| This is only a sampling of the thousands of
known nebula and galaxies. Before the Hubble the expanse of the universe was thought
to be much more limited. Now we know that there is no end in site. An article
on astronomy noted the breakthroughs credited to the Hubble telescope, "Until
recently scientist believed there to be empty space between the galaxies. Now we
have discovered that these spaces are not empty. Just out of reach of the vision of
our telescopes appear to be limitless galaxies that fill in every empty space."
The so-called 'big bang' weakly offered to explain the known galaxy at the time the theory
was developed. As technology expands our universe into infinity, it becomes clear
that it takes more than a bang to create the innumerable distant galaxies that dwarf our
own existence. The beauty and design cry out the handiwork of God. An atheist once
said, "It is not possible for the universe to be limited in either space or time;
therefore it is infinitely large and has no beginning and no end; therefore it could not
have been created; therefore it has no creator." No, the infinity of our
universe does not disprove the Creator, it proves that we have an infinite God. It
is much harder to grasp an explosion from a super-dense molecule with infinite force to
create an endless universe with intricate artistic designs and life than it is to believe
an infinite God created and designed this magnificent universe.
One argument atheism frequently relies on is the impossibility that God could
have always been. I have heard many atheists say that it is illogical to believe in
a God with no beginning. "Everything must have a beginning". What
they fail to acknowledge is that evolution drives them to the same 'illogical' dilemma.
With the 'big bang', there is the 'cosmic egg' with no beginning as well.
Isn't it even more illogical to believe that a dense molecule or some other unknown matter
could have always been there without a Creator, and exploded without any change or
cause? It then spread to infinity and created designs with such detail and beauty?
It created the universe in which we live and just happened to fall into a solar
system with such perfect precision that every planet lined up on its own path and on a
perfectly flat plain to each of the other planets. The earth formed itself in exact
harmony to support life, working together with the sun and moon to give us seasons,
climate and precise gravitational pull from the moon to produce tides that prevent
flooding yet create currents that are essential for life to be supported. As one
evolutionist put it, "so many coincidences occurred that are critical for life to
form and survive, it is almost uncanny". That is a bit of an understatement.
Here is an interesting dilemma for the big bang theorists: "Red shift measurements
indicate that the universe is falling apart against the force of gravity. Therefore
if there must have been a big bang then the resultant expansion should be slowing down
over time due to gravity. But it isn't. it's speeding up." Robert Kirshner,
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. |
