinto the lower one, it was possible for people to

calculate the exact time. It always took exactlythe same amount of time to empty the upperchamber as to fill the lower one. Why was this

so?

1. Because the rate of the sand passing fromthe upper chamber into the lower one wasalways constant, and

2. Both chambers were closed so that it wasnot possible to either add or detract sand.

Scientists have used a sort of hourglass todetermine the age of rocks. It is a known fact

that some chemical elements in nature areprone to disintegration, for example, one kindof uranium dissolves into a kind of lead.

With the passing of time, a vast amount ofuranium will become lead, thereby reducingthe amount of uranium while the amount oflead increases. This was the process we had

observed in the case of the hourglass, theamount of sand decreased in the upper cham-ber while it increased in the lower chamber.

Scientists checked the uranium disintegrationin the laboratory and calculated how long ittook for it to become lead. This observationled them to solve the question regarding the

age of the rocks. How was this done?

Scientists went to nature and found small

amounts of uranium in rocks. When the urani-um disintegrated into lead, they calculated theexact amount of uranium and the exactamount of lead (following the example of the

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Figure 9.1.Hourglass.


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time lapse of sand in the upper chamber intothe lower one). They were aware of the timethat it took for the disintegration, so it was easyto calculate the time necessary for the uraniumtransformation into lead.

Scientists were in agreement that different

rocks produced different results ranging fromseveral years to several billion years. Irrespec-

tive of this huge discrepancy in the range ofresults, they determined that our planet wasfour and a half billion years old.

However, this presented a problem with deter-mining the age of the rocks with this method.

With nature you are not working with a closed

chamber such as in the hourglass, where thingsare constant. Can you imagine an hourglass

with a broken chamber where some of thesand could seep out, or even become wet dueto changes in the weather? This would causethe flow of sand to run at an inconstant rate.

By using the hourglass hypothesis you get thewrong results, because you do not have a con-

trolled environment.This is what happened when they tried todetermine the age of the rocks using the disin-tegration of chemical elements. The disinte-gration of uranium into lead, regardless of

what kind of rock they used, is tantamount tousing the hourglass with a broken chamber.

In nature water goes through rocks and theroots of plants influence the structure of therock. Chemical elements are constantly inmotion in rocks and therefore these elements

are not constant. There are many examplesthat confirm this claim.1

One can find many examples that throw doubton investigative methods such as the hourglasstheory. From 1800 1801 there were several

volcanic eruptions in Hawaii. The lava that wasemitted from the volcano chilled and formed

hard rock.

One hundred years later scientists attempted todetermine the age of these rocks by usingmethods similar to the hourglass method(these methods were: uranium - lead, potassi-um - argon and rubidium - strontium). Theresults they arrived at placed these rocks at

between 140 million and 3 billion years old,2

but these are not isolated instances there are

other examples as well.3

Radiocarbon (carbon C-14) has long been amethod that was very popular with a numberof scientists. Utilizing this method on the fos-sil of a musk ox found in Alaska, they ascer-

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tained that the muscle of its scalp was 24,000years old, while its fur was 17,000 years old4

and living mosses found on that Island were6,000 and 8,000 years old.5 Using this samemethod they proved that living snails in

Nevada were 27,000 years old.6

There can be no question that this method iscompletely unreliable and cannot be trusted in

determining the age of rocks or fossils.

On the other hand, there are many other natu-ral evidences that validate our planets exactage.

Given the fact that the hills and mountains ofour continent are constantly in the process of

erosion, if our planet were as old as some sci-entists would have us believe, the entire planet

would have eroded in several million years. Thefact that we still have hills and mountainspoints to the fact that the process of erosionhas only been ongoing for a few thousand

years.7

Vast amount of sediment are deposited every

moment into the oceans. In a period of severalmillion years, the oceans would be full of sedi-ments. When we examine the floor of theocean, we find only a thin layer of sediment,

which proves that our oceans are but a fewthousand years old.8,9

Let us now examine the sun, the moon and thestars.

Haleys Comet passes close to the sun every 75years (figure 9.2). Comets are composed pri-marily of ice that partially melts each time it

passes close to the sun. In a period of less than10,000 years this comet would have complete-ly melted and ceased to be.10The conclusion isthat our sun must be younger than 10,000years.

When the astronauts made their first trip to themoon, they were fitted with special equipment

that prevented them from sinking into a thicklayer of cosmic dust that they assumed wouldbe found on the surface of the moon. The sci-

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Figure 9.2. Orbit of Haleys comet.


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entists, who were responsible for the securityof the space ship and the astronauts, believedthe moon to be several billion years old andconsequently believed that the cosmic dustaccumulated over all those years would be

extremely deep.

The astronauts were shocked when theystepped onto the surface of the moon to find

only a very thin layer of cosmic dust, whichconfirmed Moses report regarding the age ofthe moon.11

The Big Bang theory has been promoted foryears as the explanation for life on earth. The

scientists, who foster this theory, base it ontheir belief that a tremendous explosion in

outer space occurred several billion years agoresulting in the creation of the stars and gala-xies.

The scientists, who adhere to the Big Bang the-ory, also promote a phenomena referred to as

the red shift. They base it on the fact that thelights we see coming from the stars and galaxi-

es are divided into several colors that combineto form a spectrum, making the white light wesee in the distance. With the use of instru-ments we are able observe that as a star or

galaxy goes away from us, or moves around uswe are able to see a change in the light. In this

case, they will see the red color of the spec-trum shift.

Scientists, who believe in the Big Bang, alsobelieve that the stars and galaxies (whose lightshave a big red shift) are very far away from usand that they are moving away from us at a

very rapid rate. Conversely, those stars andgalaxies, whose lights have a small red shift are

located closer to us and they are going awayfrom us at a slower rate.

The Big Bang was refuted, when scientiststook photographs of a physically connectedgalaxy with a small red shift and quasar (a kind

of star) with an extremely big red shift (figure9.3).12

This indicated that quasars with big red shiftswere really quite near to us, and added to thetheory that galaxies and stars move in circles

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Figure 9.3. Galaxy and quasar connected.


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around the center of the universe, just as elec-trons move around the center of atoms.13

Many scientists believe that the speed of light(which takes about. 186,000 miles per second)has always been constant. The length that lighttravels through a year is called a light year.

Based on this they claimed that Moses historyregarding the stars and galaxies being 6,000

years old could not be true, because the lightthat emanated from the galaxies had to haveleft them a millions of years ago in order for usto see it today.

We can see galaxies, which are supposedly sev-

eral million light years away (figure 9.4). Thereare also some that are supposedly 106 millions

light years away. This would mean that themoment we look at the light, it started on its

way from the stars 2 million or even 106 mil-

lion years ago. Although these galaxies looksimilar, even identical, they are supposedlylocated great distances apart.

Suppose I were to show you six pictures of mydaughter Angela at age three (figure 9.5), and Itold you one was taken 2 years ago, another 18

years ago, and so on. You surely wouldnt belie-ve these statements, since the pictures are the

same.

There is a similar situation with galaxies. Ga-laxies have many arms, which over timemove toward the center of the galaxy (figure9.6). The older the galaxy, the more its arms

will be twisted.14

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Upon closer examination, however, we findthat the arms of all the galaxies are almost allequally twisted. This means that they are allalmost the same age, just as the pictures of mydaughter remained constant. Obviously, there

is something wrong with the theory of a veryold universe created by a Big Bang.

Measurements over the last three centuries

have proven that the speed of light hasnt beenconstant throughout history. Everything innature shows a tendency to decay, so it is withthe speed of light, which has became slower.15

The speed of light was once 6 billion timesfaster,16 which is compatible with Mosesreport regarding the creation of the stars andgalaxies. Regardless of how far away they werefrom our planet, light reached us extremelyquickly in the past.

Science has discovered many facts that con-firm that the sun, moon and the stars are seve-ral thousand years old.17

All this research proves the validity of Moseshistorical report, including this last one. Formany people this is perhaps the most difficult

one.

Now let us consider the facts that are the mostimportant for us.

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There is a museum that has a very highly

sophisticated system for protecting artifacts. Ithouses a huge amount of ancient written do-

cuments, but the most important one is locat-

ed on a round post located in the center of the

museum (figure 10.1).

If a missile were fired at the museum, a pro-

tective device would be activated. The central

post would be dropped under ground and this

ancient document would be preserved in a

special chamber.

What makes this so precious that it necessita-

ted going to such lengths to protect it?

In 1947 the oldest known copies of the Bible

were found in the caves of Qumran near the

Dead Sea. The discovery, which came to beknown as the Dead Sea Scrolls, rocked not

only the scientific community, but the antiqui-

ties community as well.

Atheism had gained a foothold after the

Second World War and anything that men-

tioned God or the supernatural was fair game

for criticism. The Bible became an especiallybig target and atheists had a field day criticizing

its authenticity and finding faults.

They claimed that inasmuch as the Bible had

been copied by hand and passed down for ge-

nerations, there was no true Bible. They said

that much of the original meaning had been

lost in the various translations.

With the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls,

scholars were able to compare them with the

copies we currently have of the Bible. After

the close examination, critics were dumb-

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founded and could not deny the authenticity of

not only Moses books, but the other books of

the Bible as well.

Because these documents offered proof of the

accuracy of the Bibles text, a special museum

was established where they could be protected.

No other museum in the world has ever under-

taken such advanced and expensive security

systems.

Is this protection really necessary?

In the books written by Moses, he addresses

the question of human life and death. Death is

one of the most baffling problems that face us.

Moses writes about the roots of this problem

and gives us a solution for it.

Thus far we have seen that science has been

unable to deny any of Moses statements and

on the contrary they have actually validated

them. What does Moses tell us about death? Is

science able to test his statements?

Moses first observation about life on our pla-net and the first people who were created is

that they had the potential to have eternal life.

Living conditions were perfect, including a

pleasant climate without rain or snow and an

abundance of plant and animal life.

The fossils of organisms show that living con-

ditions were very pleasant at all meridians and

all organisms were much larger. Moses tells us

that everything had been created to serve

mankind.

There was one law they had to obey and that

was to live in accordance with established na-

tural laws. When they deliberately disobeyed

that law, they had to die. It was not just human

beings that died, but all other organisms on our

planet as well. This did not happen all at once,

modern science tells us that by the moving of

some genes and others mechanisms, death and

old age was the inevitable result.

It is interesting to note that in the beginningpeople were naked, but without a sense of

shame. Once they chose not to live in accor-

dance with established laws, the process started

to develop and they were able to see their

nakedness. For the first time they had to clothe

themselves.

Some people will consider this report to benave, but regarding genetics and language it

presents an exceptional historical report. Let

me enlighten you.

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Because of a special gene, fireflies are insects

that transmit light. Scientists have been able to

transplant this gene into plants so that they too

could emit light.1

Moses wrote his books in Hebrew, and the

knowledge of this language enables us to

understand the meaning of the words he uses.

In the Hebrew language, when you say the

word light, you are also saying skin.

Therefore, light is associated with skin.

If you write "clothes", in Hebrew, you also

wrote "he rebelled". So, the word clothes is

associated with he rebelled.

Human beings today only use 20% of their

genes. If we take science and the writings ofMoses, can we conclude that the skin of a

human being has the potential to emit light,

and that in the beginning people were dressed

in light?

Once they rebelled and failed to live in accor-

dance with established natural laws, aging and

dying set in and the process, which enabledthem to emit light was stopped.

Now the words skin and light and

clothes and he rebelled, and other ones,

were connected in the detailed explanation of

the beginning of human history.

One of the most important facts that Moses

stresses is that human beings were created and

given the potential to live forever. After the

rebellion He started the mechanisms that

caused old age and death, however, the Creator

offers the return to that divine state if we

accept the laws He has ordered us to obey.

We were formed by the earthly dust and the

Creator exhaled a spiritual component into

that dust. This is the constituent, which gives

us life. Science tells us that 99% of our body is

composed of four chemical elements (hydro-

gen, oxygen, carbon and nitrogen).

It really is earthly dust and this dust is made

according to the law written in the genes.

The spiritual components include character,

memory, spiritual traits, etc. After our death,

the spiritual elements returns to the Creator,

while the dust returns to the earth.

If the Creator once gave us life, He can give it

to us again. Parents can only transmit life to

their children, it is the Creator who gives life.

He can make a person without parents, just as

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he did with Adam and Eve. This was called the

original creation, while creation through pa-

rents is called giving birth.

Moses tells us that the Creator has promised us

a new creation. At that time our bodies will be

recreated again according to the plan written in

our genes and the existing spiritual compo-

nents will return to our body.

Natural laws govern our natural world.

Human life is the most complicated phenome-

na in nature and the law it follows is called

moral law.

Moses states that if we choose to accept the

moral law, we will be given a new life. In order

to simplify and avoid confusion regardingmoral law, the Creator has given us detailed

instructions in the Bible. This is one of the rea-

sons it is vitally important that we protect this

precious document.

There are those who criticize the account of

the creation and a new creation, citing it as a

supernatural factor. They ask: How can Ibelieve in a supernatural Creator, when I have

neither seen Him nor heard Him?

Let us turn to the famous scientist Blaise

Pascal to see how he would answer this ques-

tion.

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Everyday we are bombarded by what we read

and see on television regarding the latest up tothe minute breakthroughs in the sciences. The

increase of knowledge is so great that someestimates show that every five years moreknowledge is collected than during the wholeprevious period of human existence.

Fairs are organized worldwide, where the mostrecent models of computers, cars, mobilephones, satellite equipment and other achieve-ments of modern science are exhibited.

However, if we would go to a natural environ-

ment and take a walk in a meadow or forest, wewould come across much greater wonders oftechnology and design.

A tiny ant has a system many times more com-plex than the most modern car. The simple flyis billions of times more intricately designedthan any airplane or spacecraft. It is for this

reason that scientists oftentimes look to naturefor their models.

The engineers of a company that constructedthe most recent helicopter studied the struc-ture and flight patterns of the dragonfly (figure11.1). Incidentally the dragonfly, which has

30,000 lenses in each eye, has the most com-plex eyes of all living creatures (figure 11.2).

There is a very small motor and pump, whichscientists have developed to be used during

surgeries. If someone were to ask whether ornot they were capable of creating a tiny pump,

which could fit into one square millimeter, theanswer would most likely be perhaps. But, if

they were asked would they be able to create a

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thousand tiny pumps, which could fit into one

square millimeter, the answer would be aresounding, No!

Let us now examine the human body. We takefood into the stomach, where it is digested.

The digested food leaves the stomach and

enters the small intestine, where the nutritiveingredients get into the bloodstream and are

distributed throughout the body. In one squaremillimeter of the small intestine there is notone, not a thousand, but 200 million pumps,

which function as transporters of the nutritive

ingredients into the bloodstream (figure 11.3).

The simplest living system, on a cellular level,such as bacterium, is a much more complex

and organized system than any city in the

world. This is nicely illustrated by a molecular

biologist:

To grasp the reality of life as it has beenrevealed by molecular biology, we must magni-fy a cell a thousand million times until it istwelve miles in diameter and resembles a giant

airship large enough to cover a great city likeLondon or New York. What we would then

see would be an object of unparalleled com-plexity and adaptive design.

He goes on to say: On the surface of the cellwe would see millions of openings, like theportholes of a vast space ship, opening and

closing to allow a continual stream of materi-als to flow in and out. If we were to enter one

of these openings we would find ourselves in aworld of supreme technology and bewilderingcomplexity.1

Our bodies are indeed a complex and as of yetnot completely understood organism. When

one examines the living systems in nature, in acertain way it looks like books that people

write. Just as we find particular information inbooks, all living systems contain exceedinglycomplex information written in their genes.

The simplest living systems contain withinthemself more complex information than any

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computer program devised by man. A man, in

each of his 12 thousand billion cells, containsenough information to fit into 900 encyclope-dia-sized volumes.

We could bring you many more examples ofthe complexity of the living systems and how

amazingly they function, but our interest nowis not how they function but rather how they

came into existence.

Starting with the basics let us turn our atten-tion to a book. How does a book get created?Some will say that it was created in the printingoffice, but thats the wrong answer. The book

originates in the writers mind. The informa-tion cannot be created in the printing office;

they can only imprint the information on thepaper.

Now let us ask something that has muchgreater importance to us: How did the livingsystems, which are much more complex than

anything man has conceived, come into exis-tence? Science offers us three answers inresponse to this question.

1. Living systems came into existence bychance, by themselves.

2. Living systems were created by a SuperiorIntelligence, which exists in the universe.

3. We dont know how living systems came into

existence.

Many scientists today hold to the theory thatliving systems are the result of a big explosion,

which supposedly occurred about 15 millionyears ago in space. There are other scientists,

who disagree and believe that the exceedinglycomplex information and structure, which

exists in living systems, could not have comeabout in that manner. They assert that therehad to be a Superior Intelligence in space,

which created these complex systems and theinformation contained in them.

Men like Newton, Mendel, Pasteur and otherscientists who founded modern science agree

with these scientists.One of the basic laws of biology (or life sci-ence) the law of biogenesis states how li-

ving organisms came into existence. That lawsays that living organisms come only from li-

ving organisms and that is what we see aro-und us. Dogs come from dogs, cats f

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