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HowDoesScienceShowtheExistenceofaCreator?

Psalms19:4(NASB) TheheavensaretellingofthegloryofGod;AndtheirexpanseisdeclaringtheworkofHishands.

Introduction:Aphilosophythatpermeatesmuchoftheworldtodayiscalledmaterialism.Materialismisthebeliefthatphysicalstuffunderlieseverythingreal.Itrejectsanysupernaturalforcesashavinginfluenceinourworld,soitisinnatelyatheistic.Itteachesthattheuniversecameintoexistenceonitsown,withoutanyintelligenceordesignbehindit.Ithasproceedsrandomlysince.Further,itisclaimedthereisnonaturalmoralcodeinthisaccidentaluniverseotherthanwhatmancomesupwith.Thereisnoreasonwhywearehereandnohopebeyonddeath.Thematerialworldisallthereisorwillbe.Relatedtothisistheconceptofscientismwhichisthebeliefthatscienceistheonlyreliablesourceoftruth.Kindofdiscouragingphilosophy,isn’tit?Itisbasicallyarestatementof“Eat,drinkandbemerryfortomorrowwewilldie.”Whywouldonewanttoembracethisphilosophy?Oneansweristoremoveanyresponsibilitytoahigherpowertoanswerforone’schoices.Itremovesallbounds,limitationsandtaboosonhumanbehavior.Itpermitsyoutodowhateveryouwantsincethereisnopunishmentorrewardtodoinganything.Theonlyregulationsoverone’sbehaviorarethehumanlawsandrulesofasociety.And,curiously,theappealtoscientismismadeasavalidatingfoundationforthisgodlessphilosophy.Doessciencereallyconfirmthisconcept?Ordoesscienceshowsomethingelseentirely?Thatiswhatwewillbeexaminingthismorning.Question:Howprobableorlikelyishumanlifeinthisuniverse?Inorderforhumanlifetoexistinginouruniverse,alargenumberofthingsarenecessary.Scientificmaterialismteachesthathumanlifejusthappenedonitsown.Butremember,themoreimprobablesomethingis,themoreyouneedanoutsideforcetomakeithappen.TheDrakeEquationDr.FrankDrake,aSETIInstituteTrustee,formulatedanequationin1961thathasbecomeknowastheDrakeEquation.Commonacceptedbythescientificcommunityitpurportstocalculateanestimateofthenumberofworldsthatmightharborbeingswithtechnologysufficienttocommunicateacrossthevastgulfsofinterstellarspace.

ProfessorFrankDrake

“HowDoesScienceShowtheExistenceofaCreator?”-#927–July24,2016

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Hereistheformula:

N=R*fpneflfifcLwhere,N=ThenumberofcommunicativecivilizationsR*=Therateofformationofsuitablestars(starssuchasourSun)fp=Thefractionofthosestarswithplanets.(CurrentevidenceindicatesthatplanetarysystemsmaybecommonforstarsliketheSun.)ne=ThenumberofEarth-likeworldsperplanetarysystemfl=ThefractionofthoseEarth-likeplanetswherelifeactuallydevelopsfi=Thefractionoflifesiteswhereintelligencedevelopsfc=Thefractionofcommunicativeplanets(thoseonwhichelectromagneticcommunicationstechnologydevelops)L=The"lifetime"ofcommunicatingcivilizationsFrankDrake'sowncurrentsolutiontotheDrakeEquationestimates10,000communicativecivilizationsintheMilkyWay.1Sowiththisrational,wewouldconcludetheintelligentlifeisnothingspecialandislikelytooccurmanytimesinourgalaxy.ThisconceptdevelopedintowhatwascalledtheCopernicanPrincipleandmorerecentlyasthePrincipleofMediocrity.SoundByte1–ThePrincipleofMediocrityfromthePrivilegedPlanetMostpeoplemaynothaveheardtheseconcepts,buttheideaswerepopularizedinthe1980’swiththeTVprogramCOSMOSwithCarlSagan.SoundByte2–ThePaleBlueDot–CarlSagan-thePrivilegedPlanet Taken in 1990 by NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft, the "pale blue dot" photo shows what our planet looks like from 4 billion miles away. Earth is the tiny speck of light indicated by the arrow and enlarged in the upper left-hand corner. The pale streak over Earth is an artifact of sunlight scattering in the camera's optics. NASA/JPL. fromhttp://www.npr.org/2010/02/12/123614938/an-alien-view-of-earth

1http://www.setileague.org/general/drake.htm,http://www.seti.org/drakeequation

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Sothisisthematerialist’sviewoftheuniverse–weareherewithoutpurposeorsignificanceintheuniverse.Thereisnothingspecialaboutus,andthereareprobablythousandsofplanetswithcivilizationsoutthereaswell.Kindofdepressing,isn’tit?!Let’scontrastthiswithanotherperspectivewithadifferentconclusion.ThePrivilegedPlanetIn2004GuillermoGonzalezandJayRichardswroteabookentitled,ThePrivilegedPlanet:HowOurPlaceintheCosmosisDesignedforDiscovery.Thethemeofthebookwasthespecialpositionintheuniverseoftheearthandthecomingtogetherofanumberofimprobableeventstoproduceaplacewherehumanlifecouldthrive.Theirconclusionisthatthesheerimprobabilityofitsuggestsnotonlyadesignerbutaplannerwhohadhumanityinmindfromthebeginning.Thisphilosophyhasanothername–theanthropicprinciple–theideathattheuniversewasmadeforman!

FactorsRequiredforLife:

1. Water–AbsolutelyEssentialforlife

SoundByte3–Water,fromthePrivilegedPlanetTheGoldilocksZonepermitsliquidwaterSoundByte4–TheGoldilocksZone,fromthePrivilegedPlanet5%Closer=Venus20%Farther=Mars2. Earth’sCrustRightThickness–4to30miles

- Thicker=noplatetectonicrecyclingofcarbonandotherelementsnecessaryforlife!- Thinner=Constantcatastrophicvolcanicactivity

3. MagneticField

- Lesserornomagneticfield=SolarwindwouldslowlystripawaytheatmosphereendingupmuchlikeMars

SoundByte5–TheMagneticField,fromtheCaseforACreator

TheGoldilocksZone

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4. Oxygen/NitrogenAtmosphere–necessaryforcomplexlife

- 78%Nitrogen,21%Oxygen,1%CarbonDioxide- insuresatemperateclimate,protectionfromtheUVraysofthesun,andrightcomposition

forliquidwater(andfire!)

5. LargeMoon–25%thesizeofearth!- Stabilizestheearth’stiltandrotation- Tidalforcescirculatethewatersofouroceansandseas

SoundByte6–TheMoon,fromthePrivilegedPlanet6. TypeofStar–G2–rightsize,rightspectrum

- lessmassive,like90%ofthestarsintheGalaxy=closerorbitforGoldilockszonebutstar’sgravitywoulddegradeandstoptherotationoftheplanet

o Venusday=243earthdayso Mercuryday=58earthdays

SoundByte7–TheSun’sSpectrumandMass,fromtheCaseforaCreatorOtherFactors!7. RightLocationintheGalaxy–agalacticGoldilocks

Zone!Inbetweentwoarmsofthegalaxy!Advantage:

- Notsmotheredbystarandinter-galacticgasdensitywhichwouldpreventusfromseeingoutofthegalaxy!

- SaferfromnearbySupernovaswhichcouldwipeoutlifeonearth!

8. ProtectedbyGiantsgasplanets(SolarSystem

vacuumcleaners!)-ThinkEugene-LeviComet

Sowhatistheprobabilityoflifewithallthesefactors?1x10-15=1/1,000,000,000,000,000

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BottomLine:theconditionsforLifeonEarthareveryimprobable.With100billionstarsintheMilkyWayitisonechancein10,000.SoundByte8–ComplexLifeintheUniverse–DonaldBrownlee,fromthePrivilegedPlanetUniversalConstantsDefinition:Universalconstantsarenumericvaluesthatdescribehowaphysicallawworks.Furthermore,weunderstandthatthisvalueisthesameeverywhereintheuniverse–i.e.aUNIVERSALCONSTANT

o Example§ TheSpeedofLightinavacuum:186,000milespersecondeverywherein

theuniverseandalltimes.Ourinterestintheseisbecausetherecouldbenohumanlifeintheuniverseiftheseconstantswerenotacertainvalueandnotacertainvaluetoaprecisionwhichisalmostunimaginable.SoundByte9–JayRichardsonFundamentalConstantsandFineTuning,fromthePrivilegedPlanet

“Theremarkablefactisthatthevaluesofthesenumbers[i.e.theconstantsofphysics]seemtohavebeenveryfinelyadjustedtomakepossiblethedevelopmentoflife.”–StephenHawking,ABriefHistoryofTime,pg.125

FineTuningParametersfortheUniverse1.TheStrongNuclearForceconstant

TheStrongForceisoneofthefourfundamentalforcesofnature.Thisistheforcethatbindstheprotonsandneutronstogetherinatomicnuclei.Ifthestrongnuclearforcewereveryslightlyweakerbyjustonepartin10,000billionbillionbillionbillion(10-40),thenprotonsandneutronswouldnotsticktogether,andtheonlyelementpossibleintheuniverse,wouldbehydrogen.Therecouldbenogalaxies,nostars,noplanetsnoranylifeintheuniverse.Bycontrast,ifthestrongnuclearforcewereslightlytoostrongbythesameslightproportion,protonsandneutronswouldsticktogethersotightlythatmatterwouldbecomposedofonlyheavyelements.Inthiscasetherewouldbenohydrogenatallwiththesameresult–nolifebecausetherecouldbenowater,anecessarypartofthechemistryoflife.Theprobabilitythatthestrongnuclearforcerandomlyhadthepreciselyrequiredvalueinouruniverseifvanishinglysmall! SummaryoftheprecisionoftheStrongNuclearForce:

iflarger:nohydrogenwouldform=nolifeifsmaller:noelementsheavierthanhydrogenwouldform=nolife

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2.TheWeakNuclearForceconstant

TheWeakForceisalsooneofthefourfundamentalforcesofnature.Theweaknuclearforceregulatestheratesofradioactivedecayandhelpsturnprotonsintoneutronsinthesun.Ifthisforcewereslightlystronger,thematterwoulddecayintotheheavyelementsmorequickly.Bycontrastisthisforceweremuchweaker,allmatterwouldexistintheformofthelighterelementslikehydrogenandheliumandtherewouldbealmostnooxygen,carbonornitrogen–elementsessentialforlife.Oneadditionalandinterestitem:Theseheavierelements,whilemadeinstars,areofnousewhileinthestars.Itisthroughsupernovasthattheseelementsarescatteredthroughspaceandeventuallymakeuptheplanetsinstarsystems.Butsupernovaexplosionscanoccuronlybecausetheweaknuclearforceispreciselytherightvalue.

"Iftheweakinteractionwereslightlyweaker,theneutrinoswouldnotbeabletoexertenoughpressureontheouterenvelopeofthestartocausethesupernovaexplosion.Ontheotherhand,ifitwereslightlystronger,theneutrinoswouldbetrappedinsidethecore,andrenderedimpotent"–PaulDavies,TheAccidentalUniverse,CambridgeUniversityPress,1982,p.68.Again,theprobabilityofthisvaluebeingprecisebyaccidentisverysmall.

SummaryoftheprecisionoftheWeakNuclearForce:iflarger:Starswouldmaketoomuchmatterintoheavyelementsmakinglifechemistryimpossibleifsmaller:Starswouldconverttoolittlematterintoheavyelementsmakinglifechemistryimpossible

3.TheGravitationalforceconstantTheGravitationForceisalsooneofthefourfundamentalforcesofnature.Iftheforceofgravitywereweaker,starscouldnotcompresssufficientlyfornuclearfusiontooccur.Fusioniswhatpowersastaranditisneededtoproduceheavierelementsuponwhichlifedepends.Withoutfusion,therecouldbeonlyhydrogenandheliumintheuniverseandnolife.Bycontrast,ifgravitywereabitstronger,starswouldburnsoenergeticallythattheywouldhavealifespanofaboutoneyear!Sotheprecisionofthegravitationalforceispreciselytherightvaluetopermitastartoburnforbillionsofyears!Infactthevalueofthegravitationconstantissofinelysetforintelligentlifethatifyouhadameasuringtapewithone-inchsectionsstretchedacrosstheknownuniverse,itwouldbe14billionbillionbillionincheslong,andonlyoneortwoofthoseinchesinthemiddleistheoptimalstrength-settingforgravity.Ifyoumovedthestrength-settingtotherightorleftjustacoupleofinches,thenintelligentlifecouldnotexist.2Soagain,theprobabilityofgravitationbeing2http://worldview3.50webs.com/mathprfcosmos.html

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sopreciseisvanishinglysmall.SummaryoftheprecisionoftheGravitationForce:

iflarger:Starswouldburntoohotandwouldhavetooshortalifespanforlife.ifsmaller:Starswouldbetoocooltoignitenuclearfusionandwouldnotproducetheheavierelementsrequiredforlife.

4.TheElectromagneticForceConstantThisisthelastofthefourfundamentalforcesofnature.Ifthisforcewereabitstronger,theelectronsoftheatomwouldadheretothenucleusoftheatomsostronglythatnochemicalreactionscouldtakeplace.Itistheabilitytobindtootheratoms–chemicalbonding–thatpermitsmoleculesofinfinitediversitytotakeplace.Toostrongandwater,thebasisforlife,couldnotbemade.Bycontrast,iftheelectromagneticforcewereabitweaker,thenatomscouldnotkeeptheelectronsandagain,chemicalbondingcouldnottakeplacesincethecompoundscouldnotholdtogether.SummaryoftheprecisionoftheElectromagneticForce:

ifgreater:Heavierelementwouldbeunstable–nolife!iflesser:Chemicalbondingcouldnottakeplace–nolife!

5.TheCosmologicalConstantWesavedthebestforlast.Thisconstantisacomplicatedconcept.Butwemaysimplifyanddescribeitastheforcethatkeepstheuniversefromcollapsinginonitselfduetogravity.Itisananti-gravityforce,aninflationaryforcethathasbeenmeasuredandsuggestsabalancebetweengravityandunboundedexpansion.Thepointhereisthatthevalueofthecosmologicalconstanthasaprecisionof10120!Nowwhenyouconsiderthatthereareabout1080atomsintheuniverse,youcanappreciatehowsmallthisvalueis–afractionof1overonefollowedby40zeros!Thereisnotuniversalconstantthatismoreprecisethanthis!SummaryoftheprecisionoftheGravitationForce:

iflarger:Theuniversewouldexpandtooquicklytoformsolar-typestarsOtheruniversalconstants:Polarityofthewatermolecule

ifgreater:heatoffusionandvaporizationwouldbetoohighforlifeifsmaller:heatoffusionandvaporizationwouldbetoolowforlife;liquidwaterwouldnotworkasasolventforlifechemistry;icewouldnotfloat,andarunawayfreeze-upwouldresult

Velocityoflight

iffaster:starswouldbetooluminousforlifesupportifslower:starswouldbeinsufficiently

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luminousforlifesupportRatioofelectromagneticforceconstanttogravitationalforceconstant

iflarger:allstarswouldbeatleast40%moremassivethanthesun;hence,stellarburningwouldbetoobriefandtoounevenforlifesupportifsmaller:allstarswouldbeatleast20%lessmassivethanthesun,thusincapableofproducingheavyelements

Ratioofelectrontoprotonmassiflarger:chemicalbondingwouldbeinsufficientforlifechemistryifsmaller:sameasabove

Ratioofnumberofprotonstonumberofelectronsiflarger:electromagnetismwoulddominategravity,preventinggalaxy,star,andplanetformationifsmaller:sameasabove

Massdensityoftheuniverseiflarger:overabundanceofdeuteriumfrombigbangwouldcausestarstoburnrapidly,toorapidlyforlifetoformifsmaller:insufficientheliumfrombigbangwouldresultinashortageofheavyelements

Initialuniformityofradiationifmoreuniform:stars,starclusters,andgalaxieswouldnothaveformediflessuniform:universebynowwouldbemostlyblackholesandemptyspace

Averagedistancebetweenstarsiflarger:heavyelementdensitywouldbetoosparseforrockyplanetstoformifsmaller:planetaryorbitswouldbetoounstableforlife

12Cto16Onuclearenergylevelratio

iflarger:universewouldcontaininsufficientoxygenforlifeifsmaller:universewouldcontaininsufficientcarbonforlife

Groundstateenergylevelfor4He

iflarger:universewouldcontaininsufficientcarbonandoxygenforlifeifsmaller:sameasabovedecayrateof8Beifslower:heavyelementfusionwouldgeneratecatastrophicexplosionsinallthestarsiffaster:noelementheavierthanberylliumwouldform;thus,nolifechemistry

Ratioofneutronmasstoprotonmass

ifhigher:neutrondecaywouldyieldtoofewneutronsfortheformationofmanylife-essentialelementsiflower:neutrondecaywouldproducesomanyneutronsastocollapseallstarsintoneutronstarsorblackholes

Supernovaeeruptions

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iftooclose,toofrequent,ortoolate:radiationwouldexterminatelifeontheplanetiftoodistant,tooinfrequent,ortoosoon:heavyelementswouldbetoosparseforrockyplanetstoform

BottomLinewithUniversalConstants:Theseandmanymoreareincrediblypreciseandreflecttherealitythatouruniversewasfittedforhumanlifetoexist!

FredHoyle(Britishastrophysicist):"Acommonsenseinterpretationofthefactssuggeststhatasuperintellecthasmonkeyedwithphysics,aswellaswithchemistryandbiology,andthattherearenoblindforcesworthspeakingaboutinnature.Thenumbersonecalculatesfromthefactsseemtomesooverwhelmingastoputthisconclusionalmostbeyondquestion."3

MultipleUniverseTheorySincethedatainouruniverseissostronglyindicatingthatourexistenceissoextremelyimprobableandarationalexplanationisthatitwasdesignedwithhumanlifeinview–TheAnthropicPrinciple,manyscientistsforwhomsuchaconclusionisunacceptablehavetheorizedthattheremustbeaninfinitenumberofuniversesandoursistheonethathitontherightcombinationofstructurestomakeourlifepossible.Theideahereisthatifthereaninfinitenumberofuniversesthenprobabilityfavorsatleastonetooccurthathastherightfeatures.AnAmericanphysicsstudentsnamedHughEverettforhisdoctoraldissertationin1957firstproposedthishypothesis,knownasthe“manyworldsinterpretationofquantummechanics.”Ithasgeneratedinterestandbeenpickedupbymanythroughthe1960sand70s.Butmostphysicistsfinditunacceptablethesedays.Yetmanyfallbackonitwhenquestionsbecauseit’sthebestnaturalisticanswertheycancomeupwith.Bottomlineonthisideaisthatthereisnosciencetobackitup.Itisjustaphilosophy!OtherinterestingThings:InsideaLivingCell

1.TheKinesin–Thisisaproteininthecellthattransportslargeloadsfromoneplacetoanother.Theproteinliterallystepsalongamicrotubuletomoveittowheretheloadisneeds.(seevideoinreferences)

Isthisnotscientificevidenceofadesigner!!Howcouldsuchathingcomeaboutrandomly!!!

1 Hoyle,F.1982.TheUniverse:PastandPresentReflections.AnnualReviewofAstronomyandAstrophysics:20:16.

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2.MitachondrialDNA–the“Eve”hypothesis

- MitochondrialDNAispassedfromthemothertothechild.- Mitochondriaisamoleculewhichprovidesenergyforthecell- Sciencehasdiscoveredthatallofthehumanraceisdescendedfromasinglewomanlong

ago–thusthe“EVE”hypothesis- Howlongago?200,000yearsor6,000years?

3. DNA

- SciencehasshownthatDNAisabiologicalcomputerprogram.

- Itisainformationcode!Itconsistsofonly4codons

o Adenineo Thymineo Guanineo Cytosine

- Alllivingcreaturesusethiscode- Itisthesequenceofthecodethatdetermines

whateverycreatureis.- Informationandacomputerprogramonlycomefromanintelligentsource.

4. TheRibosome

- Thisisamolecularproductionfactory!- TakesRNAinstructionsandmanufacturesaprotein- ChickenandEggStoryhere!

o Ribosomesaremadeofabout50proteinso Ribosomesmakeproteinso Withoutproteinstherecanbenolife!o Howweretheproteinsmadetomakethe

ribosome???- (Seevideoinreferences)

AstonishingLivingCreaturesReflectingDesign1. TheMonarchButterflyMonarchbutterfliesgothroughfourstagesduringonelifecycle,andthroughfourgenerationsinoneyear.InFebruaryandMarch,thefinalgenerationofhibernatingmonarchbutterfliescomesoutofhibernationtofindamate.Theythenmigrate

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northandeasttofindaplacetolaytheireggs.Thisstartsstageoneandgenerationoneofthenewyearforthemonarchbutterfly.InMarchandApriltheeggshatchintobabycaterpillars.Ittakesaboutfourdaysfortheeggstohatch.Afterabouttwoweeks,thecaterpillarwillbefully-grownandfindaplacetoattachitselfsothatitcanstarttheprocessofmetamorphosis.Theincredibleprocesstakesabout10daysduringwhichtheoldbodypartsofthecaterpillarareundergoingaremarkabletransformationtobecomethebeautifulpartsthatmakeupthebutterfly.Themonarchbutterflywillemergeandflyaway,feedingonflowersandjustenjoyingtheshortlifeithasleft,whichisonlyabouttwotosixweeks.Thisfirstgenerationmonarchbutterflywillthendieafterlayingeggsforgenerationnumbertwo.ThesecondgenerationofmonarchbutterfliesisborninMayandJune,andthenthethirdgenerationwillbeborninJulyandAugust.Thesemonarchbutterflieswillgothroughexactlythesamefourstagelifecycleasthefirstgenerationdid,dyingtwotosixweeksafteritbecomesabeautifulmonarchbutterfly.ThefourthgenerationofmonarchbutterfliesisdifferentandforagoodreasonitiscalledtheLazarusgeneration.ThisfourthgenerationisborninSeptemberandOctoberandgoesthroughthesameprocessofmetamorphosis.However,thisfourthgenerationofmonarchbutterfliesdoesnotdieaftertwotosixweeks.Instead,itmigratestoMexicoandwillliveforsixtoeightmonthsuntilitistimetostartthewholeprocessoveragain.ThesescientificdiscoveriesareevidenceofcarefuldesignonthepartofourCreator.2. TheSeaTurtleBornfromaneggontheseashore,eachonestartsoutlifesmallerthanthehandofachild.Fromthemomenttheyareborn,theyusethemagneticfieldoftheearthtodeterminetheirbirthlocation,aprocesscalledimprinting.Thisimprintingcontinuesastheyoungturtlemakeitsway,athousandmilesormore,toitsfeedingground.Itknowswherethisisinstinctively.Itwillthenremaintherefortentotwenty-fiveyearsgrowing.Itwillreachaweightfrom80poundstoaton!Thisinstinctpromptsitforreproduceanditbeginsajourneybacktotheverybeachitwasbornon!Itfollowstheexactcourseitusedoriginallybutinreverse.Anditwillidentifytheexactbeachthroughsmellandotherindicatorsitremembersfromitsbirthandcancomewithinmetersofthislocation.HighlevelobservationsaboutDNA–thisisaPLAN!!!

a. Doesacreatorwhoplanslifesopreciselynothaveaplanfortheuniverse?

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RelevantScriptures:GodastheCreator:

Genesis1:1(NASB)-1InthebeginningGodcreatedtheheavensandtheearth.

Hebrews3:4(NASB)-4Foreveryhouseisbuiltbysomeone,butthebuilderofallthingsisGod.

Hebrews11:3(NASB)-3ByfaithweunderstandthattheworldswerepreparedbythewordofGod,sothatwhatisseenwasnotmadeoutofthingswhicharevisible.

Job26:7(NASB)-7"HestretchesoutthenorthoveremptyspaceAndhangstheearthonnothing.

LuckandLife?Isaiah65:11(NASB)-“11"ButyouwhoforsaketheLord,WhoforgetMyholymountain,WhosetatableforFortune,AndwhofillcupswithmixedwineforDestiny,”

NewWorldTranslation:“11ButyouareamongthoseforsakingJehovah,Thoseforgettingmyholymountain,ThosesettingatableforthegodofGoodLuck,AndthosefillingupcupsofmixedwineforthegodofDestiny.”

FoolishandWithoutExcuseNottoseeGodinNature

Romans1:20(NASB)- ForsincethecreationoftheworldHisinvisibleattributes,Hiseternalpoweranddivinenature,havebeenclearlyseen,beingunderstoodthroughwhathasbeenmade,sothattheyarewithoutexcuse.

Psalms14:1(NASB)- Thefoolhassaidinhisheart,"ThereisnoGod."Theyarecorrupt,theyhavecommittedabominabledeeds;Thereisnoonewhodoesgood.

Wearemadeoftheelementsoftheearth!

Psalm139:15(NASB)- MyframewasnothiddenfromYou,WhenIwasmadeinsecret,Andskillfullywroughtinthedepthsoftheearth;

“stretching”–TheBigBangandcontinuingexpansionoftheuniverse?

Job9:8(NASB)- Whoalonestretchesouttheheavensandtramplesdownthewavesofthesea;

Ps.104:2(NASB)- CoveringYourselfwithlightaswithacloak,stretchingoutheavenlikeatentcurtain.

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Isaiah40:20(NASB)– ItisHewhositsabovethecircleoftheearth,andits inhabitantsarelikegrasshoppers,Whostretchesouttheheavenslikeacurtainandspreadsthemoutlikeatenttodwellin.

Isaiah41:5(NASB)– ThussaysGodtheLORD,Whocreatedtheheavensandstretchedthemout,Whospreadouttheearthanditsoffspring,WhogivesbreathtothepeopleonitAndspirittothosewhowalkinit,

Isaiah44:5(NASB)–2 ThussaystheLORD,yourRedeemer,andtheonewhoformedyoufromthewomb,I,the LORD,amthemakerofallthings,StretchingouttheheavensbyMyselfAndspreadingouttheearthallalone,

Isaiah45:12(NASB)–12ItisIwhomadetheearth,andcreatedmanuponit.IstretchedouttheheavenswithMyhandsandIordainedalltheirhost.

Isaiah48:13(NASB)–1 SurelyMyhandfoundedtheearth,AndMyrighthandspreadouttheheavens;WhenIcalltothem,theystandtogether.

Isaiah51:13(NASB)– ThatyouhaveforgottentheLordyourMaker,Whostretchedouttheheavens,Andlaidthefoundationsoftheearth;Thatyoufearcontinuallyalldaylongbecauseofthefuryoftheoppressor,Ashemakesreadytodestroy?Butwhereisthefuryoftheoppressor?Jeremiah10:12(NASB)– ItisHewhomadetheearthbyHispower,WhoestablishedtheworldbyHiswisdom;andbyHisunderstandingHehasstretchedouttheheavens.Jeremiah51:15(NASB)– ItisHewhomadetheearthbyHispower,WhoestablishedtheworldbyHiswisdom,andbyHisunderstandingHestretchedouttheheavens.Zechariah12:1(NASB)– TheburdenofthewordoftheLordconcerningIsrael.ThusdeclarestheLordwhostretchesouttheheavens,laysthefoundationoftheearth,andformsthespiritofmanwithinhim,

JesusBelievedinAdamandEve

Matthew19:4(NASB)– AndHeansweredandsaid,Haveyounot read thatHewhocreatedthemfromthebeginningMADETHEMMALEANDFEMALE,

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MoreQuotesfromRespectedScientists:

"Amazingfinetuningoccursinthelawsthatmakethis[complexity]possible.Realizationofthecomplexityofwhatisaccomplishedmakesitverydifficultnottousetheword'miraculous'withouttakingastandastotheontologicalstatusoftheword."

- GeorgeEllis(Britishastrophysicist),TheAnthropicPrinciple,F.BertolaandU.Curi,ed.NewYork,CambridgeUniversityPress,p.30.

"Weare,byastronomicalstandards,apampered,cosseted,cherishedgroupofcreatures....IftheUniversehadnotbeenmadewiththemostexactingprecisionwecouldneverhavecomeintoexistence.Itismyviewthatthesecircumstancesindicatetheuniversewascreatedformantolivein."

- JohnO'Keefe(astronomeratNASA),FredHeeren,ShowMeGod,SearchlightPublications,1995

"Ifinditquiteimprobablethatsuchordercameoutofchaos.Therehastobesomeorganizingprinciple.Godtomeisamysterybutistheexplanationforthemiracleofexistence,whythereissomethinginsteadofnothing."

- AlanSandage(winneroftheCrawfordprizeinastronomy),Willford,J.N.March12,1991.SizinguptheCosmos:AnAstronomersQuest.NewYorkTimes,p.B9.

"Astronomyleadsustoauniqueevent,auniversewhichwascreatedoutofnothing,onewiththeverydelicatebalanceneededtoprovideexactlytheconditionsrequiredtopermitlife,andonewhichhasanunderlying(onemightsay'supernatural')plan."

- ArnoPenzias(Nobelprizeinphysics),Margenau,HandR.A.Varghese,ed.1992.Cosmos,Bios,andTheos.LaSalle,IL,OpenCourt,p.83.

"WhenIbeganmycareerasacosmologistsometwentyyearsago,Iwasaconvincedatheist.IneverinmywildestdreamsimaginedthatonedayIwouldbewritingabookpurportingtoshowthatthecentralclaimsofJudeo-Christiantheologyareinfacttrue,thattheseclaimsarestraightforwarddeductionsofthelawsofphysicsaswenowunderstandthem.Ihavebeenforcedintotheseconclusionsbytheinexorablelogicofmyownspecialbranchofphysics."

- FrankTipler(ProfessorofMathematicalPhysics),FrankTipler,ThePhysicsofImmortality,NewYork,Doubleday,Preface,1994.

"Forthescientistwhohaslivedbyhisfaithinthepowerofreason,thestoryendslikeabaddream.Hehasscaledthemountainsofignorance;heisabouttoconquerthehighestpeak;ashepullshimselfoverthefinalrock,heisgreetedbyabandoftheologianswhohavebeensittingthereforcenturies."

- RobertJastrow(self-proclaimedagnostic),RobertJastrow,GodandtheAstronomers.NewYork,W.W.Norton,p.116,1978

"Ifinditasdifficulttounderstandascientistwhodoesnotacknowledgethepresenceofasuperiorrationalitybehindtheexistenceoftheuniverseasitistocomprehendatheologianwhowoulddenytheadvancesofscience."(24)

- WernhervonBraun(Pioneerrocketengineer),McIver,T.,AncientTalesandSpace-AgeMythsofCreationistEvangelism.TheSkepticalInquirer10:258-276,1986

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ReferenceData:(Note:Wedonotendorseeverythingonthesewebsites.Wenotethemasgoodreferencesforthesubjectmatterofthisprogram.)InternetLinks:UniversalConstants

http://www.godandscience.org/apologetics/designun.htmlhttp://worldview3.50webs.com/mathprfcosmos.htmlhttp://www.scienceandreligiontoday.com/2008/10/24/why-a-fine-tuned-universe/http://geraldschroeder.com/wordpress/?page_id=49

TheCosmologicalConstant http://www.sciencemeetsreligion.org/physics/cosmo-constant.phpTheGoldilocksZone:

https://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/habitable-zone.jpg?w=509&h=283TheKinesin:

Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-uuk4Pr2i8 http://www.evolutionnews.org/2011/08/molecular_motors_enter_into_en049491.htmlMitochondrialDNA:

http://www.mhrc.net/mitochondrialEve.htmhttp://www.mhrc.net/mitochondrial.htm

DNA:http://www.terravivos.com/secure/cryovaultjoinus.htm

TheRibosome:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribosomehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6V9_v_JXUk

TheMonarchButterfly:

http://www.monarch-butterfly.comVideo:Metamorphosis,IllustraMedia,2011

TheSeaTurtle:

Video:LivingWaters,IllustraMedia,2015Books:FredHerren,ShowMeGod,DayStarPublications,1997StephenC.Meyer,SignatureintheCell,HarperCollins,2009PaulDavies,TheAccidentalUniverse,CambridgeUniversityPress,1982PeterWard,DonaldBrownlee,RareEarth,CopernicusBook,2003DouglasAxe,Undeniable,HarperCollins,2016