Can Formless Matter Exist? A Pitfall in Reading Biblical Texts

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The solution is to go back to the source and follow the text to see what it actually says. Source
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Are the Heavens Immutable? An Ancient Scientific Question

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Modern theories postulate entities to account for differences between what we would expect from physics and our observations of distant space. Source
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How Earth is Designed for Human Technology

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Is all this a coincidence? We think that’s a stretch. One or two fortunate parameters might be called a fluke. Source
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Denton: Return of the Man Hypothesis

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Scientific discoveries have revitalized the outlook that placed man at the center of the cosmos, not in a physical but in a metaphysical sense. Source
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The Role of Lignin for Fire, Explained

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Without lignin, there would be no woody plants, no wood, no coal, no charcoal, no fire, no pottery, and certainly no iron or metallurgy. Source
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