Does the Universe Show Signs of Design?

Lincoln Park Church of Christ Sermons

Scriptures Referenced

Genesis 1:1Colossians 1:16–17Isaiah 45:18

Scientific Evidence

Richard Feynman, a Nobel Prize winner said, “Why nature is mathematical is a mystery…The fact that there are rules at all is a kind of miracle The existence of a great engineer who planned the universe is the only logical explanation, for the precise and consistent laws that govern the universe.”

“The rotation of the earth on its axis, for instance, is 1,000 mile per hour at the equator. If it were 100 mph, the days and nights would be ten times as long. The result would be the burning up of all vegetation each long day, & the freezing of each surviving sprout each long night.

The Sun, the source of light, has a surface temps over 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit.The earth is far enough away for the right amount of warmth. If the sun gave less radiation, the result would freeze us all, and if it gave more radiation,it would roast us all.

The slant of the earth is at an angle of 23 degrees, which gives seasons, and if it wasn’t tilted to this degree, the movement of the vapors of the sea would turn continents into ice.

If the moon were set at a shorter distance from the earth, tides would submerge all continents twice daily, and the mountains would erode away.

If the crust of the earth were ten feet thicker, there would be no oxygen and all life would die.

If the ocean was a few feet deeper, no life could exist.

If the atmosphere were thinner… meteors which hurl from their orbits, would dart toward the earth and set fires all over the earth on impact.

In 1995 NASA Astronomer John O’Keefe declared “we are, by astronomical standards, a pampered, protected, and cherished group of creatures. If the universe had not been made with the most exacting precision, we would never have come into existence. Thus, it is my view that these circumstances indicate the universe was createdfor man to live in.”