In the Beginning
God...
The Beginning
Since my
time in college, when thinking about Genesis 1:1 and the first time I
learned that the universe was seemingly expanding from one point in space, the
Big Bang idea made sense.
Over the years, from those college years and beyond, with my understanding of physics,
chemistry, astronomy, and other physical sciences, with maturity in the Gospel,
reverent belief in the Bible as the word of God, I truly came to believe that
the universe started from one point and with the ideas presented by learned
scientist, I truly embraced the idea of the "Big Bang": God said it- and
Bang! it happened!
From that the thought it came to mind, if God did it, He is in control of it.
For a long time, my idea of the Big Bang was the end of the discussion, as it was based on belief in God, that He was in control, and in that belief, He made a universe for us to discover. But- no longer do I have to go strictly on belief! The evidence for the beginning of space, time, all matter- electrons, protons, and neutrons, all starting from one initial, precisely controlled, and hightly directed explosion is confirmed and well documented by astronomy. And the modern day definition of the "Big Bang" is, for the most part, without argument in many elements of the scientific community and for many hightly trained and learned scientists is within the generalized expressions of Biblical Scripture! The idea of "In the Beginning God..." supports the evidence of the scientifically documented Big Bang and it gets better.
From that the thought it came to mind, if God did it, He is in control of it.
For a long time, my idea of the Big Bang was the end of the discussion, as it was based on belief in God, that He was in control, and in that belief, He made a universe for us to discover. But- no longer do I have to go strictly on belief! The evidence for the beginning of space, time, all matter- electrons, protons, and neutrons, all starting from one initial, precisely controlled, and hightly directed explosion is confirmed and well documented by astronomy. And the modern day definition of the "Big Bang" is, for the most part, without argument in many elements of the scientific community and for many hightly trained and learned scientists is within the generalized expressions of Biblical Scripture! The idea of "In the Beginning God..." supports the evidence of the scientifically documented Big Bang and it gets better.
According to
famed astronomer and Christian believer Dr. Hugh Ross the evidence of the Big
Bang absolutely provides unwavering support that there is "a preponderance
of physical evidence pointing to humanity as the central theme of the cosmos
(universe)" (*1).
Under a concept
called "the finely-tuned universe", in the last fifty years many
different scientific discoveries in physics, chemistry, astronomy, geology, and
other fields have discovered there are highly precise and finely-tuned "constants" required that
make human physical life possible on this rock we call Earth. Some of these constants exist in the universe, others are unique to the Earth.
By 1961,
astronomers had discovered only two of these constants that pointed to a
universe "finely tuned". It seems where ever you go in the
universe there is the same constant for "gravitation" force based on
mass, and a constant for "electromagnetic" force and for a given spot (planet or star) in the universe, when you divide the gravitation force by the electromagnetic
force, you ALWAYS get the same number! In addition, scientist know that
if you varied that number by just one part in ten thousand trillion trillion
trillion life on this earth would be impossible! (*1)
Today, as
expressed in a video documented below there are over 230 constants found in the
universe that if anyone of them varied even slightly, then life on earth would
never have happened and in a very quick time life would cease to exist.
But, even more extraordinary is the belief by most scientist involved in researching the universe is that life
on this planet we call Earth, may very well be the only place in the universe
for living biological cells. (*2)
God has allowed
us to discover over 230 constants that He put in place to make this Earth inhabitable.
For over 13 billion years the earth developed precisely according to these
constants to be at just the right place in the universe to allow for life on our planet.
The probability they just accidently happened is so very remote, perhaps only one chance in a trillion trillion trillion...17 times... trillion. This is the same probability as there being another Earth similar to ours in the universe (*4).
These constants are clearly an indication that God truly is in Control. Why would God go to all this
trouble to very likely and precisely create life in only this very small place in the
universe if He did not love us and have a plan for us. With changing just one of those constants
a most tiny bit, we would be gone, dead, kaput. Each day we live in Trust that
He will not do that. We get up from
our sleep, go to work, create our families, and a thousand other things
trusting we can do it again tomorrow.
Out of this
evidence, we know of other evidence that God loves us. He sent us His Son to
teach us how to live. In the words and behavior of Jesus we are told many
Truths on how to live our lives and we can trust what Jesus told us because
of one reason. God raised Jesus from the dead. In that, He verified,
sanctified, and Made True for our belief the Life and Teachings of Jesus. Based on just that evidence alone we must Trust God.
And the evidence of a fine-tuned universe- it is just gravy to satisfy our curiosity God put in us to begin with.
And the evidence of a fine-tuned universe- it is just gravy to satisfy our curiosity God put in us to begin with.
Thanks be to God!
lonnie
Additional evidence of the finely tuned universe:
Another of those constants is presented
in the book, "The Case for a Creator" by Lee Stroble. In Chapter 6,
in a discussion with Dr. Robin Collins, Dr. Collins mentions two simple
constants that you may be familiar with. One is has to do with the center
of every atom... in the universe. If the mass of neutrons changed in
stars by just 1/700th of its current mass, activity in our sun would stop and
the sun would die. Dr. Collins also mentions a constant in the universe
called the "Phase-space volume" constant. I have no idea what
that is but understanding these constants exist and life will cease if they
change is all we need to know. This "phase-space volume"
constant is so precise in insuring life that if it changed by one part in 10
billion billion billion...123 billion times the universe would not exist! (*3)
Another piece of evidence: close to home:
Our solar system is unique. All the planets in our solar system are on the same plane as we have seen so much in our science books and as the picture herein. What scientist have discovered- no other solar system has ever been discovered where all the planets are on the same plane as ours. This configuration contributes to our existence and without it the way it is, we would not exist. The four outer massive planets, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus act as a giant vacuum cleaner sucking up debris such as comets and the like, keeping the debris from hitting and destroying the earth! Those planets also help the Earth stay exactly in the orbit around the sun as it has to be. Not too close and not too far away from the sun, but just the right distance for us to survive. All this, unlike any other place in the universe.
Another piece of evidence: close to home:
Our solar system is unique. All the planets in our solar system are on the same plane as we have seen so much in our science books and as the picture herein. What scientist have discovered- no other solar system has ever been discovered where all the planets are on the same plane as ours. This configuration contributes to our existence and without it the way it is, we would not exist. The four outer massive planets, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus act as a giant vacuum cleaner sucking up debris such as comets and the like, keeping the debris from hitting and destroying the earth! Those planets also help the Earth stay exactly in the orbit around the sun as it has to be. Not too close and not too far away from the sun, but just the right distance for us to survive. All this, unlike any other place in the universe.
Over and over in
"The Case for a Creator", the case for and "intelligent designer" aka-God as the creator for the
universe, the case is sufficiently made for the universe to come into being
pretty much as described in Genesis 1. However, we cannot allow our
concept of a 'day' to be confused with that of God.
In chapter 5 of
Strobel's book, Dr. William Lane Craig, PHD, THD, made a moving comment:
In referring to
the scientist and people in our current times:
"It is the
atheist who has to maintain, by faith, despite all the evidence to the
contrary, that the universe did not have a beginning a finite time ago but is
in some inexplicable way external after all. So, the shoe is on the other
foot. The Christian can stand confidently within Biblical truth knowing
it's in line with mainstream astrophysics and cosmology. It's the atheist
who feels very uncomfortable and marginalized today."
http://www.reasons.org/articles/anthropic-principle-a-precise-plan-for-humanity
(*2) "The Big Bang", The John Ankerberg Show, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZ5BzpBdyN4
(*3) Lee Strobel, "The Case for a Creator", Zondervan, 2004, see mentioned chapters
(*4) This probability of another Earth in the universe is very arguable and very much up to debate.
The probabilites vary with various authors and range from one chance in
10 to the 100th power to one chance in 10 to the 200th power.
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Introduction:
"In the Beginning God created the heavens and the earth....." The Big Bang- God said it, and Bang IT happened. In seems in the last 50 years scientist have learned much about how God, The 'Intelligent Designer', created this universe in a very precise manner just so we can truly understand just how awesome our God truly is. In discovering and continue to do so, the precision of how our universe came into being, more and more atheist scientist turn to belief in God and then turn to Jesus Christ. Click below for the first of several writings, perhaps many on:
Introduction:
"In the Beginning God created the heavens and the earth....." The Big Bang- God said it, and Bang IT happened. In seems in the last 50 years scientist have learned much about how God, The 'Intelligent Designer', created this universe in a very precise manner just so we can truly understand just how awesome our God truly is. In discovering and continue to do so, the precision of how our universe came into being, more and more atheist scientist turn to belief in God and then turn to Jesus Christ. Click below for the first of several writings, perhaps many on:
Awesome!!!!!! I always believed in the Big Bang theory too for just those reasons. Thank you for writing them down! I did not no about the "constants" and can't wait to share with everybody, God fearing or not. I did always believe that there must be other life on other planets. And I remebering hearing that the age of the dinasours was somehow related to satan and that the craters on the moon were from great war between angels when God cast out Lucifer and he took 1/3 of the angels with him. Did you ever hear that? Janel
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