Why do we only teach the THEORY of gravity and not Intelligent Falling (ID) as well?

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"Things fall not because they are acted upon by some gravitational force, but because a higher intelligence, 'God' if you will, is pushing them down," said Gabriel Burdett, who holds degrees in education, applied Scripture, and physics from Oral Roberts University.

Burdett added: "Gravity—which is taught to our children as a law—is founded on great gaps in understanding. The laws predict the mutual force between all bodies of mass, but they cannot explain that force. Isaac Newton himself said, 'I suspect that my theories may all depend upon a force for which philosophers have searched all of nature in vain.' Of course, he is alluding to a higher power."

since they are both Theories then the should BOTH be taught

Answer 1

It is a moot point.

God created the physical laws of the universe, and that would include gravity.

Answer 2

Actually, we do NOT teach any 'theory' of gravity. We can only teach the law of gravity. Check the internet. There are literally dozens of theories as to how gravity does what it does. We simply don't know. All we know for sure is that it does work, by certain mathematical formulas. We have no clue as to why.

Answer 3

Yeah, the greater being aspect comes into play here too. The gravitational force is due to the atoms that makes up the planet, but who created those atoms in the first place?

Answer 4

Newtons theoires are of course at least a century out of date, oh well, I mean no-one has thought of gravity as attraction between objects since the early 20th century... this man has a degree?

Answer 5

It only remains a theory if it can't be proven scientifically. I can safely say that when something goes up, it must come down. This will be proven about 10 billion times tomorrow alone. Don't take my word for it, jump up in the air and see if you float. Let me know if this works.

Answer 6

Good point. Christians believe other scientific findings because it doesn't conflict with their belief. That is the only reason why they don't reject various findings such as DNA, Chemical reactions and such. There is more physical evidence for evolution than the actual structure of DNA. We can't see it in a microscope.

They pick and choose.

Answer 7

A scientific theory is well supported by evidence. Many people will try to pass it off as "just a theory", but just a theory in science is as close as you can get to the absolute truth.

Answer 8

I learned at Pat Robertson's school that we were held to large heavenly bodies by the love of Jesus, as manifested by glue Pixies.

Answer 9

Well, I guess this proves that just because you go to college, and a Christian one at that, doesn't mean you have a lick of sense. Humans it seems are still susceptible to mistakes, bad science, and even worse logic.

Answer 10

--Why should gravity be taught as a theory, for we do know some of its works, with the sciences God made?

--Just because scientists still have much to find out about the marvelous force does not in any way compare to the pseudo science of evolution--which will always remain a theory until it is indeed eradicated by true science!

This text talks about the "active force" behind these marvelous energies that were formed by holy spirit as Gen. 1: 2 makes reference to---Please note:

(Isaiah 40:28-29) ) “26 “Raise YOUR eyes high up and see. Who has created these things? It is the One who is bringing forth the army of them even by number, all of whom he calls even by name. Due to the abundance of dynamic energy, he also being vigorous in power, not one [of them] is missing. 28 Have you not come to know or have you not heard? Jehovah, the Creator of the extremities of the earth, is a God to time indefinite. He does not tire out or grow weary. There is no searching out of his understanding. 29 He is giving to the tired one power; and to the one without dynamic energy he makes full might abound."

---The reference to "dynamic energy"--has been compared to Einstein's E=mC2

*** g89 10/8 p. 19 The Fascinating Force of Gravity ***

Baffling

In spite of great advances in knowledge, certain fundamental aspects of gravity still baffle scientists. It has long been assumed that there are basically four forces—the electromagnetic force responsible for electricity and magnetism, the weak and the strong forces acting within the nucleus of the atom, and gravity. But why are there four? Could it be that all four are manifestations of a single fundamental force?

Recently it was established that the electromagnetic force and the weak force are manifestations of an underlying phenomenon—the electroweak interaction—and theories seek to unify the strong force with these two. Gravity, however, is the odd one out—it does not seem to fit in with the others.

Scientists hope that clues may come from recent experiments performed in the Greenland ice sheet. Measurements made down a one-and-a-quarter-mile-deep [2,000 m] hole bored in the ice seemed to indicate that the force of gravity differed from what was expected. Previous experiments, performed down mine shafts and up television towers, likewise indicated that something mysterious was causing deviations from the predictions of the Newtonian description of gravity. Meanwhile, some theoreticians are trying to develop a new mathematical approach, the “superstring theory,” in order to unify the forces of nature.

Gravity—Vital for Life

The discoveries of both Newton and Einstein demonstrate that laws govern the movements of heavenly bodies and that gravity acts as a bond holding the universe together. A professor of physics, writing in New Scientist, drew attention to the evidence of design in these laws and said: “The most minute change in the relative strengths of gravitational and electromagnetic forces would turn stars like the Sun into blue giants or red dwarfs. All around us, we seem to see evidence that nature got it just right.”

Without gravity we simply could not exist. Just consider: Gravity holds our sun together, sustaining its nuclear reactions, which supply our needed heat and light. Gravity keeps our spinning earth in orbit around the sun—making day and night and seasons—and prevents us from being thrown off like mud from a spinning wheel. Earth’s atmosphere is held in place by gravity, while the pull of gravity from the moon and the sun generates regular tides that help circulate the waters of our oceans.

Using a tiny organ of our inner ear (otolith), we sense gravity and learn to take it into account from infancy when walking, running, or jumping. How much more difficult it is for astronauts when they have to cope with zero-gravity conditions in spaceflight!

Yes, gravity contributes to making life on earth normal for us. It is, indeed, a fascinating example of our Creator’s “wonderful works.”—Job 37:14, 16.

There are indeed millions of things that scientists with all their good efforts have hardly scrached the surface. It is as Solomon when he was faithful expressed:
(Ecclesiastes 3:11) “11 Everything he has made pretty in its time. Even time indefinite he has put in their heart, that mankind may never find out the work that the [true] God has made from the start to the finish.”
(Ecclesiastes 3:14) “14 I have come to know that everything that the [true] God makes, it will prove to be to time indefinite. To it there is nothing to add and from it there is nothing to subtract; but the [true] God himself has made it, that people may be afraid on account of him.”

--So whats the rush, we will indeed continue to learn forever, and not catch up--but is that not what makes life exciting and enjoyable as we give the due credit to God , rather than man, who has done nothing to create any of the sciences?