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A A Chain of Miracles

the universe would not be expanding due to the attraction forces
of atomic particles but contracting, ultimately diminishing to a
spot. If the initial density had been a little bit less, then the uni-
verse would rapidly be expanding, but in this case, atomic parti-
cles would not be attracting each other and no stars and no galax-

ies would ever have formed. Consequently, man would never
come into existence! According to the calculations, the difference
between the initial real density of the universe and its critical den-
sity, which is unlikely to occur, is less than one percent's one
quadrillion. This is similar to place a pencil in a position so that it
can stand on its sharp end even after one billion years…
Furthermore, as the universe expands, this equilibrium becomes
more delicate. 8
Regardless of how much Stephen Hawking tried to ascribe
the origins of the universe to chance, he had to concede the ex-
traordinary fact of its universe’s expansion rate in his book, A
Brief History of Time:

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