A scientist says he has found a mathematical formula that does what philosophers and theologians have tried to do for centuries: prove that God exists.
Using equations based on orbital speeds, distances in space and the physics of turbulence, Dr Nathanael-Israel Israel claimed he uncovered evidence that the biblical account of creation was literally true.
His calculations suggested that the Earth formed in 2.82 days and that the sun and moon were completed in 3.69 days, figures he said closely mirrored the timeline laid out in Genesis.
Israel clarified that his formula produced separate figures of 3.32 days for the moon and 3.69 days for the sun, placing the completion of both celestial bodies on the fourth day.
Because he believed no other major religion offered the same sequence of events, he argued that his work pointed specifically to the existence of the Christian God.
‘People say you can’t prove God, but the question is, “How can you prove God?” I’m the first person in history to offer this mathematical framework,’ Dr Israel told the Daily Mail.
The Georgia-based scientist insisted that his formula was so simple that even schoolchildren could perform the calculations using publicly available NASA data.
The NASA measurements used in his equations included the sizes and speeds of celestial bodies and the distances separating them, with a particular focus on the Earth, moon and sun.
Using equations based on orbital speeds, distances in space and the physics of turbulence, Dr Nathanael-Israel Israel said he had uncovered evidence that the biblical account of creation was literally true
However, Israel’s conclusions have not been independently verified or accepted by the wider scientific community, and using official NASA measurements does not itself validate the assumptions or conclusions behind his formula.
Mainstream astronomy holds that the sun formed before the Earth over billions of years, sharply conflicting with Israel’s claim that the planet was completed in less than three days and before the sun.
He said the findings overturned the long-held notion that faith and science were fundamentally incompatible.
And after spending more than a decade developing his theory, Israel believes he has finally produced scientific evidence for the existence of God.
The scientist laid out his theory in his self-published book, Boldest Scientific Formula of God and Creation, in which he argues that mathematics and physics can be used to demonstrate the literal truth of the Genesis creation account.
Israel, who was born and raised in the West African nation of Benin before moving to the US two decades ago, said he had never viewed science and religion as opposing forces.
Instead, he spent 12 years examining scientific data and compiling variables from astronomy, physics, and other disciplines in an effort to understand the mechanics of creation itself.
‘When it comes to science, I know what I’m talking about. I’m not a preacher, I’m not a pastor, I’m not a novice who is just doing some pseudoscience. It took me 12 years of hard work,’ he said.
His calculations suggested that the Earth formed in 2.82 days and that the sun and moon were completed in 3.69 days, figures he said closely mirrored the timeline laid out in Genesis
Israel earned a PhD in Plant, Insect and Microbial Sciences with an emphasis on Plant Biology and Genetics from the University of Missouri.
He also earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Abomey-Calavi in Benin and became a member of several scientific organizations in the US, including the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Chemical Society.
‘My PhD is in plant, insect and microbial science, so I’m a life scientist. But I’m not afraid or shy to say I’m a Christian. I believe in God,’ he said.
‘To come to this formula, I have had to go through hundreds of variables collected by scientists throughout the century, some of which were available on the NASA website and on many other space and agency websites.’
Unlike many researchers who attempted to reconcile religion and science, Israel said his work did not rely on traditional Creationist arguments.
He dismissed efforts to prove the Bible by challenging evolution or debating the existence of dinosaurs, arguing that mathematics offered a far stronger foundation.
At the heart of his theory was what he described as a simple formula rooted in orbital mechanics and turbulence.
‘The formula is based on the orbit and the orbital speed of the Earth,’ he explained.
Using publicly available measurements, including the Earth’s distance from the sun and its speed through space, Israel said he could calculate how long it took the planet to reach its current position.
To produce the figure of 2.82 days, Israel divided the distance between the Earth and sun by the sun’s escape velocity. He then added the time obtained by dividing the Earth’s circumference by its orbital speed.
The values used were an Earth-sun distance of 149.6 million kilometers and a solar escape velocity of 617.6 kilometers per second.
He calculated the Earth’s circumference using its radius of 3,963 miles, multiplying that figure by two and pi, then divided the result by the planet’s orbital speed of 18.5 miles per second.
Written as a single calculation, his formula is: (149,600,000 km ÷ 617.6 km/s) + ([2 × π × 6,378.14 km] ÷ 29.78 km/s) = approximately 243,530 seconds, or 2.82 days.
Those calculations, he claimed, revealed that the Earth formed in 2.82 days, which the scientist suggested aligns with the Book of Genesis, which says: ‘In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.’
The same framework suggested that the sun and moon were completed in 3.69 days, corresponding to the fourth day in the biblical account.
Israel said he applied the same basic formula to the moon and sun, producing formation times of 3.32 days and 3.69 days, respectively. He did not provide the full calculations for those two figures, saying they are detailed in his book.
‘The simple formula I discussed and discovered was able to help me also to explain the variation of life and chemicals and to scientifically prove that what the Bible has been saying for 3400 years, Jesus is correct,’ Israel said.
When asked why dividing distance by speed should represent the time required for creation, Israel pointed to the apparent alignment between his results and the Genesis chronology.
He said his formula showed that the Earth’s formation was completed in 2.82 days, placing it on the third day, while the moon and sun were completed in 3.32 and 3.69 days, placing both on the fourth day.
Israel argued that this sequence matched Genesis 1:1–19, which describes the Earth before the appearance of the two lights in the sky. However, his interpretation and formula have not been established as scientific consensus.
The calculations stemmed from a broader theory about the origins of the universe.
According to Israel, everything began as a massive body of material that he called the ‘Turbulent Prima Materia.’
He theorized that this primordial mass fragmented through the forces of fluid dynamics and turbulence, breaking apart repeatedly until it formed the precursors of the sun and the bodies orbiting it.
As these fragments separated, the material that would eventually become the Earth, moon and other objects escaped from the precursor of the sun and settled into their current positions.
His formula attempted to reconstruct that process by examining the distances between celestial bodies, the speeds needed for those bodies to break away from their larger parent masses and the orbital characteristics they exhibit today.
The enormous size of the sun’s precursor, he argued, explained why the sun formed after the Earth and moon.
‘You see, so that’s the bottom line of my discovery. I’m breaking down for you in the language that even elementary school students can understand,’ he said.
Israel said his framework differed from every other scientific approach that either attempted to prove God or argued against the existence of a creator.
‘My framework is different than all other scientific frameworks that try to prove God, or deny God,’ he said.
‘It’s not a framework based on evolutionism; it’s a simple framework I break down in just a few pages.’
He believed the implications of his work extended far beyond science and could challenge the beliefs of both skeptics and Christians.
According to Israel, many believers had been searching for evidence in the wrong places.
Rather than focusing on fossils or attempting to disprove established scientific theories, he argued that the answer lay in mathematics.
He further contended that his calculations pointed specifically to the Christian God because ‘only the Bible gave us a clear chronological story of creation.’
