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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (214079)	1/2/2002 3:56:00 PM
From: gao seng	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Very funny. Haha. And typical. Just because you do not understand science, all scientists are on LSD. Very typical logic of a liberal. You may try Genesis, or this, which, you may have seen before, but are still struggling to comprehend. Mathematical Design -- The Anthropic Principle When we discussed intuitive design we pointed out that in the natural world there are large numbers of variables which all have to be "right" for a given event or entity to exist. In order for a planet to exist which can support any kind of life, a wide range of physical conditions have to exist. These conditions come from a wide range of unrelated causes--to have the right temperatures, one must be in the right kind of star system, the right distance from that star, be rotating at a certain rate, have the right gaseous combination, and be free of large energy heat sources or sinks. To have the right chemical basis for life one must be in the right type of galaxy, be in the right place in the galaxy, be in the right type of star group, have the right type and size of planet, and be free of a variety of damaging environmental variables. To have the right type of atmosphere a similar set of conditions exist. In fact every parameter essential to life has a large number of controlling agents to cause it, sustain it, and protect it. In the past fifty years science has vastly expanded its understandings of how many variables there are, and how vital each of those variables is. Even the physical variables that allow atoms and molecules to exist have been discovered to be far more in number and in effect than was previously thought. The huge number of variables that have been discovered to exist pose a major problem for those who wish to believe that chance is the cause of all we see. The problem lies in the nature of probability. When you flip a coin, the odds of getting a "heads" is one in two or 50/50. If you flip a coin twice and want to get a "heads" each time, the probability is 1/2 x 1/2, or 1/4. That means if you flipped the coins twice, four times in a row, you would get back-to-back heads only once. If you wanted to get "heads" three times in a row, it would be 1/2 x 1/2 x 1/2 or one chance out of eight tries. The total probability is calculated by multiplying the individual probabilities that make up the total. To get a "heads" ten times in a row, the odds would be one in 1,024. When we start considering highly complex things like life, atomic structure, chemical processes, or galactic events, the individual odds are not nice and simple like one out of two. Not only are the numbers not as simple, but there are far more variables involved. When scientists do these kinds of calculations they end up with probabilities that are so astronomical that chance becomes a clearly untenable explanation. Numbers like 1 in 10160 are common (that would be one chance out of 1 with 160 zeros after it). This kind of a number exceeds the number of possible stars in the cosmos, or even the number of possible baryons (building blocks of an atom). One cannot argue that given a certain amount of time, the event has to occur; but the event is unlikely to occur in any amount of possible time. On top of that, the event is only one step in a long line of steps to get to a desired final objective. Chance is an invalid mechanism to explain the complexities seen in all parts of the cosmos. If there is an intelligence who used purpose and design to accomplish the creation then the odds no longer are relevant. A tornado will not go through an aircraft assembly factory and produce a 747, but human intelligence and creativity will. Not only do the three forms of design in the cosmos demonstrate to us that we are the product of design, purpose, and intelligence, but the same design defines the properties of God. Power, intelligence, creativity, consistency, adaptability, and an incredible love and concern for man are all displayed. The lessons we can learn by studying God's design and planning are many and can draw us to our creator and His design for our own lives . doesgodexist.org