There is an intelligence to it, the ability to reason, to produce feelings, to dream and plan, to take action, and relate to other people. The eye It has automatic focusing and handles an astounding 1. Yet evolution alone does not fully explain the initial source of the eye or the brain -- the start of living organisms from nonliving matter.
Scientists are convinced that our universe began with one enormous explosion of energy and light, which we now call the Big Bang. This was the singular start to everything that exists: the beginning of the universe, the start of space, and even the initial start of time itself.
Astrophysicist Robert Jastrow, a self-described agnostic, stated, "The seed of everything that has happened in the Universe was planted in that first instant; every star, every planet and every living creature in the Universe came into being as a result of events that were set in motion in the moment of the cosmic explosion The Universe flashed into being, and we cannot find out what caused that to happen. Steven Weinberg, a Nobel laureate in Physics, said at the moment of this explosion, "the universe was about a hundred thousands million degrees Centigrade The universe has not always existed.
It had a start Scientists have no explanation for the sudden explosion of light and matter. Much of life may seem uncertain, but look at what we can count on day after day: gravity remains consistent, a hot cup of coffee left on a counter will cool, the earth rotates in the same 24 hours, and the speed of light doesn't change -- on earth or in galaxies far from us.
All of the sciences--molecular biology, chemistry, physics, astronomy, etc. Emily Baldwin commented, "One of the most important numbers in physics, the proton-electron mass ratio, is the same in a galaxy six billion light years away as it is here on Earth…" How is it that we can identify laws of nature that never change? Why is the universe so orderly, so reliable?
There is no logical necessity for a universe that obeys rules, let alone one that abides by the rules of mathematics. This astonishment springs from the recognition that the universe doesn't have to behave this way. It is easy to imagine a universe in which conditions change unpredictably from instant to instant, or even a universe in which things pop in and out of existence.
Physicist Paul C. All of our ability to discover, solve problems, create is made possible by the orderly laws of the universe that never change and can be measured with precision. Richard Feynman, a Nobel Prize winner for quantum electrodynamics, said, "Why nature is mathematical is a mystery The fact that there are rules at all is a kind of miracle. All instruction, all teaching, all training comes with intent. Someone who writes an instruction manual does so with purpose.
Did you know that in every cell of our bodies there exists a very detailed instruction code, much like a miniature computer program? As you may know, a computer program is made up of ones and zeros, like this: The way they are arranged tell the computer program what to do.
The DNA code in each of our cells is very similar. It's made up of four chemical units, called nucleotide bases, that scientists abbreviate as A, T, G, and C. There are three billion pairs of these letters in every human cell.
Well, just like you can program your phone to sound for specific reasons, DNA instructs the cell. DNA is a complex, arranged program telling the cell to act in a certain way.
It is a full instruction manual. Why is this so amazing? One has to ask These are not just chemicals. These are chemicals that instruct, that code in a very detailed way exactly how the person's body should function. Natural, biological causes are completely lacking as an explanation when programmed information is involved. Locate Cru Near You. What We Do How we seek to journey together with everyone towards a relationship with Jesus. Statement of Faith What we believe about the gospel and our call to serve every nation.
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In the great British physicist Roger Penrose put forward a vision of a universe composed of three independently existing worlds — mathematics, the material world and human consciousness. As Penrose acknowledged, it was a complete puzzle to him how the three interacted with one another outside the ability of any scientific or other conventionally rational model.
How can physical atoms and molecules, for example, create something that exists in a separate domain that has no physical existence: human consciousness? This mystery is the same one that existed in the Greek worldview of Plato, who believed that abstract ideas above all mathematical first existed outside any physical reality. The material world that we experience as part of our human existence is an imperfect reflection of these prior formal ideals. As I would say, mathematics is operating in a god-like fashion.
The workings of human consciousness are similarly miraculous. Like the laws of mathematics, consciousness has no physical presence in the world; the images and thoughts in our consciousness have no measurable dimensions.
Yet, our nonphysical thoughts somehow mysteriously guide the actions of our physical human bodies. This is no more scientifically explicable than the mysterious ability of nonphysical mathematical constructions to determine the workings of a separate physical world. Until recently, the scientifically unfathomable quality of human consciousness inhibited the very scholarly discussion of the subject.
Since the s, however, it has become a leading area of inquiry among philosophers. So, there is something faster than the speed of light after all: quantum information. This doesn't prove or disprove God, but it can help us think of God in physical terms — maybe as a shower of entangled particles, transferring quantum information back and forth, and so occupying many places at the same time? Even many universes at the same time? I have this image of God keeping galaxy-sized plates spinning while juggling planet-sized balls — tossing bits of information from one teetering universe to another, to keep everything in motion.
Fortunately, God can multitask — keeping the fabric of space and time in operation. All that is required is a little faith. Has this essay come close to answering the questions posed? I suspect not: if you believe in God as I do , then the idea of God being bound by the laws of physics is nonsense, because God can do everything, even travel faster than light.
If you don't believe in God, then the question is equally nonsensical, because there isn't a God and nothing can travel faster than light. Perhaps the question is really one for agnostics, who don't know whether there is a God. Does God spin galaxy-sized plates while juggling planetary balls? This is indeed where science and religion differ. Science requires proof, religious belief requires faith. Scientists don't try to prove or disprove God's existence because they know there isn't an experiment that can ever detect God.
And if you believe in God, it doesn't matter what scientists discover about the Universe — any cosmos can be thought of as being consistent with God.
Our views of God, physics or anything else ultimately depends on perspective. But let's end with a quotation from a truly authoritative source. No, it isn't the Bible. Nor is it a cosmology textbook. It's from Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett:. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it. This story has been amended to correct an error regarding the measurement of Megaparsecs.
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