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The Origin of Life and the Universe


                Now. Third point is that the laws of earth, when you look at the re-
            quirements for science. There are philosophical assumptions you have to
            make. And you have to ask the question, “What worldview anchors all of
            those assumptions?” And I'm just going to go through them rapidly, but
            the bottom line is going to be this: I have looked at the Christian faith, I
            know that it anchors all of these presuppositions that you have to do for
                                                  doing science. And so any-
                                                  body who wants to say, “Oh,
                                                  science supports my world-
                                                  view” has to ask the question:
                                                  “Does your worldview anchor
                                                  all the necessary presupposi-
                                                  tions for science?”
                                                      The laws of physics must
                                                  be uniform throughout the
                                                  physical universe. The phys-
                                                  ical universe is a distinct ob-
                                                  jective reality. Not something
                                                  that's just an illusion. The
                                                  laws of nature exhibit order
                                                  patterns and regularity. I think
                                                  of Greek mythology where
                                                  Zeus gets upset and throws
                                                  up lightning bolts, that's not
                                                  real conducive to science de-
                                                  veloping. The physical uni-
                                                  verse must be intelligible. The
                                                  world is an object of rational
            study because it's not divine and therefore not an object to worship. The
            world is good and valuable and worthy of study. I remember reading
            about Siddhartha Gautama and how genuine enlightenment came from
            being detached from the world. Well, if you want to be detached from the
            world, why would you want to study it to figure out how it works?





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