According to a certain "most sensible" Christian TV Preacher, matter perishes.
Weh? Hindi nga?
Scientifically speaking, matter doesn’t perish. They just change from one state to another. When iron is oxygenated for example, it creates iron oxide (AKA rust). The matter in the iron didn't lose its "matterness" so to speak. It just changed from one state to another.
Obviously, this "most sensible" preacher was trying to discredit matter using his weak understanding of the Laws of Thermodynamics. Since the 2nd Law of thermodynamics states that entropy (disorder) increases so VIOLA! Matter perishes. Sad that his "sensibility" prevented him to learn something about the 1st Law of Thermodynamics which stated that matter/energy cannot be created nor destroyed. Matter only turns into energy and energy to matter as what Albert Einstein's famous equation E = mc2 demonstrated. The number of energy and matter in the universe remains constant. Nothing perishes.
Some bible fanatics might argue that the preacher is just using a layman's standpoint. For a layman's standpoint, matter perishes. Wood rot or burn, rocks crumble and metal rust. Oh, so let us also add that in a layman observation, the Sun revolves around the earth, the Sun is not a star and stars are small. Remember that a layperson's opinion is not science, so if you would like to justify your religious belief by trying to use science yet getting ideas from a layperson's belief, then I guess being foolish would be that preacher's best quality.
Until next time.
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