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How did the physical world come into
existence?
The Law of Conservation of Energy states
that energy can neither be created nor destroyed. If that is so,
then all of the energy in the universe must have existed, without
reduction or increase, since the first instant of time.
But matter can't create other matter!
If you don't believe that, try asking the chair you are sitting in
to make another chair. Ask the cart to pull itself without a horse
in front of it, or ask your car to start itself without turning the
ignition or pressing your remote!
Could the universe have appeared
magically out of nowhere?
Of course not. You can't create something
from nothing. A house doesn't get built without a blueprint, and a
cake doesn't get baked without a recipe. if that is so for such
simple things, it is even more true for life forms, planets, stars,
and galaxies.
Do you believe that 1,000 monkeys could type
out Tolstoy's "War and Peace," if given enough time? Do you believe
that the universe evolved from the random interactions of matter and
energy after the Big Bang? If you believe that, then I've got a used
car I'd like to sell you!
If you study nature and science you
understand that the universe is well regulated. Something so
well regulated doesn't "just happen." There's a vast and magnificent
intelligence behind the design and maintenance of the universe.
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