Let’s look at what these laws are and then, (God willing) we will see the insurmountable problems they pose for the unbeliever.

Scientific analysis would not be not possible without uniformity in nature. Time, space, matter, gravity etc., must be uniform in order for scientific experimentation to be meaningful.

Time is based on the uniformity of our solar system. The earth revolves at a constant speed of 1,000 miles an hour while simultaneously revolving around the sun. At 67,000 miles an hour, the Earth makes the 584 million mile journey once every 365.25 days. It’s “on time” arrival record is better than any  airline in the world!

The atheist cannot account for why there is uniformity in nature. Only those who believe the Bible have a logical reason for this incredible phenomenon. Here is what Albert Einstein said about natural law in his book The World As I See It:

 “The harmony of natural law reveals an intelligence of such superiority that, compared with it, all the systematic thinking of …human beings is an utterly insignificant reflection.”

Because the physical laws that govern our universe are constant, astronomers can chart the position of stars, moons, planets, and asteroids far into the future with accuracy and precision.

Laws necessitate a law giver just as surely as the Mona Lisa necessitates a Leonardo Da Vinci. There is no way to account for these complex mathematical equations in an abstract, godless universe.

The fact is, atheism is a crutch for those who can’t bear the thought of identifying themselves with Jesus Christ and admitting they are sinners. Jesus is the light of the world and the darkness hates the light because the light exposes the darkness.

More next time. Thank for reading!

Phil

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Time, space and matter must be uniform in order for scientific experimentation to be meaningful. Time is based on the uniformity of our solar system. The Earth rotates at a constant speed of 1,000 miles an hour while simultaneously revolving around the sun. At 67,000 miles an hour, Earth makes the 584,000,000 mile journey once every 365.25 days. Its “on time” arrival record is better than any train or airline in the world!    

The Milky Way Galaxy is 100,000 light years across and 10,000 light years in diameter. To get from one end of the galaxy to the other, you would have to travel at the speed of light (186,000 miles per second) for 100,000 years. The Earth is 26,000 light years from the center of the galaxy.

If you were to take a commercial airliner from earth to the center of our own galaxy, traveling at 550 miles an hour, it would take you not 278 million, billion, trillion, or quadrillion years, but 278 quintillion years to get there!

Not only do all the planets in our solar system revolve around the sun, but the entire Milky Way Galaxy is revolving (along with its 100–400 billion stars). It makes a complete revolution once every 250 million years!

As passengers on starship Earth, we are at this moment flying around the center of the Milky Way Galaxy like a giant cosmic Ferris wheel. Our speed is a mind-boggeling 558,000 miles an hour. What causes the entire galaxy to revolve? What holds the stars in place? Why don’t they collide? How much power is required to spin the galaxy while holding a hundred billion stars in place?

I love this quote from Albert Einstein,

“Our limited minds cannot grasp the mysterious force that moves the constellations.”

Here is what the Bible has to say about it,

“The heavens declare the glory of God; And the sky shows His handiwork. Day after day they speak, And night after night they reveal knowledge. There is no speech nor language where their voice is not heard.”

To be a follower of Christ does not require a person to leap into blind faith or commit intellectual suicide. In fact, just the opposite it true. It requires far more faith to believe that no one plus nothing equals everything.

God willing, I’ll see you next week. Same time same place.

Phil

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“Nothing is what rocks dream about.”

 There is one thing virtually all scientists, theologians, and philosophers agree on, and it’s this. You only have two choices: either God is eternal and uncreated, or matter is eternal and uncreated. There is no third option. Today virtually everyone agrees that the universe and time itself had a beginning. Here is a profound truth,

If there ever was a time when nothing existed, then nothing would exist now. Therefore something must be eternal!

Albert Einstein

Einstein’s Theory of Relativity

It was 1910 when Albert Einstein’s Theory of Relativity was first published. His mathematical equation provided a basis for proof that time, space and matter had a beginning. Interestingly, Einstein’s formula fit the Biblical model (written thousands of years earlier) perfectly. The very first verse in the Bible says,

“In the beginning God created the Heavens and the earth.”

 In the beginning (that’s time), God created (that’s energy), the heavens (that’s space), and the earth (that’s matter). Einstein’s mathematical formula (math is a perfect science) left him and the rest of us staring in the face of God!

Since we know the universe had a beginning, that leaves us with our only other option, God is eternal and uncreated. Therefore, asking the question, “Where did God come from?” is a nonsensical question. It contains the false assumption that God was created or had a beginning and then asks, “How is that possible?”

Asking the wrong question does not generally produce the right answer. So, a better question to begin with is,

 “Why is there something rather than nothing?”  

The question itself (Where did God come from?) is fatally flawed. It’s like asking “Where did the bachelor get his wife?” Or, “What does blue sound like?” Bachelors by definition do not have wives, and color is not in the category of sound. In the same sense, God is not in the category of created things.

THE LAW OF CAUSE AND EFFECT ONLY APPLIES TO THINGS THAT HAVE A BEGINNING OR WERE CREATED.

More next week (God willing).

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