Sarah Salviander, PhD is
a physicist, Astronomer at the University of Texas, Christian apologist and writer
of homeschooling curriculum and science fiction. Her blog is called SixDay Science.
She is also a former
atheist, the child of socialists who were diligent about not exposing their
daughter to religion in her formative years. In Sarah’s first 25 years of
life, she says she met exactly three self-identified Christians.
I trust that’s not
true of everyone growing up in British Columbia. Canada is most definitely
post-Christian, but I hope we’re not THAT post-Christian.
Sarah tells how she
was first influenced by Christian physics professors who were, in her words, “joyous, content and smart”. Their personal examples were
the beginning of Sarah’s journey to faith in Jesus Christ and conviction that
the Bible is the inerrant word of God, fully compatible with all genuine
science. Her studies of the human mind and the precise order of the universe further
eroded the barriers built in childhood. Sarah’s entire testimony is a fascinating read, and I won’t recycle it here, but her conversion was both
an intellectual and emotional experience.
The blog is a treat. Whether
Dr. Salviander is laying waste to the oft-repeated assertion that Genesis is merely mythology borrowed from other religious sources, or eviscerating the misconception that 93% of scientists are atheists (she says it’s actually less than half),
or undressing Neil deGrasse Tyson’s claim that weight of evidence is an adequate metric for implementing political policy, Salviander is always incisive,
practical and relevant, not to mention (generally) easy to read.
Six Days of Genesis
Best of all is her Six Days of Genesis slide show, in which Dr. Salviander syncs up the first six days of Genesis with the
Big Bang and the 14 billion years currently posited by scientists as the
age of the universe in plain English with clear illustrations. One doesn’t have
to agree with everything Salviander posits (such as pre-Adamic hominids, etc.)
to notice her commitment to the preservation of every word of Genesis as the
literal truth of God. Definitely recommended viewing for teens interested in exploring
an intelligent presentation of the creationist worldview.
The homeschooling
curriculum was created in response to a perceived dearth of suitable material
for students interested in Astronomy and Astrophysics. The studies are presented agnostically (presumably to maximize the potential market), but Christian
homeschoolers will be interested in the (notably inexpensive) Biblical
Supplement focusing on the consistency of the modern science of astrophysics with the teaching of scripture.
Dr. Salviander’s homeschooling
curriculum is available from Castalia House.
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