What is the author's true intention behind this book?

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Sushan wrote: 04 Mar 2021, 20:13
Eriny Youssef wrote: 04 Mar 2021, 10:40 I think Daniel Friedmann was just sharing what he arrived at from his studies of biblical and scientific calendars. So it goes from when the Universe started all the way to the end of times. His studies are ongoing and he lublishes several books afterwards, all of which tackle the same issue.
Yes, seemingly he wanted to share what he gained through his studies and let the readers be the judges of the content of his book. But as he mentions in the very beginning, being a Christian and a believer, he has his own biases. So that implies the idea that he actually might wanted to prove that the bible is scientifically legit and acceptable. What do you think?

As I recall, he mentioned that Jewish references will be the main source for his discourse. So, yes, he might be trying to explain the Torah or prove it to be in alignment with what science had achieved so far.
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I don't believe he has any secret agenda. He just wanted to establish a bridge between religion and science. Even so, I agree that he tends to privilege religion and leave science in the background.
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EternalD wrote: 05 Mar 2021, 07:32 I don't believe he has any secret agenda. He just wanted to establish a bridge between religion and science. Even so, I agree that he tends to privilege religion and leave science in the background.
Though not hidden, indeed, I see that that is his agenda. He has told that he wanted to make this bridge (reconciliation) between religion and science, yet the book goes on with more favouration to the religion. So other than trying to go for a reconciliation, he is trying to give the biblical stories some legitimacy. This book can be considered as some sort of apologetic work.
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I believe the author intends to correlate the scientific evidence with the biblical evidence of creation and how the prophesies of the Old Testament, that we see unfolding before our eyes today, has scientific proof of the timeline we are in.
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B Creech wrote: 05 Mar 2021, 09:35 I believe the author intends to correlate the scientific evidence with the biblical evidence of creation and how the prophesies of the Old Testament, that we see unfolding before our eyes today, has scientific proof of the timeline we are in.
The author has seen what he wanted when comparing science and religion. For the things that did not go hand in hand, he has made (or found from scholarly work) some clever explanations and settled the issue. So, ultimately, as I see, he has given some legitimacy for a mythical story that many scientists have disproved already.
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Sushan wrote: 05 Mar 2021, 10:48
B Creech wrote: 05 Mar 2021, 09:35 I believe the author intends to correlate the scientific evidence with the biblical evidence of creation and how the prophesies of the Old Testament, that we see unfolding before our eyes today, has scientific proof of the timeline we are in.
The author has seen what he wanted when comparing science and religion. For the things that did not go hand in hand, he has made (or found from scholarly work) some clever explanations and settled the issue. So, ultimately, as I see, he has given some legitimacy for a mythical story that many scientists have disproved already.
We all see things differently, I guess that is what makes us unique! However, I don't believe the creation story is a mythical story. It is as real as this earth around us. That's my opinion. You created a good topic!
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B Creech wrote: 05 Mar 2021, 14:12
Sushan wrote: 05 Mar 2021, 10:48
B Creech wrote: 05 Mar 2021, 09:35 I believe the author intends to correlate the scientific evidence with the biblical evidence of creation and how the prophesies of the Old Testament, that we see unfolding before our eyes today, has scientific proof of the timeline we are in.
The author has seen what he wanted when comparing science and religion. For the things that did not go hand in hand, he has made (or found from scholarly work) some clever explanations and settled the issue. So, ultimately, as I see, he has given some legitimacy for a mythical story that many scientists have disproved already.
We all see things differently, I guess that is what makes us unique! However, I don't believe the creation story is a mythical story. It is as real as this earth around us. That's my opinion. You created a good topic!
Indeed, we see things differently and we believe things differently. And it seems obviously that my thoughts are not matching with yours, and that have led to have a nice discussion regarding this controversial, yet interesting subject regarding the Creation. Thank you for your valuable responses :tiphat:
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I think the author's main purpose of writing the book is to fill the lacuna between religion and science, which has created numerous conception about the two globally.
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Trustedbook wrote: 06 Mar 2021, 00:41 I think the author's main purpose of writing the book is to fill the lacuna between religion and science, which has created numerous conception about the two globally.
I don't see why people always try to see something in common between science and religion. Science has some purpose and religion has a different purpose. If we can let these to be in their boundaries, there won't be any trouble.

But the believers love to abuse the boundaries of other logical sciences and try to get some legitimacy for their beliefs. What I see is that through this book the same thing has occurred
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I believe the author's true intention is to show people that ideas about that which we don't fully understand such as how the earth came to be are often similar between scientific reasoning and religious texts.
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Nicholus Schroeder wrote: 06 Mar 2021, 21:07 I believe the author's true intention is to show people that ideas about that which we don't fully understand such as how the earth came to be are often similar between scientific reasoning and religious texts.
As far as I know, things that science prove are the things that we know of. For the things that we are not sure, science produce only concepts, but not theories. Scientific reasoning is usually used to prove something, not to assume something.

When we consider the beginning of the universe, science has an assumption of how it might have happened. And as far as I know, scientists, among their many other theories, have not mentioned about an almighty God creating the universe. So, there is nothing similar between science and religion regarding that issue.

What this author is trying to do, in my opinion, is to give some legitimacy to the biblical stories by showing that there is a similarities between scientific theories and biblical stories, which not a truth, but a creation by the author depending on various scriptures
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I think his opinion is valid. Their research seems to point more towards religion I believe, so I would agree. Although there is the aspect of science and global warming which predicts the world would end sooner rather than later, and I don't see that happening soon.
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63tty wrote: 07 Mar 2021, 01:07 I think his opinion is valid. Their research seems to point more towards religion I believe, so I would agree. Although there is the aspect of science and global warming which predicts the world would end sooner rather than later, and I don't see that happening soon.
Global warming was there for few decades now. And the world leaders took various effective as well as non effective attempts to slow down its process. But so far we don't see any military attempt to grab some other country's technology to fight against that. Maybe that is because no one has found such a technology. And if the author wanted to warn people about such a fate, did he really think that a single book can change the way that a whole world is going?

So, as I see, he has merely attempted to legitimize his religious beliefs (I am sorry if I am challenging your beliefs, and I don't mean any disrespect), which has not been proven or supported by scientific evidence so far
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I believe the point of the book is to showcase the importance of both science and religion and the role of each in figuring out life. I also think both fields are valid, and the author's aim is to widen one's perspectives to 'what if'.
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The author is trying to bring Science and religion together for a better understanding of the world. However, I see that his argument inclines more towards religion than science. To an extend, I agree with him because personally, I have never envisioned the two coming together effectively. Science will always contradict religion to a larger extend because one is based on factual information while the other is based on faith in God.
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