Select a date range

From

To
Cancel Apply
reset filters

Search Results

245 search results for "If god made the universe"
Why Are Whales So Big? In Wisdom <em class=God Made Them That Way">

Why Are Whales So Big? In Wisdom God Made Them That Way

Blog by ( April 18, 2018 )

… for God’s existence based on beauty. Swinburne argues, “If God creates a universe, as a good workman he will create a beautiful universe. On the other hand, if the universe came into existence without being created by God, there is no reason to suppose that it would be a beautiful universe.”2 In other words, the beauty in the world around us signifies the Divine.
In like manner, if God created the universe, including the biological realm, we should expect to see wisdom permeating the designs in nature. On the other hand, if the universe came into being without

Biology

Are Scientific Predictions Like Biblical Prophecy?

Blog by ( March 13, 2024 )

… primary purpose of the creation passages is theological, declaring that God the Redeemer is also God the Creator, the maker of all things in the heavens and on the earth. Everything we see is his handiwork and has been made as he intended. A subset of these passages teaches that God made us, too, as human beings. We were made to bear his image, which grounds our unique relationship with God. 

So, while communicating theological truths, the creation accounts also give glimpses into the origin, history, and features of the universe, earth, life, and humanity. Today, questions of origins also …

Bible
Einstein Did Not Predict Determinism

Einstein Did Not Predict Determinism

Blog by ( November 26, 2020 )

… from the present, given sufficient knowledge. That is, the universe is determined, and further “the distinction between past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.”3 Thus time is not real.
This was hard for me to understand because we all seem to have an intuitive sense of time passing.4 My memories of that long-ago fishing trip, the now-replaced bridge, and the since-remodeled church are vivid. Further, I recall the precise moment when my teacher claimed that God already knew what I would do.
Time Was Created
Eventually, I learned that centuries earlier St.

Physics & Mathematics
Simple Biological Rules Affirm Creation

Simple Biological Rules Affirm Creation

Blog by ( September 4, 2019 )

… us to discern these relationships because of the systems’ complexity.

Figure: The Mathematical Universe. Image credit: Shutterstock.
The mathematical structure of the universe—and maybe even of biology—makes the world around us intelligible. And intelligibility is precisely what we would expect if the universe and everything in it were the products of a Creator—one who desired to make himself known to us through the creation (Romans 1:20). It is also what we would expect if human beings were made in God’s image (as Scripture describes), with the capacity to discern God’s handiwork in the world …

Design
Frog Choruses Sing Out a Song of Creation

Frog Choruses Sing Out a Song of Creation

Blog by ( June 12, 2019 )

… hand, if human beings are made in God’s image, as Scripture teaches, we should be able to discern and appreciate the universe’s beauty, made by our Creator to reveal his glory and majesty.
Frog Choruses and the Converse Watchmaker Argument
The idea that biological designs—such as the courting behavior of male frogs—can inspire engineering and technology advances is also highly provocative for other reasons. First, it highlights just how remarkable and elegant the designs found throughout the living realm actually are.
I think that the elegance of these designs points to a Creator’s handiwork …

Biology
<em class=God’s Existence Best Explains Life’s Most Profound Realities">

God’s Existence Best Explains Life’s Most Profound Realities

Blog by ( December 25, 2018 )

… existence and nature provide a source and foundation for objective moral values.
3. The existence of the God of the Bible provides a rationally plausible explanation for the purpose and significance that human beings yearn for in their lives.
If God doesn’t exist and the universe is merely the product of blind, purposeless, natural processes, then from a logical standpoint there can be no objective meaning to life. Given a nontheistic perspective, the fact that people exist becomes simply an improbable accident of evolution.
Humanity’s deep sense of, and need for, meaning comports well with the Christian …

Theology
Fatty Acids Are Beautiful

Fatty Acids Are Beautiful

Blog by ( November 22, 2017 )

… to think it would display beauty. In other words, the beauty in the world around us signifies the Divine.
Furthermore, if the universe originated through uncaused physical mechanisms, there is no reason to think that humans would possess an aesthetic sense. But if human beings are made in God’s image, as Scripture teaches, we should be able to discern and appreciate the universe’s beauty, made by our Creator to reveal his glory and majesty.
Resources to Dig Deeper

The Cell’s Design: How Chemistry Reveals the Creator’s Artistry by Fazale Rana (book)
“Whale Vocal Displays Make …

Design
Default publications post thumbnail

Are Humans Special?

Publication by ( September 15, 2014 )

… flows from the value God bestows upon us. The Bible makes this point explicitly. Genesis 1:26–27 tells us that God created humans, and only humans, in His own image! Our physical makeup and location have no relevance to our specialness.
Livio concludes his review, “Notwithstanding our physical insignificance, the human mind is significant. Why? Because all the discoveries described in this book, from the subatomic realm to the multiverse were made by us.” This observation makes sense ifhumanity exists for a purpose—but raises important issues if God does not exist. If the physical universe is all that …

Astronomy
Default publications post thumbnail

Five Criteria for Assessing the Possibility of Life on Other Planets

Publication by ( June 16, 2014 )

… lead to different BCI values so measurements of any life signatures will validate or falsify different rankings. I plan to show some specific examples of how this might work in a future article.
The importance of this research is not primarily the BCI values associated with a given exoplanet but the framework it develops to guide future research. The framework includes the currently available information from exoplanet searches but is flexible enough to incorporate data that future projects expect to measure—like atmospheric composition, cloud cover, surface chemistry, rotation rate, etc. If God truly designed Earth to support human life …

Astronomy
Default publications post thumbnail

Reclaiming Reason from Atheism

Publication by ( December 23, 2013 )

… is a product of nature. If God created nature, as Christians believe, then nature is understandable by reason because it is a product of reason.2

Christianity offers that man is made in the image of God and from this we gather that our mind is formed in likeness to God’s mind. Thus, we have a reason for our reason which is Jesus Christ, the creator of the universe, Earth, and our mind. Indeed the apostle John describes how “the Word” (logos, which can also be translated as “reason”) was with God in the beginning, how reason formed all …

Worldviews