If it's true there's a beginning to the universe, as modern cosmologists now agree, then this implies a cause that transcends the universe. If the laws of physics are fine-tuned to permit life, as contemporary physicists are discovering, then perhaps there's a designer who fine-tuned them. If there's information in the cell, as molecular biology shows, then this suggests intelligent design. To get life going in the first place would have required biological information; the implications point beyond the material realm to a prior intelligent cause. -Stephen C Meyer, PHD .Lee Strobel
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According to Stephen C. Meyer, if the Big Bang theory is true, then a Creator God must exist. The Big Bang Theory proposes that the universe came into being 13.7 billion years ago from a small point of infinite density. This represents a starting point beyond which there should have been no space or time, and thus no matter or energy to create anything.
In this case, space and time would have been created ex nihilo by the underlying energy of the Big Bang itself. In other words, the Big Bang Theory demands that the very laws of physics be fine-tuned at their inception because they must be perfectly suited to permit life in order for it to arise in the first place. Furthermore, these laws must be fine-tuned at every stage in the evolution of life due to their ability to produce information within living cells.
In this context, it stands to reason that if there is information within living cells, there must be a transcendent intelligence behind it all.
Source: The Case For A Creator: A Journalist Investigates Scientific Evidence That Points Toward God
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