He is Risen How Big Is God Mike
He is Risen How Big Is God? Mike Riddle www. Creation. Training. org
Topics God is bigger than science u God is bigger than life (probability) u God is bigger than the universe u Fearfully and wonderfully made u
God is Bigger Than Science
God is Bigger Than Science God created everything out of nothing. u He can speak things into existence by His great power (Jer 32: 17, Ps 33: 6, 9). u He caused a worldwide flood. u He parted the red Sea. u He instantly created languages – tower of Babel. u He destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. u
He turned Lot’s wife turned into a pillar of salt. u He made the walls of Jericho fall down at His command. u He delivered Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed nego from a fiery furnace. u He caused a bush to burn and not be consumed. u He made a donkey speak. u He turned water into wine. u
He has the power to instantly heal the sick, crippled and blind. u He can instantly calm storms. u He can raise people from the dead (Lazarus). u He can feed 5, 000 with 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish. u He can be dead for three days and come back to life (Resurrection). u Only He can save people from eternal punishment. u
How Big Is God? He is beyond our scientific explanations Question Why do so many Christians not believe He created everything in six literal days as the Bible teaches (Gen 1; Ex 20: 11, 31: 17)? Why are we looking for signs to believe? John 4: 48 John 6: 30 John 2: 18 Luke 16: 31
God is Bigger Than Life (Probability)
Credulity Factor Your willingness to believe something on little evidence Bridge for sale – Cheap! The Martians are coming!
Roll Two Dice 7 two times in a row 7 four times in a row 7 ten times in a row Credulity Factor
Probability Applications Medical field u Insurance Evolution u Gambling casinos u Advertising u Computer technology u Operations research u Communications networks u Genetics u Space science u
God made the small things 60 Trillion Cell
Is the origin of life by naturalistic processes possible (probable)? 1. How successful have scientists been in creating life (a living cell)? 2. What is the probability that such an event could occur by a series of random chance events?
Mathematics, the Origin of Life, and Probability N(E) P(7) = = N(S) 6 36
Tens 101 10 Hundred 102 100 Thousand 103 1, 000 Million 106 1, 000 Billion 109 1, 000, 000 Trillion 1012 1, 000, 000 Quadrillion 1015 15 zeros Quintillion 1018 18 zeros
Cells are made up of thousands of components DNA, RNA, Proteins, Ribosomes, Organelles Cytoplasm, Flagellum, Cell membrane, Mitochondria, …
Six requirements that affect the formation of a single protein
1. Only 20 different amino acids are used in life 2. Amino acids come in two shapes Only left handed amino acids are used in biological proteins
1. Only 20 different amino acids are used in life 2. Amino acids come in two shapes 3. Amino acids must be in the right order 4. The “primordial soup” would be diluted 5. We need an energy source 6. The problem of oxygen and water
Flipping a Penny How many heads in a row are we willing to accept as a chance occurrence?
What are the chances of getting all heads every time we flip a penny 1 head? 1 in 2 2 heads in a row? 1 in 4 3 heads in a row? 1 in 8 8 heads in a row? 1 in 256 100 heads in a row? 2100 or 1030 300 million times a second
Amino Acids The chances of getting all heads 100 times in a row is similar to the chance of getting 100 left handed amino acids to form a biological protein. Proteins range in size from about 50 to over 30, 000 amino acids.
The probability of getting a small protein of 100 left handed amino acids is 10 30 1, 000, 000, 000 How believable is this? (Credulity Factor)
But wait, there’s more!
This number 1030 only measures the possibility of getting all left handed amino acids. Order is important. We have to get all 100 amino acids in the right order. AA 1 AA 2 AA 3 AA 4 AA 5 AA 6…
20 different amino acids 1 1 1 20 20 400 First amino acid Second amino acid
20 different amino acids 1 1 20 20 20 8, 000 First amino acid Second amino acid Third amino acid
20 different amino acids 1 1 20 20 First amino acid Second amino acid Third amino acid Hundredth amino acid
Simplified Math 100 20 130 10 100000000000000000000000000000000000 000000000000 (Credulity Factor)
Proteins and the Universe 80 10 Estimated number of atoms in the Universe 130 10 Probability of one protein by random chance
Evolution and Time 1 Trillion atomic interactions per second u 20 billion years u 41 10 Possible interactions 130 10 Probability of one protein by random chance Not Enough Time!
Sir Fred Hoyle (Astronomy) and Chandra Wickramasinghe (Professor of Applied Mathematics and Astronomy), Evolution from Space, 1981, pp. 148, 24. Probability of a single cell 40, 000 10 “…an outrageously small probability that could not be faced even if the whole universe consisted of organic soup. ”
How Big Is God? Matthew 19: 26 But Jesus looked at them and said to them, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible. ” God is bigger than life He created all life
God is Bigger Than the Universe
God Made the BIG Things
Genesis 1: 16 Then God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He made the stars also. Why don’t all Christians believe this?
The Origin of Stars: Textbook Earth Science: Geology, the Environment, and the Universe, Glencoe and Mc. Graw Hill, 2002, p. 822. “All stars form in much the same manner as the Sun did. The formation of a star begins with a cloud of interstellar gas and dust, called a nebula, which collapses on itself as a result of its own gravity…. The condensed object will become a new star. ”
Ask an Astronomer “I don't think anyone has ever observed a star ‘turning on’ like a switch has been flicked. Even though star formation can happen quite ‘quickly’ compared to other astronomical events, it still can take hundreds of thousands of years for a molecular cloud to collapse and form stars. ” Ask An Astronomer, June 27, 2015 http: //curious. astro. cornell. edu/for teachers/
Star Formation and Physics The popular idea is that stars form from vast clouds of gas and dust through gravitational contraction. Nebula
John Hartnett (Ph. D. Physics), Dismantling the Big Bang, 2005, p. 144. “Without ‘something else’ the outward pressure due to kinetic energy of the gas molecules in the cloud is so much greater than the inward pressure due to the mutual gravitational attraction of the cloud that the resulting net outward pressure would cause the gas cloud to disperse rather than collapse. ”
Jason Lisle (Ph. D. Astrophysics), The New Answers Book 3, 2009, p 193. “Gas in space is very resistant to being compressed into a star. Compression of gas causes an increase in magnetic field strength, gas pressure, and angular momentum, ”
Abraham Loeb, (Harvard Center for Astrophysics), quoted by Marcus Chown, “Let there be Light”, New Scientist, Feb 7, 1998. “The truth is that we don’t understand star formation at a fundamental level. ”
Estimated number of stars in the Milky Way 200 Billion 14. 5 new stars per year
Large Numbers Hundred Thousand Million Billion Trillion Quadrillion Quintillion Sextillion Septillion 102 103 106 109 1012 1015 1018 1021 1024 Estimated age of the universe 13. 8 Billion Years
Estimated number of stars in the Universe 70 x 10 22 70 Sextillion 70, 000, 000, 000 5 trillion new stars per year 2. 4 million new stars per second
Psalm 33: 6, 9 By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, And all the host of them by the breath of His mouth. For He spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast.
Isaiah 40: 26 Lift up your eyes on high, And see who has created these things, Who brings out their host by number, …
Revelation 4: 11 “You are worthy, O Lord, To receive glory and honor and power; For You created all things, And by Your will they exist and were created. ”
How Big Is God? God created a universe bigger than we can imagine
Fearfully and Wonderfully Made by God
u. An adult human being is made up of about 7, 000, 000, 000 atoms (7 octillion). u. Everyone has a unique tongue print. (similar to fingerprints) u. There about 9, 000 taste buds on the surface of the tongue, in the throat, and on the roof of the mouth. u. The surface area of a human lung is equal to half a tennis court.
u. Humans shed about 1. 5 pounds of skin each year, which is about 105 pounds of skin by age 70. u. Every square inc h of skin on the human body has about 32 million bacteria on it; most of them are harmless. u. If the human eye was a digital camera it would have about 570 megapixels (top cameras have about 50 MPs).
u. There about 2. 5 trillion red blood cells in your body. To maintain this number 2 ½ million new ones must be produced every second by the bone marrow. u. In one square inch of our hand we have 9 feet of blood vessels, 600 pain sensors, 9, 000 nerve endings, 36 heat sensors, and 75 pressure sensors. u. When we touch something, we send a message to the brain at 124 mph.
u. In the human body there are _______ 60, 000 miles of blood vessels u. A heart that pumps over 100, 000 times a day u. Red blood cells that transport oxygen to tissues u. White blood cells that rush to identify enemy agents in the body and mark them for destruction
u. Eyes and ears which are more complex than any man made machine u. The human body is made of 60 trillion cells. u. Each second, 10 million cells die and are replaced. u. Bones u. A stronger than concrete nose that can recognize and remember 50, 000 different scents
u. You get a new stomach lining every three to four days. u. A liver with over 500 different functions u. Sneezes that exceed 100 miles per hour u. Teeth that start growing 6 months before you are born u. Eyes that are fully grown at birth u. It takes 17 muscles to smile and 43 to frown? ? ? Smile 12 Frown 11
Human Brain u. About 200 billion nerve cells (neurons) u. Over 100 trillion connections (synapses) u. Over one quadrillion calculations a second u 2. 5 petabytes of storage capacity
Petabyte and the Brain u. Kilobyte 103 1, 000 u. Megabyte 106 1, 000 u. Gigabyte 109 1, 000, 000 u. Terabyte 1012 1, 000, 000 u. Petabyte 1015 1, 000, 000 (Quadrillion)
A Digital Camera and the Brain About 3, 000 photos Over 100 million photos
Evolution Fact The human body, with all its amazing components, is so vastly complex that no evolutionists has been able to account for how it evolved through any observable science.
Purposeful design by our Creator God, Jesus Christ Every human body is a testimony to an all knowing, all powerful Creator
I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well. Psalm 139: 14
How Big Is God? Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance. Isaiah 40: 15
How Big Is God? O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! Romans 11: 33
How Big Is God? u He counts the number of the stars. u He calls them all by name. u His understanding is infinite.
How Big Is God? He made the heaven and the earth by His great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for Him. Jeremiah 32: 17
How Big Is God? He is the absolute sovereign ruler of the Universe and He cares for us. For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
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