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The Origin of Life and the Universe

relativity is true and accurately describes the dynamics of the universe -
and it's passed every test we've thrown at it- so all scientists believe this is
the case. And, if the universe contains mass and we're pretty much
guarantee that it is correct, then you can draw the conclusion that when
you run time backwards, the universe has a boundary. Now stated another
way the universe began to exist.
So in spite of the scientific view of the universe at the beginning,
looking very different from the theistic worldview, significant and important
discoveries throughout the twentieth century have demonstrated that we
live in a universe that began to exist. The universe is expanding and the
universe is governed by constant laws of physics. These three features our
essential features of all Big Bang models. So what we see is that in other
words the universe that God revealed to us through the Holy Books
matches the universe we see when we study Creation.
Now in recent years scientists have proposed multiverse models
where our universe is one of the great ensemble of universes. And this
seems to challenge the notion of a beginning. In fact the first time I en-
countered this idea of a multiverse that was the challenge this guy was
saying, ‘our universe may have had a beginning but if the multiverse exist
is that really have a beginning or not.’ But I spent a lot of time studying the
multiverse and what I know is this is that even if an inflationary multiverse
exists, it’s still affirms the conclusion that the universe began to exist. Even
the multiverse has a beginning.
Now this first piece of scientific evidence that we live in a big bang
universe that began to exist, that it is expanding and is governed by
constant laws of physics. This conclusion supports the Kalam cosmological
argument. And that argument and syllogism form basically says whatever
begins to exist has a cause. The universe begins to exist. Therefore the
universe must have a cause. Something outside the universe brought it
into existence. Seems very consistent with the idea that there is a God who
created the universe. So let's turn to the second piece of evidence. The
second piece of evidence that points to the existence of a Creator, relates
to the pervasive evidence of design and the universe.