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HAVE you wondered why everything from atomic particles to vast galaxies is governed by precise mathematical laws? Have you reflected on life itself—its variety, its complexity, and its amazing design? Many attribute the universe and the life in it to a great cosmic accident and evolution. Others give credit to an intelligent Creator. Which viewpoint do you feel is more reasonable?
Of course, both viewpoints involve faith. Belief in God rests on faith. As the Bible says, “no man has seen God at any time.” (John 1:18) Likewise, no human saw the forming of the universe or the commencement of life.
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Blind Chance or Purposeful Design?
Years ago, British mathematician, physicist, and astronomer Sir James Jeans wrote that in the light of advancing scientific knowledge, “the universe begins to look more like a great thought than like a great machine.” He also stated that “the universe appears to have been designed by a pure mathematician” and that it provides “evidence of a designing or controlling power that has something in common with our own individual minds.”
Other scientists have arrived at a similar conclusion since Jeans penned those words. “The overall organization of the universe has suggested to many a modern astronomer an element of design,” wrote physicist Paul Davies. One of the most famous physicists and mathematicians of all time, Albert Einstein, wrote: “The fact that [the natural world] is comprehensible is a miracle.” In the eyes of many, that miracle includes life itself, from its fundamental building blocks to the amazing human brain.
DNA and the Human Brain
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Belief Based on Evidence
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Our Creator has given us the “intellectual capacity” to investigate the world around us and to find satisfying answers to our questions. (1 John 5:20) In this regard, physicist and Nobel laureate William D. Phillips wrote: “When I examine the orderliness, understandability, and beauty of the universe, I am led to the conclusion that a higher intelligence designed what I see. My scientific appreciation of the coherence, and the delightful simplicity of physics strengthens my belief in God.”
Some two thousand years ago, a discerning observer of the natural world wrote: “[God’s] invisible qualities are clearly seen from the world’s creation onward, because they are perceived by the things made, even his eternal power and Godship.” (Romans 1:20) The writer—the Christian apostle Paul—was an intelligent man and highly educated in the Mosaic Law. His reason-based faith made God a reality to him, while his acute sense of justice moved him to give due credit to God for his creative works.
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originally posted by: dfnj2015
What is more interesting to me than mathematical statements accurately representing nature's behaviors like we have with the standard model of physics, is the following idea. We are living in pools of swirling waves of energy. We create devices out of different types of mass, and use energy and mass to measure reality which is composed of mass and energy. Now despite the problem of measurement device creating a filter of perception with self-validating results, there's something else that is amazing to me. Even with all these swirling pools of energy interacting, the energy swirls around in patterns that repeat. Take the measurement of Universal constants. It's really quite amazing they do not change from measurement to measurement. So what amazes me is just what exactly exists in the Universe guiding the laws of physics to repeat in exactly the same way every time. It's like there are invisible walls making sure the swirls of energy move in exactly the same patterns every time.
Why do electrons move at all and where does the energy come from? Why does electric charge even exist. Just because we can measure something doesn't mean we understand what it is or what it means. What gives the electron cloud shape. What controls the orbital zone distance from the nucleus. I know my physicist friends will give the standard answer of it is that way because that is how we measured it to be. I think there is something going on here that is beyond normal understanding of the standard model. I can't exactly put my finger on it. But there's just something really peculiar in the way waves of energy follow the same patterns as if there existed invisible walls guiding their flows.
originally posted by: dfnj2015
a reply to: dragonridr
Your answers are the standard ones. I was trying to get at something different. This is more to this than just having a mathematically model representing nature's behavior. I was trying to get at how is that nature repeats its behavior at all. To use a machine metaphor, the parts of the machine form a pattern of behavior. What are the parts of the machine making of the Universe where energy flowing through the system flows with certain patterns. What are the parts?
I'm probably just not speaking well enough to get you to see what I'm hinting at. Where charge comes from is not the same thing as measuring its existence. Even with measure the charge of an electron, the electron cloud is still moving around in patterns. The idea of what we measure IS also the explanation of the behavior is an empty explanation for me.
originally posted by: dfnj2015
a reply to: AlienView
Energy exists and flows in certain patterns. Somehow there are invisible pipelines making the energy flow in the same repeatable patterns. It's just weird to think nothingness of existence when occupied with energy has predefined patterns to the flow.
originally posted by: dfnj2015
a reply to: dragonridr
Your answers are the standard ones. I was trying to get at something different. This is more to this than just having a mathematically model representing nature's behavior. I was trying to get at how is that nature repeats its behavior at all. To use a machine metaphor, the parts of the machine form a pattern of behavior. What are the parts of the machine making of the Universe where energy flowing through the system flows with certain patterns. What are the parts?
I'm probably just not speaking well enough to get you to see what I'm hinting at. Where charge comes from is not the same thing as measuring its existence. Even with measure the charge of an electron, the electron cloud is still moving around in patterns. The idea of what we measure IS also the explanation of the behavior is an empty explanation for me.
originally posted by: dragonridr
a reply to: sedna9
And??