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Mike posted:
> On 2025-12-16 17:55, Steven Douglas wrote:
> > 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.
>
> Then why is there so much dust in my apartment?
Because there are some things that are random, as with
the Super Ball bouncing that JTEM mentioned. And the
dust in your apartment. None of that has anything to
do with the design that is OBVIOUS in God's Creation.
For example, do you think the DNA molecule randomly
evolved? With its machinery-like precision? Have
you ever even thought about that?
>
> I find myself having to dust of random particles
> almost every day. You're just looking at the order
> but ignoring the chaos,
The chaos has nothing to do with the ORDER of God's
Creation. The chaos is something that happens inside
of God's Creation. Why are you ignoring the OBVIOUS
design that makes life possible on our planet? And
without that design, life would not be able to exist
here? Have you ever thought about that?
>
> which there is much more of.
> Stars bump into each other, asteroid impacts destroy
> worlds. Black holes suck up galaxies, and animals
> shred each other, everyday for food. Why????
This world isn't Heaven, no matter how much atheists
think it should be and wish it was. Heaven is somewhere
else. God never promised that this world would ever be
Heaven. In fact, Jesus said we would have trials and
tribulations in this world. But if we have faith in
Him, He has overcome the world.
Ultimately, Heaven is our destination, for those who
believe in Jesus and keep God's commandments.
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