Who Ate My Milky Way?

Paul Charles William Davies AM (b. 1946), the famed British theoretical physicist, said the following in the New York Times in 2007:

 

Science, we are repeatedly told, is the most reliable form of knowledge about the world because it is based on testable hypotheses. ... All science proceeds on the assumption that nature is ordered in a rational and intelligible way. You couldn’t be a scientist if you thought the universe was a meaningless jumble of odds and ends haphazardly juxtaposed. When physicists probe to a deeper level of subatomic structure, or astronomers extend the reach of their instruments, they expect to encounter additional elegant mathematical order. ... The laws of gravitation and electromagnetism, the laws that regulate the world within the atom, the laws of motion - all are expressed as tidy mathematical relationships. But where do these laws come from? And why do they have the form that they do?  When I was a student, the laws of physics were regarded as completely off limits. The job of the scientist, we were told, is to discover the laws and apply them, not inquire into their provenance.

https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/24/opinion/24davies.html

 

God created the world Ex Nihilo and put order into its workings (1 Cor. 14:33).

Our Maker is the source of the laws of nature, the “ordinances of heaven and earth” (Jeremiah 33:25).  According to Freeman Dyson (d. 2020), "As we look out into the Universe and identify the many accidents of physics and astronomy that have worked together to our benefit, it almost seems as if the Universe must in some sense have known that we were coming."

 

You may enjoy my paper on Math & Creation:

https://app.box.com/s/anoibqnmw1rhftr2l4jvnlse3eqzunpy

 

Davies came out with What's Eating the Universe? in 2021, we read this in the description:

 

Paul Davies lucidly explains what we know about the cosmos and its enigmas, exploring the tantalizing - and sometimes terrifying - possibilities that lie before us.  As Davies guides us through the audacious research offering mind-bending solutions to these and other mysteries, he leads us up to the greatest outstanding conundrum of all: Why does the universe even exist in the first place? And how did a system of mindless, purposeless particles manage to bring forth conscious, thinking beings?

https://www.amazon.com/Whats-Eating-Universe-Cosmic-Questions/dp/022681629X

 

God made the world and we are here to give Him glory:

 

The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it,

    the world, and all who live in it;

for he founded it on the seas

    and established it on the waters.

Who may ascend the mountain of the Lord?

    Who may stand in his holy place?

The one who has clean hands and a pure heart,

    who does not trust in an idol

    or swear by a false god.

They will receive blessing from the Lord

    and vindication from God their Savior.

Such is the generation of those who seek him,

    who seek your face, God of Jacob.

     (Ps. 24:1-6)

 

Here are my thoughts on some of the chapter titles from What's Eating the Universe?

 

1 Journey from the Edge of Time

That was about 6K years ago:

https://adamslostdream.blogspot.com/2008/11/adam-to-abraham-a2a-dating-game.html

 

4 The Big Bang

Did not happen:

https://www.amazon.com/Big-Bang-Never-Happened-Refutation/dp/067974049X

 

5 Where is the Center of the Universe?

Our Fave Galaxy (plz. don't eat it!):

https://creation.com/our-galaxy-is-the-centre-of-the-universe-quantized-redshifts-show

 

10 Most of Our Universe is Missing

He spreads out the northern skies over empty space;

    he suspends the earth over nothing. ...

The pillars of the heavens quake,

    aghast at his rebuke. ...

And these are but the outer fringe of his works;

    how faint the whisper we hear of him!

    Who then can understand the thunder of his power?

         (Job 26:7,11,14)

 

11 What is Dark Energy?

I am a #DarkMatter skeptic ... #GetSceptical_Withit

https://creation.com/dark-matter-in-trouble-again

 

15 Is Time Travel Possible?

No, but maybe a History Observation Device (HOD).

Something like Paycheck (PKD), but with no interaction.

 

my site: https://totalyouth.us

 

Maybe Davies should have taken the course "Darwinism & Intelligent Design (ID)" which is offered @ Trinity College of Florida that I mention in my latest video:

https://youtu.be/dBSwaUM1N4c

 

kudos: I heard about these topics on the Frank Turek Show.

Frank wrote Stealing From GOD.

 

#FrankTurek #StealingFromGOD #ID #IntelligentDesign #BALD #AdamsLostDream #zz #TrueTruth #TotalYouth #TotalTruth #Darwinism #God #Jesus #Bible #BB6640 ╬ #Paycheck #Philip_K_Dick #Openthedoor_Richard ♫

#SciFi #ThymeTravel (tastes like chicken) #HOD #HistoryObservationDevice

#WhoAte_my_MilkyWay ?! #PaulDavies #GotBritish ? #Science #ExNihilo #JER33_25 #FreemanDyson #Year2020 #Physics #LawsOfNature #Math_and_Creation #GEN1to11  

Scientific American - Jan 2009

The January 2009 issue of Scientific American (SciAm) was dedicated to evolution (page references are from this issue). One article rightly attacks the errors of evolutionary psychology (p. 74). Supposed “talking with the dead” is also debunked (p. 36). Eugenie Scott and Glenn Branch, both from the National Center for Science Education, write an attack piece on creationism (pp. 92-99).

Throughout this issue, good and evil, morality and ethics are mentioned. Yet, without a Moral Lawgiver and an ultimate Judgment Day (not the NOVA episode) morality makes no sense. Even Immanuel Kant (d. 1804) held that we must accept the existence of God for morality to have meaning. [1]

Atoms-to- Adam evolution and atheism are strongly linked. Darwin doubted the reality of God, “This very old argument from the existence of suffering against the existence of an intelligent first cause seems to me a strong one…” (Autobiography p. 90). Darwin no longer doubts the reality of God (see prior post).

How is it that most of the world accepts God’s existence if evolution is so obvious? Consider these statistics of global adherents:
Christians 33.3%
Muslims 21.0%
Jews 0.2%
Total who believe in a Creator 54.5%
Atheists 2.3% [2]
Darwin was not fazed by these facts, “This argument would be a valid one if all men of all races had the same inward conviction of the existence of one God…” (Autobiography p. 91). How many people believe that the Apollo landings on the moon were a fraud? Or consider prisoners who rationalize their crimes. Truth is not determined by universal assent.

A number of articles in this issue focus on natural selection. Edward Blyth, a creationist, published a paper on natural selection in 1835 long before Darwin’s The Origin of Species. Natural selection is a conservative process. What is needed for Bacteria-to-Brainiac evolution to take place is new information in the genetic code and Darwinists cannot explain this. New info is needed to make eyes, wings and other complex organs.

John Rennie, the editor in chief of SciAm, mentioned Stephen Jay Gould’s Wonderful Life on the Burgess Shale which contains the remains of many strange and unique creatures (p. 6). However, this issue has little of the provocative thought that Gould shares. Gould states that, “The history of life is… not the conventional tale of steadily increasing excellence, complexity, and diversity.” [3] Gould points out that the organisms represented in the Burgess Shale in British Columbia belong in 15 to 20 phyla (basic body plans) most of which are now extinct. Some estimates of life in the modern world reach up to 32 phyla. [4] Most of these phyla exist in the Cambrian and yet there is little in the Pre-Cambrian showing intermediate transitional forms from single-celled organisms. This Cambrian Explosion is a major problem for evolution. Both Gould and Darwin admitted that this is a major difficulty. [5] [6]

In an ad on page 11, Paul Davies is mentioned. Davies wrote Cosmic Jackpot that describes the fine-tuning of the universe. If certain physical constants were just slightly different, life itself would be impossible. Davies appeared in the pro-Intelligent Design film Privileged Planet, even though he is not an ID advocate. SciAm overlooks the evidence that the cosmos was made for life and scientific investigation.

SciAm should take Darwin’s advice and allow a creationist response. Darwin states in his intro to The Origin of Species that, “A fair result can be obtained only by fully stating and balancing the facts and arguments on both sides of each question…” [7]

Here are some great sites from the “other side”:
Creation Moments
Creation Research Society (creationresearch dot org)
Institute for Creation Research (icr dot org)
Answers in Genesis (answersingenesis dot org)
Creation Ministries International (creation dot com)

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Letters to the Editor
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Notes:
1) Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics by Norman Geisler (Baker, Grand Rapids, 1999), p. 498.
2) Time Almanac 2008 (Encyclopædia Britannica , Chicago, 2008), pp. 600, 601.
3) Wonderful Life by Stephen Jay Gould (W.W. Norton, New York, 1989), p. 25.
4) Ibid., p. 99.
5) Ibid., pp. 56, 57.
6) On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin (Mentor, New York, 1958 ed.), pp. 308-312, ch. 10.
7) On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin (Mentor, New York, 1958 ed.), p. 28.

In whose hand is the life of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind. With Him are wisdom and strength, He has counsel and understanding. (Job 12:10, 13)