Page 93 - The Creation Of The Universe

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar) 91

Consequently if life is going to exist on any planet anywhere in the uni-
verse it is going to have to be carbon-based. 56
There are a number of conditions that are absolutely essential in order
for carbon-based life to exist. For example, carbon-based organic com-
pounds (like proteins) can exist only within a certain range of tempera-
tures. They start to dissociate over 120°C and are irrecoverably damaged if
they are frozen below -20°C. But it is not only temperature that plays a vi-
tal role in determining the allowable limits of suitable conditions for car-
bon-based life to exist: so too do the type and amount of light, the strength
of gravity, the composition of the atmosphere, and the strength of the mag-
netic field. Earth provides precisely such conditions as are needed to make
life possible. If even one of conditions were to be changed, if average tem-
peratures surpassed 120°C for example, there would be no life on Earth.
Therefore our little green creatures who might work up a slight sweat
when the temperature soars to 238°C, who breathe helium instead of oxy-
gen, and who drink sulfuric acid instead of water are not going to exist any-
where because carbon-based life-forms cannot survive under such condi-
tions and carbon-based life-forms are the only kind there is. Life can only
exist in an environment within limits and under conditions that are spe-
cially created for life. That is true of life in general and of human beings in
particular.
Earth is a planet which Allah created as a hospitable environment for
life.

The Temperature of the World
Temperature and atmosphere are the first essential factors for life on
Earth. The Blue Planet has both a temperature that is livable and an at-
mosphere that is breathable for living things, especially for such complex
living things as human beings. These two extremely different factors how-
ever have come into being as a result of conditions that turn out to be ide-
al for both.
One of these is the distance between the Earth and the Sun. Earth could