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What probability says about Evolution

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I missed some months posting a nice article on this site. So far, what I have posted are some amazing facts from our own planet that shows and intelligent design that dismisses the idea of evolution to take place. These are all factual and no evolutionist whatsoever could disprove. But now, let me share this excerpt from a book that tackles the subject of “creation or evolution” from the viewpoint of physics and mathematics.

Firstly, if there is no Creator, then life must have started spontaneously be chance. For life to have come about, somehow the right chemicals would have come together in right quantities, under the right temperature and pressure and other controlling factors, and all would have to be maintained for the correct length of time. Furthermore, for life to have begun and been sustained on earth, these chance events would have had to be repeated thousand of times. But how likely is it for even one such event to take place?

Evolutionists admit that the probability of the right atoms and molecules falling into place to form just one simple protein molecule is 1 in 10113, of 1 followed by 113 zeros. That number is larger than the estimated total number of atoms in the universe! Mathematicians dismiss as never taking place anything that has a probability of occurring of less than 1 in 1050. But far more than one simple molecule is need for life. Some 2,000 different proteins are needed just for one cell to maintain its activity, and the chance that all of them to occur in random are 1 in 1040,000! “If one is not prejudiced either by social beliefs or by a scientific training into the conviction that life originated [spontaneously] on the Earth, this simple calculation wipes the idea entirely out of court,” says astronomer Fred Hoyle.*

On the other hand, by studying the physical world, from the minute subatomic particles to the vast galaxies, scientists have discovered that all known natural phenomena appear to follow certain basic laws. In other words, they have discovered logic and order in everything that is taking place in the universe, and they have been able to express their logic and order in simple mathematical terms. “Few scientists can fail to be impressed by the almost unreasonable simplicity and elegance of these laws,” writes a professor of physics, Paul Davies, in the magazine New Scientist.

A most intriguing fact about these laws, however, is that in them there are certain factors whose values must be fixed precisely for the universe, as we know it, to exist. Among these fundamental constants are the unit of electric charge on the proton, the masses of certain fundamental particles, and Newton’s universal constant of gravitation, commonly denoted by the letter G. on this, Professor Davies continues: “Every minute variations in the values of some of them would drastically alter the appearance of the universe. For example, Freeman Dyson pointed out that if the force between nucleons (protons and neutrons) were only a few per cent stronger, the Universe would be devoid of hydrogen. Stars, like the Sun, not to mention water, could not exist. Life, at least as we know it, would be impossible. Brandon Carter has shown that very much smaller changes in G would turn all starts into blue giants or red dwarfs, with equally dire consequences for life.” Thus, Davies concludes: “In this case it is conceivable that there might be only one possible Universe. If that is so, it is remarkable thought that our own existence as conscious beings is an inescapable consequence of logic.” – Italics added.

What can we deduce from all of this? First of all, if the universe is governed by laws, then there must be an intelligent lawmaker who formulated or established the laws. Furthermore, since the laws governing the operation of the universe appear to be made in anticipation of life and conditions favorable to its sustenance, purpose is clearly involved. Design and purpose – these are not characteristics of blind chance; they are precisely what an intelligent of Creator would manifest. And that is just what the Bible indicated when it declares: “What may be known about God is manifest among them, for God made it manifest to them. For invisible quantities are clearly seen from the world’s creation onward, because they are perceived by the things made; even his eternal power and Godship.” – Romans 1:19, 20; Isaiah 45:18; Jeremiah 10:12

* Evolution from Space, p. 24
- Adapted



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