Many claim that science has removed the need for a creator. After all, they say, "We now know the universe began in a sort of big bang, expanding in every direction we can see. We understand the structure of matter, why it behaves the way it does and the laws that govern it all." Closer to home, we understand life itself, they say. It's simply evolved from non-living matter, with chance combinations of chemicals enduring over time as they were somehow more fit for survival and duplication.
Until billions of years later, you have a world of whales, giraffes, bald eagles... And yes, even television hosts. Yet, when you look more closely, those claims fall apart because in every aspect of the world, if you're willing to seek out and to accept the evidence, you see the fingerprints of a divine creator. Join us for this episode of Tomorrow's World, where we will examine ways in which science reveals God's fingerprints.
♪ Welcome to Tomorrow's World, from all of us here in the Tomorrow's World Studios and from our sponsor, the Living Church of God. On this program, our goal is to help you understand your world through the pages of the Bible.
And on today's episode, there's certainly a literal quality to that statement, because our aim is to help you understand the world, the whole world a little bit better by following the evidence left in that world where it logically leads, and where it leads us is to the powerful and loving Creator God of the Bible. Over the course of the program will also give you opportunities to request today's free resource, The Real God: Proofs and Promises .
Too many think believing in God is a matter of blind faith. When in reality, all the evidence around us points to a divine intelligence. The Real God: Proofs and Promises will take you through much of that evidence. Keep your eyes open for the information you need to request your free copy. Ancient King David of Israel composed many of the Psalms of the Bible, and in them he makes a simple and elegant point. Yet there are many scientists today who would call King David the fool.
They stare into the cosmos above or examine the variety of life in the world and see no evidence of God anywhere at all. They look into nature and see nothing in it that points beyond nature. This sentiment was perhaps most famously expressed by biologist, evolutionist, and staunch atheist Richard Dawkins. When he wrote... That is the universe and all that is in it look exactly as we should expect them to if there is no God. So who's right, Mr. Dawkins or King David?
Without a doubt, King David is correct. Too many physicists, cosmologists, and biologists refuse to see the evidence before their eyes, refuse to acknowledge the fingerprints of God that exist all over the very subjects they study. They proclaim a dedication to following the evidence, but when the evidence points in a direction they find undesirable, they look away. My friends, we don't have to repeat their mistakes.
God's fingerprints are numerous throughout his creation, and our free resource today examines seven different categories of evidence where his fingerprints are obvious. On today's program, however, we only have time to look at three examples. And as we do, we'll take some of our cues from King David himself. For instance, in Psalm 19, David wrote, That is, David looked on the cosmos around us and saw God's fingerprints there. He recognized the truth revealed in the very first verse of the Bible.
So without a telescope or spectral analysis or cosmic microwave measurements, David could still look at the universe above his head and conclude: This is a fingerprint of God who created all of this. And science has backed the Bible up. As the evidence does point to a universe that did not always exist, there really was a beginning to everything.
Today, the Big Bang theory has taken so much for granted that many do not realize that when evidence for it was first discovered, scientists vigorously opposed it because it sounded too much like the description of God's creation in the book of Genesis. For instance, when Georges Lemaître first suggested that relativity implied that the universe began at a certain point in time, Albert Einstein told him that it suggests too much the theological idea of creation.
Writing in the esteemed science journal Nature , astrophysicist Sir Arthur Eddington said of the idea: And astronomer and cosmologist Fred Hoyle mocked the idea of a beginning to the universe, saying that the idea of a Big Bang was, "a form of religious fundamentalism." In fact, he coined the term "Big Bang" to ridicule the idea, saying that... Why they were all unnerved is perhaps best summed up in a statement by famous physicist Stephen Hawking.
As New Scientist magazine reported in 2011, he noted... While many years have passed and the verdict is in, the scientists who rejected a beginning of the universe because it sounded too much like the Bible were wrong, and a universe that came into existence at some point in time is now considered the reigning theory and cosmology. As prominent physicist Alexander Vilenkin wrote in 2007... Why would so many scientists consider that a problem? Well, think about it.
If the universe had a beginning, then what caused that beginning. After all, science is very much the study of cause and effect. If the universe itself is the effect, then what was the cause? And when scientists talk about the universe, that means the entirety of the natural world, all matter, all energy, all space, and all time. So the cause of their beginning would have to be beyond matter, beyond energy, beyond space, and beyond time.
That is, if all that is natural had a beginning, then it points to a cause that is supernatural. That is, the beginning of the universe is one massive fingerprint that points to God. In a world like ours filled with authoritative sounding voices declaring that there is no God, it is vital that we take the time to prove to ourselves that he is real, he is there, and he does make himself known.
If you or someone you love questions whether it makes sense to believe in God or not, you need today's free resource, The Real God: Proofs and Promises. This easy-to-read booklet will walk you through seven different sources of evidence that point to the existence of an Almighty Creator, who not only created you, but who also has a purpose for your life.
If you or someone you know could benefit from a review of the evidence for God's existence and the promises He makes to all of us, then The Real God: Proofs and Promises is for you. Just call right or click to get your own free copy, and I'll be right back to discuss yet another way the creation reveals evidence of its creator. This clear and straightforward resource will help you understand this vital truth straight from the pages of the Bible. Call now or go to TWTV.org/Real. Welcome back.
We're examining a few of the fingerprints of God science has revealed in creation. Evidence that points us in the direction of the Creator described by the Bible. In our last segment, we saw the fingerprint of the Almighty God on the very beginning of the universe. Genesis says that God created the universe, and indeed the best theory in cosmology says that the universe did indeed have a beginning.
And if all time, space, matter, and energy was brought into existence, the cause of that existence must transcend time, space, matter, and energy. Fingerprint of a divine Creator indeed. But we can go further. What makes science and the study of this vast universe possible? Not just the fact that the universe exists, but that it is a law-abiding and orderly universe.
Calling the beginning of the universe the "Big Bang" gives the wrong impression that it was like an explosion of randomness and chaos, but nothing could be further from the truth.
Just consider the collection of mathematical equations and laws that ensure all things in creation run in an orderly structured way--the way in which the universe expands, the matter in which energy and matter in the fundamental forces interact is strictly governed by precise mathematical laws such as Newton's Laws of Motion, Maxwell's Equations concerning light and electromagnetism, the Einstein Field Equations, the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, and the Schrödinger Wave Equation.
Many fundamental laws reign over our reality, keeping it ordered and functional. And yet, the order and structure go further. While there are still mysteries we don't fully understand, such as theoretical dark matter and dark energy, the standard model of modern physics tells us that everything we see in the universe is built out of only 17 basic building blocks--12 basic particles of matter, four force carrying particles, and one particle giving the others mass.
Imagine all the vast variety we see here on Earth, let alone throughout the cosmos, all built from a construction set of only 17 basic, invisible law-abiding particles, making the entire universe possible. How can anyone in their right mind conclude that this astonishingly versatile universe building construction set came into existence randomly and without planning and intelligence?
And yet the order goes even deeper because the universe is more than ordered and law-abiding, the laws exhibit extreme fine-tuning to make complex life like ours possible. For instance, the strength of gravity, the relative strengths of charges and the masses of the particles that make up the atom: As Stephen Hawking put it in his groundbreaking book, A Brief History of Time... Or as astronomer and cosmologist Fred Hoyle wrote...
Again, science points in the direction of a divine God, a God whose super-intellect and planning mind did exist before the universe. The Bible declares about that God in Isaiah 33:22. "The Lord is our Lawgiver." And in Jeremiah 33:25, God declares that He has ordained the ordinances of heaven and earth. And the Bible says He did not just make it an orderly law-abiding creation, but one intended to be inhabited by life. We see this in Isaiah 45 and verse 18.
This discussion of the powerful laws we see in nature and the fine-tuning of the universe is gone into in much more detail in today's free booklet, The Real God: Proofs and Promises . In this easy-to-read resource, Dr. Douglas Winnail examines evidence on multiple fronts, demonstrating that God's existence is the best and most reasonable explanation for the world we see around us, both the world above our heads and the world right here on the ground where we live.
Looking at science, history, prophecy, and the simple laws that give us lives worth living, this free resource will help reveal the real God of the Bible, as well as His promises to you. Just call, write, or click, and when I come back, we'll shift dramatically from the very large picture to the very, very small as we see God's fingerprints on you. Don't miss it. For today's free offer, call... Or go to TWTV.org/Real.
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Call today and join millions around the world who are turning to Tomorrow's World for truth, prophecy, and hope in these confusing times. Call now or go to TWTV.org/real. ♪ Welcome back. We've examined God's fingerprints on our universe inspired by King David's statement that the heavens declare the glory of God. Now let's look at another passage written by King David that takes us in a completely different direction in our hunt for God's fingerprints. In Psalm 139 and verse 14, we read...
Yes, David saw God's fingerprints on the grandest of cosmic scales, but he also saw them in the smallest and most intimate scales in his own body. Frankly, in your body as well. Life itself carries the fingerprints of God. Consider for instance the smallest unit of life: the cell.
As biologists have learned to peer into the microscopic world of the living cell, they have discovered an absolutely amazing world, so intelligently structured in its vast array of inner workings and mechanisms, that it puts to shame every piece of human technology ever invented.
Within that tiny, microscopic, invisible realm are amazing molecular machines, pumps and gateways and transportation systems and waste management apparatus, communication systems, interactive architecture, and chemical recognition mechanisms and environmental maintenance equipment, and in the center of it all, DNA: an information storage system of vast capabilities. Richard Dawkins stated in his landmark book The Blind Watchmaker that...
Wow, DNA and proteins and other molecular apparatus that process, duplicate, repair, and maintain it represent nanotechnology of nearly unimaginable complexity and wonder that for all of our efforts, we have yet been able to create ourselves. In a paper published in 2012, prominent molecular geneticist George Church said plainly...
Less than a year later, the journal Nature reported that a team of scientists demonstrated this capacity in DNA by encoding all 154 of Shakespeare's sonnets, the original scientific paper by Francis Crick and James Watson about the structure of DNA, a color photograph of the European Bioinformatics Institute in England and an audio excerpt of Martin Luther King's famous "I Have a Dream" speech-- all of it in a tiny bit of DNA. Not a hard drive, not a USB drive--in a tiny bit of DNA.
Then, they mailed the DNA in a vial with no special packaging from the United States to Germany, where colleagues were able to successfully decode the contents back into their original text, visual, and audio formats, with 100% accuracy. The complexity of the cellular machinery and the information bearing capabilities of DNA should be seen as fingerprints pointing to the presence of a Great Designer behind them.
Yet most scientists continue to look away from the obvious conclusions of the evidence, no matter how much work they must do to convince themselves that the obvious isn't obvious. For instance, evolutionist Richard Dawkins wrote in his book The Blind Watchmaker... Similarly, Francis Crick, co-discoverer of the amazing structure of the DNA molecule, has written... What fascinating admissions.
Each man is saying that biologists spend their time steering straight at the designer's fingerprints, yet must, for some reason, work to prevent themselves from concluding that there is a designer. Mr. Dawkins says that biology is the study of complicated things that appear to have been purposefully designed. Mr. Crick says that the evidence of design is so strong that biologists must force themselves not to accept the evidence and to believe in evolution instead.
It seems that many scientists have forgotten the Duck Principle. If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, and walks like a duck, it's probably a duck. More seriously, such examples of willing and intentionally cultivated ignorance should remind us of a warning from the Apostle Paul. In Romans chapter 1, beginning in verse 18, he wrote the following. Truly without excuse.
It is sheer folly to ignore the evidence and choose to believe that such an intricate and powerfully intelligent system as we find in our own cells was not designed. With every cell reading the programs encoded in our DNA like a hundred trillion computers reading a hundred trillion hard drives every second of every day of our lives, then our own lives are astonishing evidence to the existence of our own Creator.
The fingerprints of our Creator are there all over life, all over our own lives down to the microscopic designs of our complex cellular machinery. Science has shown that King David's statement was far more true than he could have ever understood. We should all praise God for we are indeed fearfully and wonderfully made. Before we conclude today, I want to give you one more opportunity right now to request our powerful free resource, The Real God: Proofs and Promises.
In this booklet, you will examine seven key lines of evidence that all point to the existence of a powerful and transcendent creator God. And you will see that He does far more than exist. He has a plan and purpose for your life. You need the faith-building information this free, easy-to-read booklet provides. simply call right or go online to TWTV.org/Real to get your free copy right now.
This clear and straightforward resource will help you understand this vital truth straight from the pages of the Bible. Call now or go to TWTV.org/Real. ♪ Welcome back. There are, frankly, so many more fingerprints of God that can be found if we look even beyond the realm of science. For example, there's the evidence of fulfilled prophecy as well as the evidence of answered prayer.
Today's free resource will gather evidence for you in seven different categories to give you the opportunity to examine it for yourself. But since our theme was sort of scientific today, let me propose an experiment to you. In the last segment, we highlighted that you, in your body, your life, have God's fingerprints on you. That is not an accident. God did create the cosmos to enable human life, and He did design human life, including yours for a grand and amazing purpose.
And you bear His fingerprints on you because He is crafting something out of you. He is invested in you, and He longs to give you a life and a purpose greater than any you have ever imagined. So to set up the experiment, consider this. God didn't just design life. He designed a way of life that will help you accomplish His goals for you. And as the Creator of all life, God knows how life is to be lived. Jesus Christ tells us in the book of John...
For those who want that life, who want God near to them, guiding their lives and steps, he explains very clearly how to make that happen in the book of James, chapter 4 and verse 8. The experiment I have in mind is this. Draw near to God. See if He will draw near to you. Open His word and do what it says. Seek Him and see what you will find, but you'll have to seek Him with all your heart. He tells us this Himself in His word, saying... Frankly, most people don't have the courage to try.
Many like to believe in God. They like to see His fingerprints everywhere, but they won't consider that those fingerprints are there for a reason and that God wants them to act on that reason. If you see the fingerprints of God around you and both want to see them more and want to grab hold of the things for which He has grabbed hold of you, then you need today's free resource, The Real God: Proofs and Promises. If you're going to truly follow the evidence, then follow it all the way.
And wherever that evidence leads you, we hope it includes coming back here next week. When you return, Gerald Weston, Rod McNair, and I will be here waiting for you-- ready to share with you the teachings of Jesus Christ, the hope of the coming kingdom of God, and the exciting end-time prophecies of the Bible and their meaning. Until next time, take care. For today's free offer, call... Or go to www.TWTV.org/Real.
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