The leap of faithRomans 1:19-20Exhibit A: The universeCosmic microwave radiation background of the universeThe universe contains over 170 billion galaxiesGalaxies contain 10 million to 100 trillion starsEstimated total of 70 sextillion (7*1022) starsThe law of cause and effectFor every event there must be a cause sufficient to account for it.God, the universe creatorOnly a being of infinite power could bring such a universe into existence. Genesis 1:1; Psalms 19:1; Isaiah 40:25-26Only a force which is itself eternal could be a sufficient first cause.Something must start everything. Revelation 1:8; 22:13Only a force of nature could bring it about.Exhibit B: The laws of physicsThe 1st and 2nd laws of thermodynamicsNothing new is being made.Everything is moving toward a disordered state.No natural cause can account for the existence of the universe.All energy progresses to a more disorderly state, thus the universe cannot always have existed.Psalms 102:25-27Exhibit C: The fine tuning of the forces of natureGenesis 1:1-3Isaiah 45:19 – God created the universe to be orderly.Physical values finely tuned to incredible precisionElectron to proton ratioElectromagnetism to gravity ratioMust be correct to 1 in 1*1018
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