![]() If the primordial matter and antimatter had been differently proportioned, if the universe had expanded just a little more slowly, if the entropy of the universe were marginally greater, any of these adjustments and more would have prevented a life-permitting universe, yet all seem perfectly possible physically. It requires us to believe that a life-prohibiting universe is virtually physically impossible. Now on the face of it this alternative seems extraordinarily implausible. Moreland and William Lane Craig, offer this reflection on the fact that our universe is so finely-tuned:Ĭan the cosmic fine-tuning be plausibly attributed to physical necessity? According to this alternative, the constants and quantities must have the values they do, and there was really no chance or little chance of the universe’s not being life-permitting. It is highly unlikely that a universe arrived “naturally”-without the intervention of God. Just how precise did this expansion have to be? Try exactly one part in 10 55. The universe had to expand with just enough force to keep it from reversing course and collapsing in on itself, but not so much force that stars and planets would fail to form. The rate at which the universe started expanding is no small matter (no pun intended!). Scientists may not know how the universe began, but since Einstein they have argued for a Big Bang-a moment of tremendous force that started everything. ![]() Scientists agree that the universe is in a constant state of expansion-and it has been expanding since it’s beginning. Just how precise does the force of gravity need to be in order to make it possible for there to be life on earth? If it were off by just one part in 10 40 (a 10 with 40 zeros after it), that would mean no sun and, therefore, no earth.īut that’s not all. Scientists have discovered that if the force of gravity were even slightly different in one direction, the sun would burn too hot for the earth to survive as a life-sustaining planet. Hiding behind all this raw beauty is an even more impressive truth: the universe in which we live is finely-tuned, perfectly balanced to be a hospitable environment for mankind-and this can hardly be an accident. I want you to know that there are some good reasons to believe in God. Maybe you are like I was-you grew up in a home that didn’t make much of God at all, and you just aren’t sure what to think. But how would you answer a friend who asked you the simple question, “If you can’t see God, why do you believe he exists?” Perhaps you are a skeptic, reading this article as a favor to a friend or family member. Chances are you picked up this article because you are a Christian and you believe in the Triune God of the Bible-Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Is there a God? I wonder how you would answer the question. Such was life as a child of the Pacific Northwest. And though I remember my grandmother and me trying to see if we could bend spoons with our minds (seriously), we never gave any thought to praying to a God who cares. We were more likely to have a Ouija board on our coffee table than a Bible on our bedside. Mine was a home that embraced the supernatural in general, but had no patience for a God who meddled in the morality of mere men. They certainly weren’t atheists, but neither did they accept the notion of a personal God. My parents were open but cautious about God’s existence. Would Luke Skywalker marry Princess Leia? ![]() So I turned my attention to less stressful matters. Life without end was too big a thought for me to handle. If he is there, how long has he been there? Who made him? And what is he thinking? If he existed forever, does this mean I will exist forever? Now that was a very uncomfortable idea for my young mind to ponder. From my window I saw stars dancing, and I wondered, “Is there a God?” That thought opened the door to a number of other questions. I remember lying awake in bed as a child, eyes wide open, while the darkness seeped into my room.
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