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Sir Fred Hoyle, Ph.D. astronomy, and Chandra Wickramasinghe, Professor of Applied Math and
Astronomy, calculated that the probability of getting one cell by naturalistic processes is xxxiii

1 : 1 x 10 40,000

No matter how large the environment one considers, life cannot have had a random beginning. There
are about two thousand enzymes, and the chance of obtaining them all in a random trial is only one part
20 2000
in (10 ) = 10 40,000 , an outrageously small probability that could not be faced even if the whole
universe consisted of organic soup.

Evolutionists have another big problem. It’s called the Laws of Thermodynamics.

A physical law or scientific law is a scientific generalization based on empirical observations of physical
behavior. Laws of nature are observable. Scientific laws are empirical, describing the observable laws.
Empirical laws are typically conclusions based on repeated scientific experiments and simple
observations, over many years, and which have become accepted universally within the scientific
community.

Thermodynamic laws describe the movement of heat and work (energy) throughout the universe.

The First Law of Thermodynamics states that energy cannot be created or
destroyed. Energy can only change forms. The official way to say it is like this. The
change in a system's internal energy is equal to the difference between heat added
to the system from its surroundings and work done by the system on its
surroundings. It means that food energy is changed to biological energy for the
body. The energy to maintain life, plus the work we do as an individual is the
amount of energy the body consumes. In the body, the excess energy is then
processed by the body and stored in fat tissue (energy is conserved or stored).

From a creation perspective, this makes sense, since the Bible says that God completed his creation on
day six and therefore, it only changes, nothing new is created. It is however a problem from an
evolutionary perspective, since it needs the existence of energy to come into existence naturally. This is
equally accepted by faith just as one accepts God creating by faith. In fact, it is even rational, since
energy is not being created nor destroyed in our universe, that it had its beginning by the creative act of
God.

The Second Law of Thermodynamics states “energy systems have a
tendency to increase their entropy (disorder) rather than decrease
it.” The Second Law describes basic principles familiar in everyday
life. It is partially a universal law of decay; the ultimate cause of why
everything ultimately falls apart and disintegrates over time. Material
things are not eternal. Everything appears to change eventually and
chaos increases. Nothing stays as fresh as the day one buys it;
clothing becomes faded, threadbare, and ultimately returns to dust.
Everything ages and wears out. Even death is a manifestation of this

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