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- "Our
observance of the working of a watch convinces us that the intelligence
lies not in the watch —but in the maker."
—Myer
Pearlman
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to the Principle of Cause and Effect, the physical laws of nature
are an effect. These laws are evident everywhere
in nature. The operations of the Universe are bound by these
invisible laws of nature. In fact, all physical processes in
nature are guided by universal laws which are fundamental to
their purpose. |
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"The
laws of nature are the same in all times and at all places. In
fact they transcend space and time. They are not made of matter,
energy, fields, space, or time; they are not made of anything.
In
short, they are immaterial and non-physical... they underlie
all phenomena as their hidden reason or logos, transcending
space and time". [1] |
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Scientists try
to detect and decipher Nature's underlying laws by making approximations
of their rules, conditions and behavior. These approximations
are often useful, however, deciphering them accurately has proved
challenging to all the world's greatest scientists. In many instances
scientists are proved wrong.
Scientists' approximations
of the laws of nature are a work-in-progress. They attempt to
describe how gravity works, but cannot explain why it
works. But more importantly, scientists do not know how
the laws are implemented, or where the laws originate
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"But
both Newton and Einstein shared the Platonic faith that underlying
the changing theories of natural science there are true eternal
laws, universal and immutable". [1] |
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The most important
of these laws are those that govern the fundamental forces of
nature. Common attributes have been ascribed to them (Pagels),
as follows:
However, one
question that plagues scientists is, if nature evolves,
why don't the laws of nature evolve also? Where did the
Laws come from? |
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"The
nothingness "before" the creation of the universe is
the most complete void that we can imagine —no space or
time or matter existed. It would be a world without place, without
duration or eternity, without number —it is what mathematicians
call "the empty set."
Yet
this unthinkable void converts itself into a plenum of existence
—a necessary consequence of physical laws.
Where
are these laws written into that void? What "tells"
the void that it is pregnant with a possible universe? It would
seem that even the void is subject to law, a logic that exists
prior to time and space." [1] |
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Possible Clues
Based upon these factors, what can be inferred concerning the
cause or Causer of the physical laws of the Universe?
Let's review
the evidence: |
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CLUE #4: SCIENTISTS HAVE DISCOVERED
THAT THE ENTIRE PHYSICAL REALM IS CONTROLLED BY EFFICIENT AND
BINDING LAWS OF NATURE WHICH GOVERN, FOR EXAMPLE: |
- Physical operations
of the entire Universe
- Complex orbital
mechanics of celestial bodies, including large galaxies
- Birth, development
and death of stars
- Rates of nuclear
fusion within stars
- Operations of
the four fundamental forces of Nature
- All inorganic
and organic processes
- All life processes
(e.g., reproduction, genetics)
- Motion
- Gravity
- Thermodynamics
- All chemical
processes
- All biological
processes
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- Summary
- According to
the Principle of Cause and Effect, the physical laws that harness
the Universe are an effect of incalculable super-competency.
Law implies some agency that can execute
the Law (i.e., a law giver).
But Who or what
caused these laws to be imposed upon the Universe? Their cause
or Causer must be sufficiently intelligent to devise and levy
universally binding statutes governing the broad spectrum of
operations from the complex subatomic, to the intergalactic.
Implication:
Omniscience
Reason: Whoever or whatever
caused creation is All-Knowing
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"For the
founding fathers of modern science, such as Copernicus, Kepler,
Galileo, Descartes and Newton, the laws of nature were changeless
Ideas in the divine mind. GOD was a mathematician. The discovery
of the mathematical laws of nature was a direct insight into
the eternal Mind of GOD. Similar sentiments have been echoed
by physicists ever since". [1] |
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"But the
question remains: why should the laws be as they are? And why
should the fundamental constants have the particular values they
have?" [1] |
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"Modern
attempts to create a mathematical Theory of Everything accept
an evolutionary cosmology, but at the same time accept the traditional
faith in eternal laws of nature and the invariance of fundamental
constants. The laws were in some sense already there before the
initial singularity; or rather they transcend time and space
altogether." [1] |
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"And if
there was a birth of the cosmos, an initial "singularity,"
as physicists put it, then once again age-old questions arise.
Where and what did everything come from? Why is the universe
as it is? In addition, a new question arises. If all nature evolves,
why should the laws of nature not evolve as well? If laws are
immanent in evolving nature, then the laws should evolve too." |
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"The laws
of nature are the same in all times and at all places. In fact
they transcend space and time. They are not made of matter, energy,
fields, space, or time; they are not made of anything. In short,
they are immaterial and non-physical...they underlie all phenomena
as their hidden reason or logos, transcending space and
time". [1] |
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