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>>Announcer: It has
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>>Chris: Did you know the chance
of a pregnant woman having twins
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is 1 and 250. Or how about the
chance of being hit by
lightening in your lifetime, it
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is 1 in 3000. Or the chance of
being struck and killed by an
asteroid?1 in 250,000.
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These random chance facts are
really frivolous to be honest,
but lead me to ask an even
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more important question, maybe
the most important question to
be answered in life.
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What is the probability that God
really exists? Fundamentally,
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and essentially, does God exist?
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It is the question of the ages.
It is a question that we began
to answer last week. In
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fact, in order to answer that
question, we began to set up a
framework to answer the
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question. Here is the key, in
order to answer this question in
an unbiased fashion our
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framework needs to be able to
work for anyone. Whether that
person is a Christian, an
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atheist or someone who
practices any religion.
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First and most importantly to
the framework is the issue of
attitude.In a review of last
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week. If you happened to miss
last week's show, you can go to
our youtube channel at
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www.youtube.com/iiwcanada and
there you can watch any of our
past shows, but most
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especially last weeks. But in
brief review, each of us has
opportunity to investigate
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with three basic attitudes, that
of a skeptic, believer or
inquirer. And the attitude
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that we take will often dictate
the results of any given
investigation. Remember
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the important distinctions that
we emphasized in the last show,
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A skeptic decides against a
claim prior to thorough
investigation; a believer, on
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the other hand, decides to
accept a claim prior to thorough
investigation; and an inquirer
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holds verdict until the
investigation is done. In
addition a skeptic focuses on
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the question to the exclusion of
the evidence; whereas a believer
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focuses on the evidence to the
exclusion of the question; while
an inquirer focuses on the
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weight of evidence. All the
while, a skeptic disbelieves in
the face of reasonable evidence;
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however a believer believes
while big questions remain; and
an inquirer accepts
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reasonable evidence even if some
questions remain. And so as we
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investigate this question of
God's existence, the only fair
and balanced attitude to start
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with is that of an inquirer.
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So, once we have established the
proper attitude, it allows for a
framework to be formed
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that will lead honest
conclusions. So the next issue
becomes, what kind of
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knowledge must we obtain to
answer the question of God's
existence. One must assume
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that somewhere in the vast
expanse of knowledge that
exists, the reality of the
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knowledge of God must be there.
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So where might we obtain that
knowledge to build the right
questions to answer the
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question of God's existence.
Last week as we investigated the
possible sources of
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knowledge, we discovered that
knowledge comes through 7 basic
sources: reason, sensory
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perception, intuition, feeling,
experience, history and the
experts. Yet with each
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one of these sources we saw
clearly that they are vastly
insufficient to build a
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framework that will reveal the
answer to one of life's greatest
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questions.does God really exist?
So what are we to do in the
inquiry? There is another source
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of knowledge, that may help us.
It's called probability theory.
Probability theory deals with
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the occurrence of events. It
looks at the possibility or
probability that something is
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completely random or if it is a
statistically probability. Here
is what I would propose
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to you; that we would use
probability theory in order to
tackle the question of God's
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existence. Why? Because it is an
unbiased factual way of dealing
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with this great question of
life. Now, before we jump into
the statistical analysis, let's
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further explain and describe
some aspects of probability
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theory. According to Dr. Pandit,
in day-to-day life we can say
that any given event that has
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only one chance of occurrence in
10 to the 8th power, which is a
1 with 8 zeroes after it
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or 100 million is considered an
impossibility. In the same way,
the converse is also
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true, if something occurs 10 to
the 8th power times, yet has one
of non-occurrence, it
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is considered a fact. Now when
we move into the world of
science, scientific
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calculations require that the
number actually goes up. The
number is 10 to the 15th power
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for any scientific calculation.
However, when it comes to
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establishing a scientific law we
are told that the number is must
be 10 to the 50th power. Now
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here is what this means. if
there is a mathematical
probability of something
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occurring 10 to the 50th times
with only one chance of failure,
the event is then considered a
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scientific law. Just to give you
an idea of how huge these
numbers are, suppose we wanted
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to test the certainty of gravity
by dropping a ball every second
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as we look for that one time
when the ball will just float in
the air. To test it 10 to
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18thtimes, which is less than
half of what is considered to
make a scientific law, dropping
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that ball every second will take
us 15 billion years to
accomplish. A time that long
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is almost
unfathomable,escpecially in
light of the fact that some
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scientists believe that 15
billion years is the age of the
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universe, at least according to
the Big Bang theory. So, what
does all this mean? Here is the
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bottom line, these are huge
numbers that go a long way
toward eliminating error and
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chance on the one hand , yet
establishing certainty on the
other. Therefore, as a result,
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we can clearly affirm that an
extremely low probability is
virtually synonymous with
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certainty.
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It is with that framework then,
that we can but to test one of
the greatest claims of
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Christians, that God is the
Creator of all things. This
claim is not just the claim of
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people, but it is the actual
claim of the Bible the very book
that forms the foundation
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for two of the worlds largest
religions. Listen to these bold
claims of both the Old
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and New Testaments in the Bible.
The very first words of the
Bible say that God is the
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Creator of all things. In
Genesis 1:1, the Bible says, In
the beginning God created
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the heavens and the earth." And
the remainder of the Genesis
account says things
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like, " Then God said, "Let
there be light"; and there was
light.Then God said, "Let
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there be a firmament in the
midst of the waters, and let it
divide the waters from the
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waters.Then God said, "Let the
waters under the heavens be
gathered together into one
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place, and let the dry land
appear". Then God said, "Let the
earth bring forth grass,
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the herb that yields seed, and
the fruit tree that yields fruit
according to its kind,
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whose seed is in itself, on the
earth"; and it was so.and
finally, "then God said, "Let
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Us make man in Our image,
according to Our likeness." The
Bible is clear in its
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assertion that God is Creator.
In fact, many scholars say that
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Moses wrote these chapters in
the book of Genesis as a defense
of God's Creatorship. Another
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passage that declares the
creative power of God is Psalm
33. Psalm 33:6-9 states,
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A bold statement that God
Himself spoke everything into
existence. The New Testament
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also makes such a declaration.
Hebrews 11:3 boldly claims,
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Then really one of the
capstone passages on Creation is
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Revelation 4:11, The very
worship of God is founded on His
being the Creator of all things.
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The Bible though, invites us to
test these claims that He is the
Creator. To do that we
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will apply the test of
probability to creation. If the
test reveals a high
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probability that random chance
processes are able to explain
what we see in nature, then it
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will rule out God's existence.
If, however on the other hand
the test reveals probabilities
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that are incredibly small, then
it becomes reasonable indeed to
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affirm that God is the Creator
and that these very small
probabilities point to His
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existence. Let's now apply the
test of probability to see what
we find. First, let's look at
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the relation between gravity and
electromagnetic forces. One of
the delicate balances that
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science has noted is the precise
relationship that exists between
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gravity and electromagnetism.
Physicist Paul Davies comments,
"Calculations show that
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changes in the strength of
either force by only one part in
10 to the 40th power would
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spell catastrophe for stars like
the sun." So just the ever
slightest change would
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doom the planetary functions.
This balance cannot be explained
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by some random chance holding it
together, but by precise design.
This is such an incredibly small
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value, that a hypothetical
illustration is needed Suppose
that you had a pile of
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wooden matchsticks and that pile
was actually much larger than
the entire volume of the
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earth. Let's say that your pile
actually extended all the way to
the sun. Now only one
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matchstick has a head on it
and the rest are bare, headless
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matchsticks. Since you are
extremely cold, you need that
one match with a head to start a
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fire. Your chance of picking the
matchstick with a head out of
the pile, on the first try,
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without looking, is greater than
one out of 10 to the 40th power.
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Then there is the relationship
between strong and weak nuclear
forces. Within atoms
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there exists both strong and
weak nuclear forces that perform
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their specific functions. "The
strong force that binds the
particles in an atom's nucleus
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must be balanced with the weak
nuclear force to a degree of 1
part in 10 to the 60th power. If
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the strong force were any
weaker, atomic nuclei could not
hold together and only hydrogen
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would exist. If the strong force
were only slightly stronger.the
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sun would not exist, water would
not exist, and the heavier
elements necessary for life
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would not be available." This is
not random chance that atoms are
held together, but demonstrate
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a designer. Remember that
mathematicians sometimes define
probabilities of less
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than one chance out of 10
to 50th power as impossible. In
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other words it is statistically
impossible for atoms to be held
together, why are they? Because
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they were created by a designer.
But we won't stop, there is the
relationship between gravity
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and the cosmological constant.
Now, don't be overwhelmed by the
big words. It's actually
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quite simple to understand.
Let's look at the precise
relationship between gravity
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and the expansion of the
universe. While the universe is
expanding, gravity inhibits
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the rate at which the universe
expands. For space to expand at
a rate that would allow for
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the development of life,
the cosmological constant, which
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orders the precise relationship
between the expansion of the
universe and gravity, must be
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less than 10 to the 120th power.
The fine-tuning of this constant
is extraordinary and
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represents the most extreme
fine-tuning of any known
constant in physics. What does
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that mean? Once again the
relationship between gravity and
expansion is, according to
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the experts, a statistical
impossibility. Yet it is
happening. How is that
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possible? Design
by a Master Designer.
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What about the probability that
the universe itself formed by
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chance processes? Oxford
University
physicist-mathematician Roger
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Penrose estimated that the
probability that the
organization of the universe
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could just happen by chance is
precisely 10 to the 123rd power.
If you should try to write that
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number out by placing a zero on
each atom in the known universe,
you would run out of atoms long
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before you would zeros. The
universe has only about 10 to
78th power of atoms. My dear
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friends, the existence of the
universe by random chance is
impossible. Why? Because it
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was designed by a Creator. In
fact, the probability that one
protein molecule could have
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formed on its own by chance
processes is one chance in 10 to
the 190th power. It's an
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impossibility. Unless God is
involved as Creator. Then all
things are possible. What
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about the probability that a
cell could have just come about
by chance? Fred Hoyle,
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who rejects the idea of a God,
has calculated that the
probability of getting at one
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time 2,000 protein molecules
necessary to start life is one
chance out of 10 to the
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40,000th power.However, it
turns out that Hoyle was very
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optimistic. Using
thermodynamics, which is the
energy relationship between
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atoms and molecules, physical
chemist Harold J. Morowitz, who
also favors an evolutionary
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worldview, calculates that the
probability of a very tiny
microbe (mycoplasma) appearing
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spontaneously is one chance
out of 10 to the 5,000,000,000th
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power. Yet life formed in the
face of impossibility. How?
Design and creation.
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So, what has been the reaction
by some scientists who favor an
evolutionary worldview?
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Fred Hoyle himself states that
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Cosmologist Chandra
Wickramasinghestates
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Then there's Anthony Flew,
professor of philosophy, former
atheist, author and
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debater. He pointed out that the
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Now, I suppose that one can
still believe in chance, even
with probabilities this small,
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but then again, what difference
would there be between believing
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in chance and believing in
miracles. You might as well
believe in miracles. Does this
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mean that there are no
difficulties with the notion
that God exists Certainly not.
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The difficulties of belief are
indeed great, but the
absurdities of unbelief are
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greater. Chandra
Wickramasinghe notes,
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The apostle Paul said
these words in Romans 1:20,
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My dear friends, probability
theory strongly points to God's
existence. In fact the
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probabilities leave little doubt
that this world and universe are
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here by design or creation.
There is little doubt about the
existence of God. He does exist.
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And if He exists, He is the
creator. And if He is the
creator, it means He created
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you. Let's pray. Heavenly
Father, help our unbelief, help
us to see clearly, we pray in
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Jesus name, amen.
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Bev: Hi, everyone! May I ask,
"What's in your medicine
cabinet?" Hopefully, you are
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eating a wonderful array of
vegetables and fruits,as they
are protective of your good
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health. When we are eating well
of God's amazing plant bounty,
we can expect to not
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get sick with colds and flus as
often as other people do But,
every once in a while, we
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might succumb to some virus or
bacteria that's out there That's
when you need to have
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really helpful, natural remedies
on hand. Here are four of my
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recommendations: Activated
Charcoal:has been used for over
3000 years for health and
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healing. Made from wood,
vegetables, and other materials,
it is able to attract and bind
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many harmful substances. It is
also amazing at filtering
toxins. In some poisoning
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situations, activated charcoal
is highly beneficial. Garlic:is
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remarkable for its antibacterial
and anti-viral properties. Feel
a cold coming on? Nip it in the
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bud by boiling 2 cloves of
garlic in 2 cups of water for
around 10 minutes. Drink this
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tea throughout the day.
Ginger:has proven to be very
effective in alleviating the
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unsettling symptoms of motion
and sea sickness, including
dizziness, nausea, vomiting, and
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cold sweating. Lemon: Lemons are
famous for their strong
antibacterial, antiviral, and
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immune-boosting powers. Here is
a recipe that can ease chills
and fever symptoms: add
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the juice of 1 lemon to a cup of
hot water with honey and drink
at once, then every 2
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hours until the fever or chill
subsides. I hope you'll add
these suggested super heroes
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to your medicine cabinet, along
with fruits, vegetables, and
especially the dark, leafy
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greens. I'll see you next time!
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>>Chris: Dear friend, I would
like to help you in your journey
to discovering God's
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existance. I would like to
offer, for free today, the
Discover Bible Guides which
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will set you out on a journey to
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develop a relationship
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with him. Another offer I would
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