Back to the Beginning ENDNOTES 1. Brian Greene, The Elegant Universe (New York: Vintage, 2000), 81-82. 2. George Smoot and Keay Davidson, Wrinkles in Time (New York: Avon, 1993), 36. 3. Greene, 81-82. 4. Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time (New York: Bantam, 1990), 38-51. 5. Greene, 83. 6. Hawking, 39. 7. Smoot, 80-83. 8. Ibid., 187. 9. Ibid., 240. …
Monthly Archives: July 2020
64402 2. What Are the Odds?
Why is Only Earth Suitable for Life? In his movie Signs, M. Night Shyamalan presents us with a priest (played by Mel Gibson) who has lost his faith. Through the death of his wife, the priest has come to the conclusion that life is random. He has decided that he will no long pretend to see …
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What Are the Odds? 1. Gregg Easterbrook, “Before the Big Bang,” U.S. News & World Report, special edition, 2003, 16. 2. Paul Davies, Other Worlds (London: Penguin, 1990), 169. 3. Dietrick E. Thompsen, “The Quantum Universe: A Zero-Point Fluctuation?” Science News, August 3, 1985, 73. 4. Quoted in Lee Strobel, The Case for a Creator (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2004), 131. …
64403 3. Options for Origins
Is the Universe a Product of Design or Chance? The choices in accounting for our universe boil down to three: Chance, multiple universes, or design. Scientists are looking at the extreme rarity of life in our universe and asking, “why are we so lucky?” At some point, you’ve got to step back from the facts …
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Options for Origins 1. Charles Seife, Alpha and Omega (New York: Viking Penguin, 2003), 187-188. 2. Hugh Ross, The Creator and the Cosmos, 3rd ed. (Colorado Springs, CO: NavPress, 2001), 158. 3. Ibid. 4. Martin Rees, Our Cosmic Habitat (London: Phoenix, 2003), 164. 5. Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time (New York: Bantam, 1990), 127-141. 6. Seife, 222. 7. Hawking, 140-141. …
64404 4. The Problem with Half An Eye
Was Darwin Right About the Eye? Looking down at Greenland from 32,000 feet on my trip from Rome to Seattle, I heard a strange noise in the aircraft that sent my blood pressure soaring into hyperspace. Suddenly I began to wonder what would happen if one tiny part on the enormous Boeing 747 failed. Engines, …
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The Problem with Half An Eye 1. Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989),1. 2. Ibid.,12. 3. Michael Behe, Darwin’s Black Box (New York: Free Press, 2003), 24. 4. Charles Darwin, Origin of Species (New York: Bantam Books, 1999), 158. 5. Behe, 22. 6. Quoted in Lee Strobel, The Case for a Creator (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2004), 199. 7. …
64405 5. The Language of Our Cells
Does DNA Point to a Designer? Was the language of DNA programmed by a designer–or by chance? Consider for a moment the cathedral-like structure of a snowflake under a microscope. Look at the beauty. Look at the complexity. Look at the originality of each individual flake. Surely this is evidence for a grand designer in …
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The Language of Our Cells 1. William A. Dembski, The Design Revolution (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2004), 85. 2. Werner Gitt, “Dazzling Designs in Miniature,” Creation Ex Nihilo, December 1997–February 1998, 6. 3. Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989), 1. 4. Nicholas Wade, “In Chimpanzee DNA, Signs of Y Chromosome’s Evolution,” New York Times, Sept. 1, 2005, …
64406 6. The Case of the Missing Links
Where are Darwin’s Predicted Fossils? The discovery of DNA has revolutionized the world of forensic evidence. Cold case files have been reopened. Criminals who thought they had beaten the system have been belatedly prosecuted by a swab of saliva or body fluids forgotten about for decades. And in some instances, the new evidence has exonerated …