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                 human life is a miracle in its own right, not to mention the mil-
                 lions of factors that must combine to make this chain of miracles
                 possible. On the other hand, a miracle is self-evidently created
                 by God. Every bit of the universe is a miracle, the unequalled
                 work of God’s wisdom, might, and artistry.
                      Recent calculations demonstrate that if the current physical
                 laws and reactions responsible for the order in the universe were
                 altered even slightly, life—and therefore, human life—would not
                 be possible. In terms of probability, these physical norms could
                 have had arisen with any given value. But each one of them is
                 set independently at its current ideal value, enabling human life
                 which, as stated above, cannot be described with any other word

                 but miracle.
                      Whichever law, principle or physical property in the uni-
                 verse we consider, we see that it could not have been brought to
                 its current ideal state by itself, or through coincidence. Eyes that
                 can see are a clear miracle. Chains of miracles are at work in

                 every location of the universe and in every single one of its gov-
                 erning laws; these chains of miracles are proof for God’s exis-
                 tence and His might.
                      In recent years, cosmologists and theoretical physicists
                 began to call this mind-blowing order that spawns necessary
                 conditions for human life “fine-tuning.” Concentrating on this
                 subject, they discovered or calculated countless examples of

                 “fine-tuning” throughout the universe. It’s appropriate here to
                 quote some of these scientists’ expressions of astonishment and
                 wonder over the results of their research:
                      NASA astronomer Professor John O’Keefe: "We are, by as-
                 tronomical standards, a pampered, cosseted, cherished group of





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