INVENTOR OF THE MRI SAYS EVOLUTION IS SCIENCE FICTION
MAY 10, 2012 - (David
Cloud, Fundamental Baptist Information Service, P.O. Box 610368, Port Huron, MI
48061, 866-295-4143, fbns@wayoflife.org)
The following is excerpted from an interview with Dr.
Raymond Damadian that was conducted in January 2012 by Shem Dharampaul of Alberta,
Canada. Dr. Dharampaul is a Fellow of the College of Physicians in Canada and
is trained in nuclear medicine.
Dr. Damadian,
biophysicist, is the recipient of the Lemelson-MIT Achievement Award as “the
man who invented the MRI scanner.” In 1988 he was awarded the National Medal of
Technology, America’s highest award for applied science, and a year later, he
was inducted into the Inventors Hall of Fame, an honor he shares with Thomas
Edison, Samuel Morse, and the Wright Brothers. The first MRI scanner that Dr.
Damadian and his colleagues built in 1977, “The Indomitable,” resides at the
Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.
QUESTION: Why do you
believe that the Bible is true?
DAMADIAN: If you take
the trouble to examine the evidence supporting the Bible and contradicting
alternative theories, from my perception, the evidence is overwhelmingly in
support of the biblical record and vacates alternative thoughts such as
evolution. The evidence for evolution is non-existent. In my opinion, evolution
is science fiction.
QUESTION: Does the
Bible’s account of creation contradict any known facts of science?
DAMADIAN: No.
Absolutely not. In my opinion evolution contradicts them.
QUESTION: What things
would you think that evolution contradicts in terms of known facts of science?
DAMADIAN: Just as an
example, it contracts the first law of thermodynamics. It contradicts the
second law of thermodynamics. And it contradicts a major, fundamental law of
physics, which is the law of cause and effect. The effect can never be greater
than the cause, but evolution has to start with slime mold and end up with a
human being. So that is an outright contradiction of the law of cause and
effect. The second law of thermodynamics says that everything is running downhill.
All of the processes of nature are degenerating to the point where the ultimate
outcome is going to be equilibrium where no actions of any kind occur because
you have a universal equilibrium. Evolution says the opposite. Evolution says
that by the sheer process of chance things are not running downhill, they are
getting progressively more perfected. That is an outright contradiction of the
second law of thermodynamics. Evolution ducks the question of where does matter
come from. The only way you can start is that you have to make something out of
nothing. You have to start with nothing and end up with matter. When you go
from nothing to something you are violating every one of the laws of physics
that we know about. The first law of thermodynamics, the second law of
thermodynamics, and the law of cause and effect.
QUESTION: Why do you
not accept evolution, since it is widely held among scientists today?DAMADIAN: The way I would answer that is because there is no evidence for it. The known scientific evidence contradict it.
QUESTION: Do you know
other scientists who reject evolution?
DAMADIAN: Oh, many.
In fact, my general impression is that among the scientists in America the
rejection of evolution is growing very rapidly. Today there is a massive amount
of material that has been written by scientists against evolution. There are
many textbooks written by scientists that challenge evolution for its lack of
scientific evidence. One of my favorite quotes in this context is that of Sir
Fred Hoyle, the British astronomer, who said to the effect that if you can
believe that the human body originated from an antique life form such as slime
mold entirely by chance, you should have no trouble believing that a hurricane
blowing through a junkyard will yield a 747 passenger jet.
QUESTION: What
message would you like to convey to young people growing up in church today?
DAMADIAN: I would
like for them to understand that there is no scientific evidence for evolution,
that evolution is science fiction, and that the real science is what Genesis
describes. Genesis is the only characterization of origins that is consistent
with all of the scientific evidence that we have.
QUESTION: What would
you consider the most important thing in your life to be?
DAMADIAN: The belief
and understanding that Jesus is exactly who He said He is, that Jesus is the
son of God, and that He died and was crucified, and that He indeed was
resurrected. And with that understanding there is nothing else to say, because
Jesus says Himself as the Son of God He was there at the beginning and was
there at the genesis of Creation.
QUESTION: What do you
consider to be the most important book in your life?
DAMADIAN: The most
important book is not even debatable; it is the Bible. The source of wisdom and
understanding of all of that we experience and all that we know comes from the
Bible. And the more that you study it and the more that you read it the more
you advance your wisdom and understanding which is fundamental to everything
that you do, and your future.
QUESTION: How can you be sure of going to heaven?
DAMADIAN: In John
3:3, Jesus makes this unequivocal. Jesus said, Except that a man be born again
he shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. And John 3:16, God so loved the
world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believes in him should
not perish but have everlasting life.
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