Is it possible that a random explosion caused all of the earth's wonders? Is it possible that a random explosion provided a perfectly balanced universe, and atmosphere on earth? Or....... was there just a random big bang.
Where did the elements for the bang come from? What ignited them? How did they disperse? What started life? There aren't a lot of answers from those who want to ignore God. For our Darwinian friends, the apes skipped several stages. But, let's go back to the earth.
1. Just to tell you how fragile the earth is, and how wonderful the Creator is, if the gravitational force of the earth was changed by 10, followed by 40 zeros, the sun wouldn't exist, and the moon would crash into the earth, or sheer off into space, Even the slightest increase in gravity would make the stars much larger than the sun,causing the sun too burn erratically to continue life on this planet.
2. Oxygen makes up 21 % of our atmosphere. If it were higher, fires would break out, people would suffocate if the oxygen levels were lower than 15%.
3. If the centrifugal force of the planets did not precisely balance the force of gravity, nothing would be held in the sun's orbit.
4 If the universe was growing at a rate one millionth more slowly than it is, the temperature on earth would be 10, 000 degrees.
5. Our galaxy has one hundred billion stars, the average distance between them is 30 trillion miles. If that distance was altered slightly, orbits would become "wobbly", and the temperatures on earth would become erratic. ( Travelling at space shuttle speed, seventeen thousand miles an hour of five miles a second, it would take 201,450 years to travel 30 trillion miles.
6. Any of the laws of physics can be described as a function of the velocity of light (now defined to be 186,282 miles per second ). Even a slight change in in the speed of light would change the other laws of physics and make earth inhospitable to life.
7. Jupiter, in its orbit, plays the role of protecting earth from bombardment from space debris. Its heavy gravitational pull acts as a cosmic "vacuum cleaner" , attracting asteroids, meteors and other debris that may strike Earth.
8. If Earth's crust were any greater, too much oxygen would be transferred to the crust to support life. If it were thinner, volcanic and tectonic activity would make life impossible.
9. If the rotation of the earth too longer than 24 hours, the temperature difference would be too great between night and day. If the rotation period was shorter, atmospheric wind velocities would be too great.
10. Surface temperature differences would be too great if the axial tilt of the earth were altered slightly.
11. If the atmospheric discharges (lightening) rate, were greater, there would be too much fire destruction; if it were less , there would be too little nitrogen in the soil.
12. If there were more seismic activity, much life would be lost. If there were less, nutrients on the ocean floors and river runoff would not be cycled back to the continents through tectonic uplift. Even earthquakes are necessary to sustain life as we know it.
a. Has this changed your thinking?
b. I find it amazing all of the balancing that is required to keep our planet functioning. Much balancing is required to keep our bodies functioning as well. Do you distance yourself? Have a "thin skin" "erupt too much" or take in every problem like it's yours?
Pray about what the Lord would have you do about those things........... write the prayers down.
See you next time
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