From: user6340@newsgrouper.org.invalid   
      
   JTEM  posted:   
   > On 12/16/25 8:22 PM, Steven Douglas wrote:   
   >   
   > > Video title: "Universe Designed: The Evidence That   
   > > Changed an Atheist's Mind, with Michael Lewis"   
   >   
   > Grab a superball. Walk into some large indoor stadium,   
   > the larger the better.   
   >   
   > Spin around 20 times then throw that superball as hard   
   > as you can against the ground, assuming it's a hard   
   > surface.   
   >   
   > When it comes to rest, where ever it stops there was   
   > only a one in a billion chance, maybe a one in 10   
   > billion chance that it would end up there.   
   >   
   > IT MUST HAVE BEEN PLACED THERE BY GOD!   
      
   No, there are things that happen by random chance.   
   The Creation of the universe is not one of those   
   things that happened by random chance. Everything   
   had to be exactly fine-tuned by God in order for   
   the universe to exist.   
      
   If the force of gravity had been a bit stronger,   
   the universe would have imploded sometime after   
   the Big Bang. If the force of gravity had been   
   a bit weaker, our solar system would not have   
   formed and the planets and moons would not be   
   held in their orbits.   
   >   
   > The fact is, if the universe wasn't exactly the way   
   > it is, we couldn't exist.   
      
   Exactly. The fine-tuning by God is what makes   
   it work.   
   >   
   > Another fact is that the   
   > universe wasn't always this way and it won't always   
   > remain this way.   
      
   The laws of physics are constant and do not change.   
   >   
   > The point is, this is a moment, a window inside of   
   > the universe, and you're pretending that it's the   
   > whole thing.   
      
   I'm not pretending anything. There is design in   
   everything in our existence. Design only happens   
   when there is a Creator. Design doesn't happen by   
   chance.   
      
   Examples of design are in the DNA molecule, and   
   it's machine-like structure that Darwin or his   
   adherents have to overlook in order to continue   
   to believe this all happened by chance.   
      
   Other examples of design are in our own solar   
   system, in which our planet is not too close   
   to the sun, but also not too far. The correct   
   force of gravity keeps us in that orbit, while   
   our planet is tilted on its axis to keep the   
   top and the bottom of the planet from getting   
   too hot or too cold.   
      
   So many things that point to a Creator, it's   
   incredible to me that anyone can think this   
   just happened all by itself.   
      
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