Majesty of the Maker

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The Majesty of the Maker
Hill Roberts Dr. Mark Whorton
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• Great are the works of the Lord
• They are studied by all who delight in them.
• Splendid and majestic is His work
• He has made His wonders to be remembered
• Psalm 1112-4

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• Does God Exist?

Does He Care About Me?
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The WatchMaker

• A watch requires a watchmaker

does the creation require a Creator?
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1. Design of the Heavens
Three WatchesThe Heavens The
Earth Life
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LOOK UP!

• Lift up your eyes on high and see who has
  created these stars,

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LOOK UP!

• .the One who leads forth their host by number,
  He calls them all by name because of the
  greatness of His might and the strength of His
  power, not one of them is missing.
• Isaiah 4026

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A Created Beginning
In an steady state universe more stars would have
died like this one. Instead, we see mostly
young stars in young galaxies. And, there
would be far less hydrogen than todays 75.
Edwin Hubble
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The Andromeda Galaxy2.3 million light years away
100,000,000,000 stars per galaxy 100,000,000,000
galaxies
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All Spreading Away From Each Otherfrom
aBeginning!
The Bible speaks of the heavens as spreading or
expanding in twenty-one places.
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A Transcendent Creator
Something does not come from nothing!

• supernatural cause

• uncaused Cause

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Space-Time TheoremHawking and Penrose, 1972
Gravity should cause space-time to have a
beginning and maybe an end. Hawking

• General Relativity
• space and time began with the creation event
• space and time did not exist prior to that
  beginning

• Quantum Mechanics
• it is impossible for science to see the
  beginning moment itself, only the moments that
  follow from it

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By faith we understand that the universe was
formed at Gods command, so that what is seen was
not made out of what was visible. (Heb 113)
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(God) has saved us because of His own purpose
and grace. This grace was given us in Christ
Jesus before the beginning of time 2 Timothy
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God, who does not lie, promised before the
beginning of timeTitus 12
The Bible speaks of God acting before the
beginning in seven places.
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• This notion of beginning was scientifically
  absurd until about 50 yrs ago!
• a beginning is philosophically repugnant to
  me
• Sir Arthur Eddington (cosmologist)
• The Bible is the only holy book that speaks of
• Creation out of nothing
• A Creator outside of matter, time, and space!
• An Eternal or Uncaused Creator

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Finely Tuned Laws

• Four basic forces known
• gravity
• electromagnetism
• strong nuclear force
• weak nuclear force
• Balances between these forces must be precise to
  make life possible in the universe.
• In many cases, changes in strength by fractions
  of a percent would make life impossible.

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Anthropic Principle

• The universe appears in ever increasing detail to
  be designed

• An impossible coincidence of too many variables
  that all have to be just right

• Otherwise, we would not be here !

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The universe and laws of nature appear very
finely adjusted... One can take this either as
evidence of divine purpose in Creation and the
choice of the laws of science, or as support for
the strong anthropic principle.
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• As we survey all the evidence, the thought
  insistently arises that some supernatural agency
  or, rather, Agency must be involved. Is it
  possible that suddenly, without intending to, we
  have stumbled upon scientific proof of the
  existence of a Supreme Being? Was it God who
  stepped in and so providentially crafted the
  cosmos for our benefit?
• George Greenstein, Symbiotic Universe

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What Do The Heavens Say?

• The heavens are telling of the glory of God And
  their expanse is declaring the work of His
  hands. Psalm 191

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So, what do we learn from the Design in the
Heavens?

• Points to
• A Recent Beginning
• A Transcendent Creator
• A Finely Tuned Creation

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• Design of the Earth

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• Venus, closer to the sun, has...
• an atmosphere so heavy with carbon dioxide its
  like being under a half mile of water
• a surface temp around 900F
• a cloud cover made of sulfuric acid
• no water

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• Mars, smaller farther out, has almost no
  atmosphere, and its water reservoirs are
  essentially frozen, so there is no life-giving
  water cycle...

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• Jupiter and Saturn are at theperfect distance
  to
• leave our sensitive orbit alone
• protect us from nasty, earthbound comets and
  asteroids...

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• For example, in 1994, Jupiter captured an
  incoming comet and ate it like it has done many,
  many times before.

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• These dark plumeswhere the comet fragments
  struckare bigger than the Earth!

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• Earths unusually large Moon has slowed us,kept
  us steady,given us tidal shores,stabilized our
  orbit.
• Without it,life could not exist.
• Apparently, we have the perfect (and a most
  unusual) satellite.

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• Our liquid center gives us a magnetic field which
  protects us from the deadly solar winds...
• Some solar wind can sneak in at the poles and
  give us the northern lights...

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• The thin invisible ozone layer keeps us alive by
  absorbing nasty radiation from space.
• Less ozoneand we roast in ultraviolet light from
  the sun.
• Any moreand we dont getenough of the
  sunslife-giving energythrough to thesurface.
• Seems to be justthe perfect amount.

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• The atmosphere is 20 oxygen.
• Any less?Humans arent here.
• Any more?Everything burns a lot faster, and our
  bodies age quicker.
• Its like we have just the perfect amount.

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• Carbon dioxide in our atmosphere acts like a
  blanket and keeps us warm.
• Any less,we freeze.
• Any more,we fry in arunawaygreenhouseeffect.
• We seem to have just the right amount.

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What do we learn from theDesign of Earth?

• Just right for our home
• right type of solar system
• right type and size of planet
• right distance from sun
• right temperature
• right atmosphere and magnetic field
• right amount of water and air
• right spin and tilt for life cycles
• right in every way

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• 3. Design of Life

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Natural or Designed?
What is it ?
Stator
rotor
rotating output shaft
bearings
force field
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from Michael Behes Darwins Black Box
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The Design of Life

• DNA The Most Complex Molecule

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Deoxyribonucleic Acid

• Genetic code blueprint for what you are
• Information content in DNA
• 1 cells DNA 1000 enclyclopedia volumes
• 6 billion bits of DNA in human genome
• Universal Alphabet with 20 letters, punctuation,
  and sentences
• Completely analogous to a computer code
• Instructions for building a living thing

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By Chance?
By Design?
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SETI(Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence)

• Listening to the heavens ... for what?

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Intelligent Life Out There?

• Complex patterns amid the noise
• a code - something like a language
• The movie Contact
• sought signal from intelligent source
• found message containing blueprint for transport
  vehicle

• If applied to DNA
• Find a signal containing the detailed blueprint
  for life
• Signal from intelligent source?

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• Scientists are seeing more and more evidence that
  SOMEBODY mustbe behind it all.
• And because manyscientists are seeingdesign
  everywherethey look...some areseeinga
  Designer.
• The Heavens ARE Telling
• the Glory of God!

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• because that which is known about God is evident
  within them, for He made it evident to them. For
  since the creation of the world His invisible
  attributes, His eternal power and divine nature,
  have been clearly seen, being understood through
  what has been made, so that they are without
  excuse. Romans 119,20

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