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   On 2025-12-17 13:08, Steven Douglas wrote:   
   >   
   > 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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