The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1920-12-03
SAYS RELIGION
IS 0MPAT|BLE.
WITH SCIENCE.
Former Caldwell Resi-
dent Strongly Resents
Present Day Charges
Questioning Bible a
Accuracy.
Portland. Ore Nov ~ 1921

having lively discussion through
their contributors in regard to the
harmony of the antagonism of science
and the bible. Later on public in
terest was absorbed by the political
campaign.
Now that the political agony is over
some interest is again manifested in
the old controversy.
In the last IL months a new light
has dawned upon this controversy
and new science is being construct
ed that reveals more. of the hitherto
unknown.
The new science might be called the
science of aviation. The time is near
at hand when navigation of the air
will be as safe and successful as navi-
CATION of the ocean. A report Dub
lshed in the North American Review
several months ago by Mr.. Miller.
chief Of the United States Weather
bureau, tells US that in order to under
stand and meet the difficulties of
aerial navigation, the upper air has
been explored and tested for all con-
ditions up to a distance of 10 miles,
which is the highest point yet reach
ed by balloon. The results of this
CAPlOI ALUM SuOWS ttlaI inc tcupef9-
ture of the air decreases at the rate
one degree for every 800 feet. At
an altitude of seven miles, which is
above all clouds and particles of dust
the temperature is 40 degrees below
zero, and remains uniform much
further up. They call this the iso-
thermal belt. At an altitude of nine
miles and half and up there is neither
day or night; it is all twilight, and the
temperature continues the same de-
gree the "a hours. As greater alti-
tudes are reached the air becomes so
thin that the human voice could not
be used in conversation and light
gradually ceases. The gases that
compose the air cease in proportion
to their gravity. Oxygen being the
heaviest ceases at 80 miles. Nitrogen
at SO miles, and hydrogen and helium
being the lightest ceases at 200 miles.
AS one passes out of this envelope
which surrounds our globe, all is alb
solutely dark, as there is nothing to
abstruct the energy thrown off by
the sun, causing friction to produce
light. These facts seem to imply that
all of the vast interstellar space of
the universe is absolutely dark and
may give some idea of what Jesus
Christ meant when he spoke of the
outer darkness, where there would be
weeping and waiting and crashing of
teeth. 1t is estimated that this inter-
stellar space has a temperature of at
least 400 degrees below zero.
The above facts obtained by scien-
tific exploration of the earth's at
mosphere concerns with the teachings
of chemistry for the last century. The
invisible gases are unknown to be
subject to the law of gravitation, each
having its definite weight, oxygen
being 10 times heavier than hydrogen,
or 10 to l.
The evidence is also cumulative,
that in the beginning all matter was
in the invisible gaseous form, chemi-
cal union and gravitation bringing
them into form and qualification.
Hence the earth was without form
and void.
The great mistake made by bible
critics IS the fact that they overlook
the difference between creation and
formation. Creation is an act of God.
HE spake and it was done"
Formation is bringing matter into
scientific order after it is created and
may require six days or seven years
or six hundred thousand years. One
school of thinkers claim that since
science has proved that the universe
is endless in time and space and that
no energy is lost nor matter destroy
ed there is no place for the Super
natural.
Another class of thinkers claim that
there is no such thing as matter. it
is all mind, spirit, principle, the hu-
man mind is part of the Divine
mind, matter is only a manifestation
of principle, or mind. There is no
such thing as error because error can
not exist, truth only can exist. Dark
ness is the absence of light, error is
the absence of truth, and so ON. 1t
seems a>revival of old time Pantheism
and is becoming very popular. THE
universe Is God" Of these. extreme
views, perhaps the scientific Is better,
because ii can be verified, the other
is theoretical or imaginary.
Science deals with matter and its
potentialities, andsis skeptical Of the
Supernatural. But the question will
intrade, is matter created by the SUI
pernatural or did Il always exists 1t
il always existed there is no GOD. The
bible Is the only authority that an
swers this question, and is corrpbor-
ated by modern science.
"ln the beginning God created the
heavens and the earth" In the begin
ming of whatl There was no time,
there was nothing to measure time,
no earth, no sun. no. moon. Every
thing was without form and void. The
only logical conclusion Is, that in the
beginning Of His work God created
the heavens and the earth. He never
created anything afterwards. Thu
word created 10 used many times in
the bible but il ID always used in the
sense Of making something out of al.
ready created material. He created
man In his own image but made him
out Of the dust already created. He
also created great whales. but a. fish
or whale 10 Z chemical union of oxy.
gen, hydrogen and carbon with lime
salts created in the beginning. H