How is it that the universe seems so ably designed for human life? Cambridge physicist Brand Carter, speaking at a 1973 conference in Poland honoring 16th century astronomer Copernicus, suggested that what we observe is the anthropic principle. The anthropic principle states that the laws of physics seem to be biased toward life. As physicist Freeman Dyson put it, “the universe knew we were coming.”… Continue Reading
Category Archives: GENESIS
WITH ONLY EIGHT ON THE ARK, WHERE DID THE RACES COME FROM?
Genesis 7:13 gives us the census of people that were on the ark: “In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark.” With these four men and four women, the earth was repopulated after the flood. Sin necessitated the flood.… Continue Reading
NO RAINBOWS AT NOON
Rainbows are caused by the refraction (bending) of light through raindrops. The water droplets divide light into the seven basic colors of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet, but actually many other minor colors as well. Primary rainbows appear between 40 and 42 degrees above the horizon, with the center of the ark directly opposite the sun. Because of this, you cannot see a rainbow at noon, when the sun is directly overhead (David S.… Continue Reading