Science, the Mind, and Christianity

Why SMAC?

SMAC ain't bad

... at least not this kind. SMAC was created to strengthen the faith of high school students, like yourself, by developing critical thinking skills. We do this by showing you scientific research that is not taught in public schools or in the media. Then we have you look in the text you are using in the light of these new learnings.

We believe you, after learning that there might be half truths or facts missing from your text, will begin to question what you are taught. Our hope is that you will begin to respectfully ask your teacher probing questions. This will help other students in your class realize things aren't as "clean and tidy" as presented.

Schedule

SMAC events will take place the second or third weekend of each semester. This will give you and your classmates a chance to bring your latest textbook and see what the texts have to say ... and what they don't have to say.

SMAC events will follow this basic format:

Saturday 8:30 to around 3:30

First Group of Classes

Second Group of Classes

Lunch

A general session on communication

A general session on textbooks

The two blocks of classes in the morning are designed to start you down the road of learning about how reliable the bible is from Genesis 1:1 through Revelation 22:21. The first time you attend SMAC, you will take the four overviews listed on the left side of your browser. When you come back in the following semesters, you have the freedom to take courses that interest you. Each time we hold SMAC, we will add more teachers and more courses. Click here to look at the latest list of courses.

What's on this CD?

We created this CD for you to take home and use through out the year. It contains the resources listed in the menu to the left including:

The introductory presentations given at the SMAC event.

An entire creation manual.

A 965 page "Evolution Cruncher" you can use as a handbook in your classes!

Software to view PowerPoint slides.

Names and numbers of people willing to help you.

Miscellaneous other resources you'll discover if you use your knowledge of computers to explore this CD.

How do I use the CD?

We hope you will use this CD as a resource throughout the year. For example, if you are studying meteorites, you can open the index of In the Beginning: Compelling Evidence for Creation and the Flood and click "M". (The index link appears on the left side of the page near the bottom.) Reading the sub-headings, the topic "missing in deep sedimentary rock" might catch your eye. You will read:

Meteorites are concentrated in Earth’s topmost sedimentary layers, so they must have fallen recently, after most sediments were deposited.

This is a fascinating point to share with your class. Isn't it amazing meteors didn't pelt the earth over millions of years sedimentary layers were being laid down? If your teacher presses you, you could even look up the reference as shown in the notes for this point:

“In view of the connection of comets, meteors, and meteorites, the absence of meteorites in old deposits in the crust of the earth is very significant. It has been estimated that at least 500 meteorites should have been found in already worked coal seams, whereas none have been identified in strata older than the Quaternary epoch (about 1 million years ago). This suggests a very recent origin [of meteors] and, by inference, of comets.”
N. T. Bobrovnikoff, “Comets,” Astrophysics, editor J. A. Hynek (New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1951), p. 352.

Just another nugget of truth they don't tell you ...

What's next?

A similar seminar is planned for the beginning of next semester. Tell your friends about it and plan to show up! Tell your friends and relatives living in other states about this also. There is no reason they couldn't plan their own event in their area! If they are interested, put them in contact with one of the people listed on the "Resources in the flesh" page. We will help them get started.

Last revised: 24 Jan 2005