Mankind has been pondering its origins since the beginning of time. Why are we here? How did it all begin?

If we could go back to the beginning of time, what would we see? There are two different sides debating the beginning of the universe, science and religion.

Science would have us believe that due to natural selection and pure dumb luck, everything fell into perfect place for life to begin. The odds of this happening are so great that it would take several massive hard drives to hold all the zeros, but since it is not mathematically impossible, we will not dismiss it.

Religion, on the other hand, wants us to believe that everything and everyone were created by an all-powerful God. Scientists tell us that the odds of this are at least as high. But again, it is not impossible, so let us not dismiss this either.

Neither one of us were there at the time, so let us discuss which one is more likely.

As to the beginning of the universe, according to one scientific theory, and there are many, there was this big bang. Since this seems to be the most popular theory, let’s examine it.

Supposedly, there was this miniscule bit of matter no bigger than the head of a pin, that was so dense that it collapsed upon itself and exploded in a bang beyond belief.

This matter spread far and wide, creating the stars, planets, and everything else in existence. This would explain why the universe is constantly expanding.

From that point, everything fell into place by chance until we ended up where we are today.

However, one thing that science has not been able to explain is where that miniscule bit of highly dense matter came from in the first place.

The laws of physics states that matter cannot be created or destroyed. In other words, you cannot make something out of nothing. Hence, the problem with this theory, or any scientific theory for that matter, is that they are all scientifically impossible.

I believe that it was Sherlock Holmes who once stated that when you eliminate the impossible, whatever is left, no matter how improbable, must be true. That being the case, what about intelligent design?

Since God is an omnipotent being, He exists beyond the laws of physics. In other words, He doesn’t play by the same rules that we do.

There is no reason to believe that God did not use the laws of physics to create the universe. The Bible says that He created the world in seven days and most people believe that to mean seven earth days. However, an Earth day is based on one revolution of the Earth, using our sun as a guide. But God did not create the Sun until the fourth day.
2 Peter, 3:8 says that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years. We do not even know if that is literal or figurative. In other words, seven days to the Lord could span millions of years to us.

Science prides itself on logic and fact. They claim that the idea of a supreme being is so ridiculously unlikely that it is ludicrous to believe in such a thing.

But then they choose to believe something that is not just unlikely, but impossible.

So ask yourself this. Who is crazier, the one who believes in something that cannot be proven or the one who believes in something that can be proven wrong?

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