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cosmic background radiation for the first time, which effort
earned them the Nobel price in 1965, makes the following state-
ment about this extraordinary design:
Astronomy leads us to a unique event, a universe which was cre-
ated out of nothing, one with the very delicate balance needed to
provide exactly the conditions required to permit life, and one
which has underlying (one might say "supernatural") plan. 21
Robert Astrow, founder and former director of NASA’s
Goddard Institute for Space Studies, expresses this as follows:
Thus, according to the physicist and the astronomer, it appears
that the Universe was constructed within very narrow limits, in
such a way that man could dwell in it. This result is called the an-
thropic principle. It is the most theistic result ever to come out of
science, in my view... 22
As we have explained elsewhere in great detail, the forces
acting on the universe, within their own ratios as well as the bal-

ances existing between them are miracles that cannot be ex-
plained by chance. The numerical values, responsible for the
harmonious balances in the universe, do not fluctuate by even
one or two percentage points. And these extraordinary balances
have been preserved without a hitch since the first day of the
universe, making them even more remarkable. As Astrow points
out, these facts all prove that the universe has been designed
diligently and its precise order was given. Such a miraculous
order certainly could not have come about by itself, coinciden-

tally. To claim that it formed and organized itself would be irra-
tional. This flawless order has been formed and organized by
God, the infinitely Wise and Mighty Creator.

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