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Indeed, given the truth of the maxim ex nihilo nihil fit (out of nothing
comes nothing), the Big Bang requires a supernatural cause. Since the
initial cosmological singularity re p resents the terminus of all space-
time trajectories, there cannot be any physical cause of the Big Bang.
Rather, the cause must transcend physical space and time: it must be
independent of the universe, and unimaginably powerful. More o v e r,
this cause must be a personal being, endowed with free will. The cause
of the origin of the universe must therefore be a personal Creator, who
a finite time ago brought the universe into existence by his fre e
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Paleontologist Dr. Kurt Wise, who is an Assistant Professor of Science
at the Department of Mathematics and Natural Science of Bryan College,
is known for his opposition to the theory of evolution and his firm faith
in God. "Creation isn't a theory" he says. "The fact that God created the
universe is not a theory - it's true." 171

Sigrid Hartwig-Schere r, who received his Ph.D. in physical
a n t h ropology from the University of Zurich, is the author of
o
R a m a p i t h e c u s - Vrfahr des Menschen?(Ramapithecus –
P rogenitor of Humans?) In her works, she demonstrates
that the fossil record refutes the theory of evolution, and
that apes are not the ancestors of humans. She feels that
all creatures are the work of a Creator.

J . P. Moreland, Ph.D. in philosophy from the
University of Southern California, is a faithful
scientist, and the author of Christianity and the
Nature of Science, and The Creation Hypothesis.
J. P. Moreland

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