In Hebrews 11:6 we are told it is impossible to please God without faith. That we first must believe that He exists and then second believe He rewards those who diligently seek Him. So then are we just supposed to have blind faith that God exists or did He tell us how we can know He exists? In Romans 1:20 we are told that since creation God's invisible attributes are clearly seen (distinguishable) being understood by the things that were made. So much so that all are without excuse. So what does the Bible tell us God made? It says He made the natural world, universe, and all life. What do we call the study of the natural world, universe, and life? We call this -science. So here is God telling us we can know He exists through the study of science. This would mean faith and science may be two separate categories however they definitely (according to God) intersect. I believe there is a growing popular movement among both atheists and people of faith to try and divorce the two as if they have absolutely nothing to do with one another. What do you think?
Examples of ways we see God through science:
The scientific law of causality states that anything that begins must have a cause. When Einstein formulated his theory of relativity the math predicted that the universe consisting of time, space, and matter, must have a beginning. This observation was confirmed in 1929 when astronomer Edwin Hubble observed the expanding universe. Now since we have never observed something come from nothing its just not logical or "scientific" to claim the universe sprang from nothing. We must conclude that whatever caused our universe has always existed (or is infinite in nature). So we have reached point A.
A. The universe was caused by an infinite source.
This begs a key question. Do we observe anything in the known universe which suggests it was engineered? Typically when we observe engineering we observe features that tell us they were formed for a specific intent or purpose. Examples: The way archaeologists at a dig site look for recognizable design features, or the way marine biologists trying to detect intelligence in dolphins look for specific sound patterns, or even the way SETI astronomers look for narrow band radio signals coming from deep space if ever observed would tell them they were engineered. If we apply these exact same principles to our observations of the universe we find that it does display evidence for engineering in three of its main characteristics. In its laws of physics, in its systems, and in its life.
Physicists tell us that all the laws of physics like electromagnetic forces, nuclear intensity, strength of gravity, mass of material, temperature, excitation of nuclei, and speed of light, are all fine tuned to the exact parameters needed for life to be possible. If any of these factors were out of proportion slightly then none of the elements (especially carbon so necessary for life) could even exist.
British Astrophysicist George Ellis is quotes as saying, “
Amazing fine tuning occurs in all the laws that makes this possible…” He went on to say that he finds it difficult not to use the word miraculous when describing their complexity.
If we just step back and take and honest look and the systems of our universe we observes something truly remarkable. Like the way our solar system is perfectly situated in a clear safe zone rather than one of our milky-way’s chaotic spiral arms. Our sun is said to be actually much smaller than the majority of the stars we observe in the universe yet it is the perfect size and temperature to allow for life. Our own moon’s size and distance from earth are the exact parameters needed to stabilize our 23 degree axis tilt with the sun. This is what creates the food chain without which there could be no life here. The very arrangement of our solar system with the gas giants like Neptune, Saturn, and Jupiter all protecting us from rogue meteors out in the outer rim. Scientists tell us that if Jupiter were removed from its current orbit then the impact rate of meteors on earth would increase by a thousand times what we see today. Then consider the magnetic field around our planet. Did you know we live on the only known planet with a solid surface that is still circulating its liquid iron core? This is what generates the magnetic force field around our planet which protects us from constant bombardment of solar radiation. Without that field life here would have long since been completely sterilized. Our atmosphere is the perfect mixture of nitrogen and oxygen. Our land to water mass ratio is the perfect ratio. I could go on and on. There are literally hundreds of conditions like these all working together making life possible. We are told that they must exist at the exact parameters they exist at, at the exact locations they exist at, and even all at the same time in the universe just for life to even be possible.
Esteemed physicist and Nobel Prize winner Arno Penzias said “
Astronomy leads us to a unique event. A universe with the exact conditions required to permit life. One with an underlying (you might say) supernatural plan.”
Finally if we examine life itself we find that all living organisms contain a DNA code that is the blue prints to life. You have a copy of your entire DNA in every single cell of your body. Scientists tell us that this code warps our most sophisticated computer software programs by comparison. Several theories have been proposed as to how this code could have formed through natural causes however to date there is no evidence supporting them. We would have to have at least one example of an observed random mutation adding new (gene increasing) and beneficial information to the genome of a multi-celled organism. Nothing of the sort has ever been observed. From the observable science we must conclude that the laws of physics, systems of the universe, and life were all engineered. This brings us to point B.
B. the cause of the universe must possess intelligence.
If we add points A and B there is only one term in the English language that is defined and an infinite intelligent creator of the universe and life.
I’ll let you guess what that term is…