The Heavens Declare the Glory of God part 1

The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Psalms 19:1

Currently on Sunday mornings am I preaching a short Fall series: GQ: The God Questions. 

I've been doing this every November for the past 4-5 years and since I read a lot (and I mean a lot) of apologetics, I really enjoy this short Fall series.

As I re-reading Dr. Norman Geisler's book: “I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist” I was again struck at how amazing God's Creation is.  Dr Geisler's section on the "Anthropic Principle" (also referred to as fine-tuning and that the universe is "just right" for the existence of man... see also The Privileged Planet.. book or DVD for further amazing details and explanations).

Dr Geisler writes:

"Scientists are now finding that the universe in which we live is like a diamond studded Rolex, except the universe is even more precisely designed than the watch. In fact, the universe is specifically tweaked to enable life on earth. A Planet with scores of improbable and inter-dependent life- supporting conditions that make it a tiny oasis in a vast and hostile universe. The extent of the universe’s fine-tuning makes the Anthropic Principle perhaps the most powerful argument for the existence of God.

These highly precise and interdependent environmental conditions (which are called “Anthropic Constants” make up what is known as the “Anthropic Principle.” “Anthropic” comes from the Greek word that means “human” or “man”. The “Anthropic Principal” is just a fancy title for the mounting evidence that has many scientists believing that the universe is extremely fine-tuned (designed) to support human life here on earth.

It’s not that there are just a few broadly defined constants that may have resulted by chance. No, there are more than 100 very narrowly defined constants that strongly point to an intelligent Designer.

Astrophysicist Hugh Ross has calculated the probability that these and other constants (122 in all) would exist today for any planet in the universe by chance (I.e., without Divine design). Assuming there are 10²² planets in the universe (a very large number: 1 with 22 zeros following it), his answer is shocking; one chance in 10¹³⁸, that’s one chance in one with 138 zeros after it. There are only about 10⁷⁰ atoms in the entire universe.

In effect, there zero chance that any planet in the universe would have the life-supporting conditions we have, unless there is an intelligent Designer behind it all."

 Over the next couple of blogs I will be posting some of these Anthropic Constants. Enjoy, Marvel & Worship the Great Creator God.