The cosmological argument states that:
The universe began to exist.
Therefore, the universe has a cause of its existence.
The universe exists, therefore it has a cause of existence that ultimately points to the work of a divine creator. Religious figures generally support this, but, contrary to popular belief, we can also turn to scientists to provide us with this truth:
- Astronomer Fred Hoyle openly states that, “The Big Bang Theory requires a recent origin of the Universe that openly invites the concept of creation” (Hoyle, 13).
Along with the notion of the universe having a beginning, we can also see evidence for creation in the requirements for life. There are more than two dozen properties of the universe that if were to even slightly differ the possibility for life wouldn’t even exist. Properties in regard to this include:
- the rate of expansion of the universe
- the speed of light
- the force of gravity
- Electromagnetism
- the proportional relationship of planets
- the distance between the sun and Earth
- nuclear forces
- etc.
(Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy).
The probability of all of these miniscule requirements being fulfilled is a number so small, it is completely unfeasible for it to have happened by accident.
- “The chance that all of these constants would take the values necessary to result in a stable universe capable of sustaining complex life forms is infinitesimal. And yet those are exactly the parameters that we observe. In some, our universe is wildly improbable I do not see how nature could have created itself. Only a supernatural force that is outside of space and time could have done it”(Collins).
The evidence points towards the fine-tuning of a divine creator.
Sources:
Collins, Francis S. The Language of God: a Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief. Free Press, 2007.
Hoyle, F. The Intelligent Universe. Michael Joseph, 1983.
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, www.iep.utm.edu/design/#SH2b.
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