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- A Universe
Governed
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Laws
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- INTELLIGENT
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- "Our
observance of the working of a watch convinces us that the intelligence
lies not in the watch —but in the maker."
—Myer
Pearlman
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According to the Principle
of Cause and Effect, the physical laws of nature are an effect.
These laws are evident everywhere in nature. The operations of
the Universe are bound by these invisible laws of nature. In
fact, all physical processes in nature are guided by universal
laws which are fundamental to their purpose. |
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"The
laws of nature are the same in all times and at all places. In
fact they transcend space and time. They are not made of matter,
energy, fields, space, or time; they are not made of anything.
In
short, they are immaterial and non-physical... they underlie
all phenomena as their hidden reason or logos, transcending
space and time". [1] |
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Scientists
try to detect and decipher Nature's underlying laws by making
approximations of their rules, conditions and behavior. These
approximations are often useful, however, deciphering them accurately
has proved challenging to all the world's greatest scientists.
In many instances scientists are proved wrong.
Scientists'
approximations of the laws of nature are a work-in-progress.
They attempt to describe how gravity works, but cannot explain
why it works. But more importantly, scientists do not
know how the laws are implemented, or where
the laws originate from. |
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"But
both Newton and Einstein shared the Platonic faith that underlying
the changing theories of natural science there are true eternal
laws, universal and immutable". [1] |
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The most important
of these laws are those that govern the fundamental forces of
nature. Common attributes have been ascribed to them (Pagels),
as follows:
However, one
question that plagues scientists is, if nature evolves,
why don't the laws of nature evolve also? Where did the
Laws come from? |
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"The
nothingness "before" the creation of the universe is
the most complete void that we can imagine —no space or
time or matter existed. It would be a world without place, without
duration or eternity, without number —it is what mathematicians
call "the empty set."
Yet
this unthinkable void converts itself into a plenum of existence
—a necessary consequence of physical laws.
Where
are these laws written into that void? What "tells"
the void that it is pregnant with a possible universe? It would
seem that even the void is subject to law, a logic that exists
prior to time and space." [1] |
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Possible
Clues
Based upon these factors, what can be inferred concerning the
cause or Causer of the physical laws of the Universe?
Let's review
the evidence: |
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CLUE #4: SCIENTISTS HAVE DISCOVERED
THAT THE ENTIRE PHYSICAL REALM IS CONTROLLED BY EFFICIENT AND
BINDING LAWS OF NATURE WHICH GOVERN, FOR EXAMPLE: |
- Physical operations
of the entire Universe
- Complex orbital
mechanics of celestial bodies, including large galaxies
- Birth, development
and death of stars
- Rates of nuclear
fusion within stars
- Operations
of the four fundamental forces of Nature
- All inorganic
and organic processes
- All life processes
(e.g., reproduction, genetics)
- Motion
- Gravity
- Thermodynamics
- All chemical
processes
- All biological
processes
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- Summary
- According
to the Principle of Cause and Effect, the physical laws that
harness the Universe are an effect of incalculable super-competency.
Law implies some agency that can execute
the Law (i.e., a law giver).
But Who or
what caused these laws to be imposed upon the Universe? Their
cause or Causer must be sufficiently intelligent to devise and
levy universally binding statutes governing the broad spectrum
of operations from the complex subatomic, to the intergalactic.
Implication:
Omniscience
Reason: Whoever or whatever
caused creation is All-Knowing
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"For the
founding fathers of modern science, such as Copernicus, Kepler,
Galileo, Descartes and Newton, the laws of nature were changeless
Ideas in the divine mind. GOD was a mathematician. The discovery
of the mathematical laws of nature was a direct insight into
the eternal Mind of GOD. Similar sentiments have been echoed
by physicists ever since". [1] |
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"But the
question remains: why should the laws be as they are? And why
should the fundamental constants have the particular values they
have?" [1] |
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"Modern
attempts to create a mathematical Theory of Everything accept
an evolutionary cosmology, but at the same time accept the traditional
faith in eternal laws of nature and the invariance of fundamental
constants. The laws were in some sense already there before the
initial singularity; or rather they transcend time and space
altogether." [1] |
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"And if
there was a birth of the cosmos, an initial "singularity,"
as physicists put it, then once again age-old questions arise.
Where and what did everything come from? Why is the universe
as it is? In addition, a new question arises. If all nature evolves,
why should the laws of nature not evolve as well? If laws are
immanent in evolving nature, then the laws should evolve too." |
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"The laws
of nature are the same in all times and at all places. In fact
they transcend space and time. They are not made of matter, energy,
fields, space, or time; they are not made of anything. In short,
they are immaterial and non-physical...they underlie all phenomena
as their hidden reason or logos, transcending space and
time". [1] |
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