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In The Beginning . . .

In The Beginning . . .

Blog by ( February 23, 2018 )

If we were transported to the late 1800s, we would learn that the prevailing scientific picture of the universe was that it had always existed. Matter and energy moved around in absolute space and eternal time. Since that time, the development of Einstein’s general theory of relativity, the discovery of the expansion of the universe, and the formulation of various space-time theorems (even ones that apply to hypothetical multiverses), strong scientific evidence points to a beginning for the universe. Given that I expect God’s revelation in Scripture and creation to agree, this result is entirely unsurprising—even though unexpected by scientists.

Bible
Miracles of the Mid-Pleistocene Transition, Part 2

Miracles of the Mid-Pleistocene Transition, Part 2

Blog by ( October 8, 2018 )

In part 1 of this three-part series, I wrote about how 800,000 years ago, a miraculous transition from a 41,000-year to an approximately 100,000-year ice age cycle took place—a change known as the Mid-Pleistocene Transition (MPT). If not for the exquisite fine-tuning and precise timing of this event, the high population and civilization we presently enjoy would have been impossible.

Biology
Iron Isotope Argues for Supernova Input in Early Solar System

Iron Isotope Argues for Supernova Input in Early Solar System

Publication by ( April 17, 2006 )

Radioisotope studies of meteorites provide additional support for the fine-tuning of the solar system predicted by RTB’s cosmic creation model. A particular isotope of iron, 60Fe, decays with a half-life of a million years and forms only in stellar interiors. The abundance of 60Fe incorporated in compounds found in primitive meteorites confirms its presence in the early solar system. Further, the abundance of 60Fe points to its origin in a supernova that seeded the early solar system. However, the location of the supernova must be fine-tuned to adequately seed the solar system without blowing it apart. The degree of fine-tuning dramatically increases when considering other evidence that three or more supernovae must have simultaneously enriched the early solar system to account for its chemical composition. Such fine-tuning is consistent with the work of a supercaring Creator who has designed a suitable habitat for humanity.

Astronomy
Lunar Mass Design

Lunar Mass Design

Publication by ( June 28, 2005 )

A mathematician and an astrophysicist at Princeton University have found more evidence for the supernatural design of the Moon for the benefit of advanced life. Their analysis greatly strengthens the plausibility of the Mars-sized impactor that led to the formation of the Moon. Theoreticians have been in agreement that a Mars-sized planet colliding with Earth early in its history is the only way that the Moon (with all of its life-supporting features) could form. However, they were mystified by how a Mars-sized planet could form in a manner that would permit it to make a low-velocity, relatively low-angle collision with Earth. The Princeton team demonstrated that such a planet indeed could form at one of the “Lagrange” points in Earth’s orbit and then slowly drift toward Earth as it interacts with remaining planetesimals in the solar system’s disk. In showing that such a planet could possibly form, the team also demonstrated that both the planet’s formation and its collision with Earth had to be fine-tuned to produce a Moon with all the features necessary to make advanced life on Earth possible.

Geology & Earth
More Evidence for Unique Planetary System

More Evidence for Unique Planetary System

Publication by ( September 11, 2004 )

Princeton University astronomers recently uncovered more evidence that the solar system possesses unique characteristics for the support of life. Their theoretical modeling established that when a planetary system experiences close encounters with stars, those encounters will engender a large enhancement in the orbital eccentricities of the planets. Such is the case for the known extrasolar planets. Unlike other planetary systems, the solar system was protected from stellar encounters (the Sun’s birth cluster was much smaller and looser and the Sun was ejected from the cluster much earlier and much more rapidly) that induced large eccentricities in the planetary orbits—eccentricities that would have made a life-support planet impossible. Thus, evidence continues to accumulate that the solar system is far from typical. The more we learn about extrasolar planets the stronger becomes the evidence that our solar system is uniquely and supernaturally designed for life.

Astronomy
Dwarf Galaxies Test Big Bang

Dwarf Galaxies Test Big Bang

Publication by ( December 8, 2008 )

The big bang creation event— as taught by the Bible for centuries1— now stands well established by astronomers’ observations of the universe.2 This observational evidence shows that the universe is predominantly comprised of dark energy (energy embedded in the space surface of the universe that causes the cosmic surface to expand faster and faster as the universe ages) and cold exotic dark matter (slow moving particles that weakly interact with photons). However, this model— known as the dark energy dominated cold exotic dark matter (ΛCDM) model— predicts that thousands of cold exotic dark matter haloes should accompany galaxies as large as the Milky Way and Andromeda. The gravitational pull of these haloes ought to attract enough ordinary matter (protons, neutrons, and electrons) to produce populations of stars, or dwarf galaxies, that astronomers should be able to detect through their largest telescopes.

Astronomy