Crucifixion: The Science Behind the Christian Atonement

By V. J. Moore

How does Jesus’ sacrifice on the Cross save us? In his Space Age Christianity series, author V. J. Moore offers a scientific explanation for how the Lord’s Passion saved the human race. Rejecting all approaches that involve mysticism, the supernatural, or theories of theology, Moore’s analysis puts forward solid scientific answers in what he calls “Atonement Biology.” In volume one of the series, Crucifixion, he investigates “the Biology of Crucifixion.” His analysis provides answers to 1) Why Jesus died on the Cross sooner than Pilate expected; 2) How crucifixion killed its victims and why the cause of death in Jesus’ case was so significant biologically; 3) What purpose the Crucifixion served and how it accomplished its goal; 4) How being scourged and carrying His Cross helped the Lord bring about our salvation; and 5) Why probing the Lord’s Body with a spear produced blood and water and how that result bears witness to the truth. In the second part, Moore examines Saint Paul’s discussion of “the two bodies” and concludes that one body is based on breathing and is for the Earth, while the other body is based on photosynthesis and is for Heaven. He maintains that the Crucifixion, Burial, and Resurrection were an identifiable procedure to transform the body for Earth into a body for Heaven, and that the procedure can be understood in terms of modern science. Always firmly rooted in Scripture, Moore’s analysis heralds a revolutionary advance in understanding for the Christian believer of the 21st century. Includes over 40 illustrations.

• Language: English
• Publisher: V. J. Moore
• Release date: Jun 26, 2014
• ISBN: 9781311213211

V. J. Moore

V. J. Moore holds a degree in Biology from the University of California at San Diego. When Moore first became aware of the scientific dimensions of the Gospel, he went to the local university, enrolled, and completed a degree in Biology so he could round out his studies in Atonement Biology properly. The result of so many years of work and study now lies before you.

Book preview

Fig 1: The Witness of the Blood and the Water 3

How does Jesus’ sacrifice on the Cross save us? In his Space Age Christianity series, author V. J. Moore offers a scientific explanation for how the Lord’s Passion saved the human race. Rejecting all approaches that involve mysticism, the supernatural, or theories of theology, Moore’s analysis puts forward solid scientific answers in what he calls Atonement Biology. In volume one of the series, Crucifixion, he investigates the Biology of Crucifixion. His analysis provides answers to 1) Why Jesus died on the Cross sooner than Pilate expected; 2) How crucifixion killed its victims and why the cause of death in Jesus’ case was so significant biologically; 3) What purpose the Crucifixion served and how it accomplished its goal; 4) How being scourged and carrying His Cross helped the Lord bring about our salvation; and 5) Why probing the Lord’s Body with a spear produced blood and water and how that result bears witness to the truth. In the second part, Moore examines Saint Paul’s discussion of the two bodies and concludes that one body is based on breathing and is for the Earth, while the other body is based on photosynthesis and is for Heaven. He maintains that the Crucifixion, Burial, and Resurrection were an identifiable procedure to transform the body for Earth into a body for Heaven, and that the procedure can be understood in terms of modern science. Always firmly rooted in Scripture, Moore’s analysis heralds a revolutionary advance in understanding for the Christian believer of the 21st century. Includes over 40 illustrations.

All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds. There are also bodies for Heaven, and bodies for Earth... So also is the resurrection of the dead... The first man was of the dust of the Earth, the second man was from Heaven. As was the earthly man, so are those who are of the Earth; and as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are of Heaven. And just as we have borne the image of the earthly man, so shall we bear the image of the heavenly man. (1 Corinthians 15:39-40,42, 47-49)

Fig 2: Series Covers

(Search on 'Space Age Christianity' rather than the titles of the individual books.)

Space Age Christianity - Crucifixion

V. J. Moore

Copyright 2014 by V. J. Moore

Smashwords Edition

Smashwords Edition, License Notes

This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. It may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share it with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

Original Cover Illustration: Kristine Cotterman and Koni Randall, Exodus Design Studios.

Original Editing: Melanie Mallon, Mallon and Taylor

Original Cover Design: Robert Aulicino

Unless otherwise noted, all scripture quotations are translated by the author.

Scripture quotations identified by KJV are from the King James Version of the Bible.

Scripture quotations identified by NIV are from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION. Copyright 1984, by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House. All rights reserved.

Scripture quotations identified by NASB are taken from the New American Standard Bible, Copyright 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission.

Website: SpaceAgeChristianity.wordpress.com/Crucifixion

Table of Contents

Introduction

PART I—HOW: THE BIOLOGY OF CRUCIFIXION

1. In the Dust of Death

2. My Heart Melts Within Me

3. A Pericardial Bypass

4. The Pericardial Bypass Step By Step

5. With a Loud Voice

6. By His Scourging

7. Blood and Water

PART II—WHY: THE TWO BODIES

8. A Remarkable Scientific Statement

9. Burning Carbon

10. A Microscopic Furnace

11. Breather in Scientific Works

12. When the Spirit Gives Life

13. Light-Powered Bodies

14. Light and Energy

15. Spirit-Powered Bodies

16. Photosynthesis-Based Bodies in Scientifc Works

17. The Importance of the Two Bodies

18. Oxygen—the Great Destroyer

PART III—THE BIGGER PICTURE

19. Fitting the Pieces of the Puzzle Together

20. Reasoning Our Way to the Gospel

End of Book

About the Author

Glossary of Terms

Footnotes

Sources

FrontMatter

Introduction

Twenty-four years ago, when I first re-examined the Gospel, I set for myself three rules:

1. No mystical explanations

2. No supernatural explanations

3. No theological explanations

With these rules in place, I attempted to craft an account of the Gospel that a fair-minded agnostic or atheist might reasonably find persuasive. I hoped to phrase my account in terms of reason and science to make it accessible to someone who had been educated in rationalism and the scientific method.

Paradigms and Revolutions

Over the last 500 years, human thought has undergone a revolution in explanations. The revolution possesses all the earmarks of smaller revolutions in the sciences. Whenever a particular way of thinking (what Thomas Kuhn has called a paradigm) encounters a sufficient number of contradictions by the real world, it gives way to a new paradigm—a new way of thinking. The paradigm shift from the old way of thinking to the new is called a revolution in that field and usually involves a thorough-going change in perspective.

The best known example of such a revolution is the shift from Newtonian physics to Einsteinian physics. Einstein’s view of the universe transcends Newton’s, keeping the best of the Newtonian view while providing much needed answers in areas where even Newton’s genius did not reach.

But the revolution in explanations is larger than any one field of study. It encompasses them all. The old paradigm was characterized by explanations that included the mystical, the supernatural, and, in religion, the theological. The new paradigm rejects these elements, favoring instead reason, rationalism, logic, and the scientific method. The revolution in explanations reached astronomy in