Evidence of God In Cosmos & Conscience Robert C. Newman.

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Evidence of God In Cosmos & Conscience Robert C. Newman

The Biblical Claim "Since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities – his eternal power and divine nature – have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse." – Romans 1:20

Evidence of God In Cosmos

Evidence from Inanimate Nature The universe provides strong evidence for the existence of a God like the One pictured in the Bible. We examine two lines of evidence here: Evidence the universe had a beginning Evidence the universe is designed

A Beginning Atheists must either claim that the universe has always existed or that it popped into existence without a cause. The history of cosmology in the past century argues strongly that the universe had a beginning.

Cosmology in the 20 th Century Static, eternal universe model But discovery of expanding universe Steady-state universe model But discovery of early high temperature Oscillating big-bang model Discovery of acceleration, insufficient density Big-bang bubble models No evidence for more than one universe

A Beginning? As Hugh Ross has pointed out, the history of cosmology in the 20 th century has been an ever more frantic attempt to escape a universe with a beginning in the face of mounting evidence. As far as we can tell from the inside, the universe has not always existed, but began at a finite time in the past.

A Beginning! Claims that our universe is a bubble in a larger universe are more of a leap in the dark than claims the universe was created by God. Claims that our universe just popped into existence without a cause are truly desperate. Science itself (& personal experience) is based on the belief in causation.

A Designed Universe Atheists have no mind in the universe to produce design until the universe has evolved minds. They must therefore argue that all apparent design is not really design but a clever (& accidental!) fake. But the universe looks designed in ways that are far from trivial.

The Basic Forces There are four known basic forces that constitute the physics of our universe. Strong nuclear force Electromagnetism Weak nuclear force Gravity These forces differ drastically in strength, yet they are very closely adjusted to allow life to exist.

Strong Force The strong force holds both neutrons & protons together to form the nucleus. It this force were 5% weaker Deuterium would be unstable Stars would not burn If this force were 5% stronger The diproton would be stable Stars would burn explosively

Weak Force The weak force holds the neutron together. If it were a few % weaker Neutron would be unstable No heavy elements If it were a few % stronger Neutron would be too stable No hydrogen

Electromagnetic Force The e-m force holds electrons to atoms, and atoms to one another, allowing neutral atoms, molecules & solids. This force depends on the balance of + and – charges to both attract & repel. If this balance were off by 1 part in 10 40, this force would swamp gravity and there would be no galaxies, stars, planets or people.

Gravity Gravity is the weakest of the four forces, but it dominates at astronomical distances. Gravity & the expansion of the universe are neatly balanced to produce a life-friendly universe. If the balance were off by 1 part in 10 60, the universe would expand too quickly or collapse too quickly to form stars, planets or people.

Designed Universe! The universe is "fine-tuned" to allow life at the level of less than 1 part in In an atheistic scheme, this means we need at least universes to expect this by chance. If you wish to bet there is no God at these odds, you will have no one to blame but yourself if you are wrong.

Evidence of God In Conscience

Evidence from Animate Nature & Humanity High level of order in living things "Initiative" in humans & higher animals Level of intellect in humans Structure of rationality in nature Human moral standards Human pleasure Human futility

High Level of Order "The information content of a simple cell is about bits, equivalent to about 100 million pages of the Encyclopaedia Britannica." – Carl Sagan, article "Life" in the EB.

High Level of Order Sagan's statement is just for the simple bacterium E. coli. Multi-celled animals, especially humans, are far more complex than this. All the evidence we have suggests that the universe is incapable of producing this level of order by natural processes.

Initiative Humans & (at least) the higher animals apparently have the ability to initiate actions that are not caused by any external necessity. One of the goals of AI (artificial intelligence) research is to show that this can be produced by purely natural causes in a mindless universe. We should not mistake research goals for research results.

Level of Intellect The level of intellect in humans appears to be far beyond what is "needed" in primitive conditions or even in most situations today. This does not fit what one would expect from evolution: Too much energy put into unneeded brain power takes away from what is needed to be a better competitor. This suggests mankind was designed for some purpose that requires considerably greater intellect than we now use.

Structure of Rationality "The most incomprehensible thing about the universe is its comprehensibility." – Albert Einstein

Structure of Rationality Human logic appears well-designed to explain the universe. It can deal with all sorts of things we can never imagine it having contact with during its supposed evolution: Mathematics Atomic structure Poetry

Structure of Rationality Einstein was amazed that man's mind (developed by mutation) should have categories to handle all this. But a God might very well have designed the human mind to function well in the universe he made. Atheists have only mutation and natural selection to explain all this.

Moral Standards Philosophically, we cannot derive an "ought" from an "is." Where does this realm of human activity come from? The world’s cultures contain strangely parallel moral standards. This argues against independent development of morality and for a common source.

Moral Standards

Pleasure Is all pleasure really biologically useful? Loren Wilkinson suggests that the strength and variety of human pleasures is far beyond what can be explained by biological utility. See Wilkinson, "The Problem of Pleasure" in Montgomery, Christianity for the Tough-Minded.

Futility Humans have a sense of longing and a joy that does not seem to have any object in this world. Man appears to be a sort of ruin: Not just junk, like unshaped stones Not functioning as he appears to be designed to This "frustrated design" is hard to explain by evolution, since there is no apparent reason for desires which transcend the present order.

Evidence of God in Conscience These items fit well with a God behind it all, especially the God of the Bible. High level of order in living things "Initiative" in humans & higher animals Level of intellect in humans Structure of rationality in nature Human moral standards Human pleasure Human futility

The Biblical Claim "Since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities – his eternal power and divine nature – have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse." – Romans 1:20

The End Of This Talk The Rest is Up to You