A Timely Reminder

What follows is an address by a young girl given at a UN Meeting on environmental issues. This is a timely reminder to all parents, teachers, leaders, and peoples of the world in general about one of the major challenges of the present time that will surely affect not only the world we live in but also all future generations.

The Wonders of Creation

One of the momentous questions of the ages is the question of the origin of existence, life, and the universe in general. There are three views vying for man's belief. There is the notion that matter and the universe are eternal. They didn't begin to exist, according to this view, but have always been in existence. But this is a belief that now cannot be maintained rationally in the light of modern scientific discoveries.

The Law of Conservation of Matter (technically known as the First Law of Thermodynamics) declares that the total amount of energy in the entire universe remains constant, neither increasing in quantity nor diminishing. Energy can change its forms and expressions, for example, from solid to liquid to gas, from inaction to action to reaction, from vitality to lethargy to inertia, in cycle and recycle, but the quantity remains the same always.

The universe, and everything in it, is also governed by the Law of Increasing Entropy (also known as the Second Law of Thermodynamics). This law states that though all energy stays quantitatively the same (as the first Law shows) yet everything (and everyone) is in the process of on-going deterioration and eventual expiration. Food becomes stale. Stars and celestial bodies wane and fizzle out. Plants, animals, and humans grow old and die.

As usable energy is, in the process, utilized in the production, maintenance, and expansion, usable energy in turn is converted to unusable energy which is lost beyond recovery. This means that the total available usable energy in the universe thins out as time winds down toward the present world's eventual demise.

The view that matter and the universe are eternal therefore is an impossibility, for the universe would have long been in demise by now if, as the Second Law expresses, it had been in the process of deterioration for so long.

The second alternative view of origin that states that everything came out of nothing, by chance, is likewise illogical and unacceptable. Reason tells us that nothing can come out of nothing. If your wallet is empty it would be loony to expect a hundred dollar bill to come out of it. There can be no egg without a mother hen laying it!

Robert Jastrow, a NASA astronomer, is right when he wrote: "Theologians generally are delighted with the proof that the universe had a beginning, but astronomers are curiously upset. It turns out that the scientist behaves the way the rest of us do when our beliefs are in conflict with the evidence." Even more revealing are Jastrow's following words: "For the scientist who has lived by his faith in the power of reason, the story ends like a bad dream. He has scaled the mountains of ignorance; he is about to conquer the highest peak; as he pulls himself over the final rock, he is greeted by a band of theologians who have been sitting there for centuries." (God and the Astronomers, pp.16, 116). The Holy Scripture had long been saying: "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." (Genesis 1:1)

Click here for another excellent article about the Law of Thermodynamics.

The following is a documentary film that further explores the wonders of creation! Enjoy and God bless!

God of Wonders (Part 1 of 8)


God of Wonders (Part 2 of 8)


God of Wonders (Part 3 of 8)


God of Wonders (Part 4 of 8)


God of Wonders (Part 5 of 8)


God of Wonders (Part 6 of 8)


God of Wonders (Part 7 of 8)


God of Wonders (Part 8 of 8)