Did The Universe Create Itself?

1. Did The Universe Create Itself?

2. But First, A Little Bit About Me • Don Johnson • Resident of New Haven, CT for 4+ years, before that most of my adult life in Southern California. • BA in Math, minor in physics, but have long ago forgotten what I learned. • A “software developer” for close to 40 years, with most of that developing software for automated warehouses and the “Top Gun” combat aircrew training systems. • An atheist/evolutionist from roughly age 20 to age 36 when I became a Christian. • Struggled much with this strange new idea of “In the beginning God created the heavens and the Earth.”

3. “ …the “Big Bang” was an inevitable consequence of the laws of physics.” Stephen Hawking • “ … tiny quantum fluctuations in the very early universe became the seeds from which galaxies, stars, and ultimately human life emerged” Stephen Hawking • “Creation … , really does amount to something complicated springing spontaneously into existence”. Richard Dawkins • If you look at the universe and study the universe, what you find is that there is no evidence that we need anything other than the laws of physics and the other laws of science to explain everything we see. There's absolutely no evidence that we need any supernatural hand of god. -- Lawrence Krauss, World-Renowned Physicist

4. This is the thinking common in the culture today, and is being taught to the younger generations. Stephen Hawking, Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss are among the worlds foremost evolutionary scientists. They are atheists, and are among the most visible and ardent proponents of Darwinian evolution and atheism in todays culture.

5. But is it true? And Why Does It Matter?

6. From the very large ~93 billion light years in diameter

7. To the very small

8. Lets Look At The Laws of Physics • Newton’s Three Laws of Motion: • “Law” of Gravity: • Conservation of Mass-Energy: • Conservation of Momentum: • Laws of Thermodynamics: • Electrostatic Laws: • Invariance of the Speed of Light:

9. And Ask Yourself a Few Questions • Do these laws explain a method, a mechanism or a formula for producing a universe? or • Do these laws describe an already existent universe?

10. Now Lets Look At the Various Constants We Find In The Universe

11. Constants in the category ” Universal constants “ characteristic impedance of vacuum electric constant magnetic constant Newtonian constant of gravitation Newtonian constant of gravitation over h-bar c Planck constant Planck constant in eV s Planck constant over 2 pi Planck constant over 2 pi in eV s Planck constant over 2 pi times c in MeV fmPlanck length Planck mass Planck mass energy equivalent in GeVPlanck temperature Planck time speed of light in vacuum

12. Constants in the category ” Electromagnetic constants “ • Bohr magnetonBohr magneton in eV/T Bohr magneton in Hz/T Bohr magneton in inverse meters per tesla Bohr magneton in K/T conductance quantum elementary charge elementary charge over h inverse of conductance quantum Josephson constant magnetic flux quantum nuclear magnetonnuclear magneton in eV/T nuclear magneton in inverse meters per tesla nuclear magneton in K/T nuclear magneton in MHz/T von Klitzing constant

13. Constants in the category ” Atomic and nuclear constants “ alpha particle mass alpha particle mass energy equivalent alpha particle mass energy equivalent in MeV alpha particle mass in u alpha particle molar mass alpha particle-electron mass ratio alpha particle-proton mass ratio Bohr radius classical electron radius Compton wavelength Compton wavelength over 2 pi deuteron g factor deuteron magnetic moment deuteron magnetic moment to Bohr magneton ratio deuteron magnetic moment to nuclear magneton ratio deuteron mass deuteron mass energy equivalent deuteron mass energy equivalent in MeV deuteron mass in u

14. Just a Sampling … You Don’t Have to Understand It

15. Constants in the category ” Atomic and nuclear constants “ (continued) deuteron molar mass deuteron rms charge radius deuteron-electron magnetic moment ratio deuteron-electron mass ratio deuteron-neutron magnetic moment ratio deuteron-proton magnetic moment ratio deuteron-proton mass ratio electron charge to mass quotient electron g factor electron gyromagnetic ratio electron gyromagnetic ratio over 2 pi electron magnetic moment electron magnetic moment anomaly electron magnetic moment to Bohr magneton ratio

16. Constants in the category ” Atomic and nuclear constants “ (continued) electron magnetic moment to nuclear magneton ratio electron mass electron mass energy equivalent electron mass energy equivalent in MeV electron mass in u electron molar mass electron to alpha particle mass ratio electron to shielded helion magnetic moment ratio electron to shielded proton magnetic moment ratio electron-deuteron magnetic moment ratio electron-deuteron mass ratio electron-helion mass ratio electron-muon magnetic moment ratio electron-muon mass ratio

17. Constants in the category ” Atomic and nuclear constants “ (continued) electron-neutron magnetic moment ratio electron-neutron mass ratio electron-proton magnetic moment ratio electron-proton mass ratio electron-tau mass ratio electron-triton mass ratio Fermi coupling constant fine-structure constant Hartree energy Hartree energy in eVhelion g factor helion magnetic moment helion magnetic moment to Bohr magneton ratio helion magnetic moment to nuclear magneton ratio helion mass helion mass energy equivalent helion mass energy equivalent in MeV

18. Another Sampling … Again, You Don’t Have to Understand It

19. Constants in the category ” Atomic and nuclear constants “ (continued) helion mass in u helion molar mass helion-electron mass ratio helion-proton mass ratio inverse fine-structure constant muon Compton wavelength muon Compton wavelength over 2 pi muon g factor muon magnetic moment muon magnetic moment anomaly muon magnetic moment to Bohr magneton ratio muon magnetic moment to nuclear magneton ratio muon mass muon mass energy equivalent muon mass energy equivalent in MeV muon mass in u muon molar mass muon-electron mass ratio muon-neutron mass ratio muon-proton magnetic moment ratio muon-proton mass ratio muon-tau mass ratio

20. Constants in the category ” Atomic and nuclear constants “ (continued) neutron Compton wavelength neutron Compton wavelength over 2 pi neutron g factor neutron gyromagnetic ratio neutron gyromagnetic ratio over 2 pi neutron magnetic moment neutron magnetic moment to Bohr magneton ratio neutron magnetic moment to nuclear magneton ratio neutron mass neutron mass energy equivalent neutron mass energy equivalent in MeV neutron mass in u neutron molar mass neutron to shielded proton magnetic moment ratio neutron-electron magnetic moment ratio

21. Constants in the category ” Atomic and nuclear constants “ (continued) neutron-electron mass ratio neutron-muon mass ratio neutron-proton magnetic moment ratio neutron-proton mass difference neutron-proton mass difference energy equivalent neutron-proton mass difference energy equivalent in MeV neutron-proton mass difference in u neutron-proton mass ratio neutron-tau mass ratio proton charge to mass quotient proton Compton wavelength proton Compton wavelength over 2 pi proton g factor proton gyromagnetic ratio proton gyromagnetic ratio over 2 pi proton magnetic moment proton magnetic moment to Bohr magneton ratio proton magnetic moment to nuclear magneton ratio proton magnetic shielding correction proton mass proton mass energy equivalent proton mass energy equivalent in MeV proton mass in u

22. Constants in the category ” Atomic and nuclear constants “ (continued) proton molar mass proton rms charge radius proton-electron mass ratio proton-muon mass ratio proton-neutron magnetic moment ratio proton-neutron mass ratio proton-tau mass ratio quantum of circulation quantum of circulation times 2 Rydberg constant Rydberg constant times c in Hz Rydberg constant times hc in eVRydberg constant times hc in J shielded helion gyromagnetic ratio shielded helion gyromagnetic ratio over 2 pi shielded helion magnetic moment shielded helion magnetic moment to Bohr magneton ratio

23. Constants in the category ” Atomic and nuclear constants “ (continued) shielded helion magnetic moment to nuclear magneton ratio shielded helion to proton magnetic moment ratio shielded helion to shielded proton magnetic moment ratio shielded proton gyromagnetic ratio shielded proton gyromagnetic ratio over 2 pi shielded proton magnetic moment shielded proton magnetic moment to Bohr magneton ratio shielded proton magnetic moment to nuclear magneton ratio tau Compton wavelength tau Compton wavelength over 2 pitau mass tau mass energy equivalent tau mass energy equivalent in MeV tau mass in u tau molar mass tau-electron mass ratio tau-muon mass ratio tau-neutron mass ratio tau-proton mass ratio

24. Constants in the category ” Atomic and nuclear constants “ (continued) Thomson cross section triton g factor triton magnetic moment triton magnetic moment to Bohr magneton ratio triton magnetic moment to nuclear magneton ratio triton mass triton mass energy equivalent triton mass energy equivalent in MeV triton mass in u triton molar mass triton-electron mass ratio triton-proton mass ratio weak mixing angle

25. Constants in the category ” Physico-chemical constants “ • atomic mass constant atomic mass constant energy equivalent atomic mass constant energy equivalent in MeV Avogadro constant Boltzmann constant Boltzmann constant in eV/K Boltzmann constant in Hz/K Boltzmann constant in inverse meters per kelvin Faraday constant first radiation constant first radiation constant for spectral radiance Loschmidt constant (273.15 K, 100 kPa) Loschmidt constant (273.15 K, 101.325 kPa) molar gas constant molar Planck constant molar Planck constant times c molar volume of ideal gas (273.15 K, 100 kPa) molar volume of ideal gas (273.15 K, 101.325 kPa) Sackur-Tetrode constant (1 K, 100 kPa) Sackur-Tetrode constant (1 K, 101.325 kPa) second radiation constant Stefan-Boltzmann constant Wien frequency displacement law constant Wien wavelength displacement law constant

26. So science has identified something on the order of 230 constants relevant to our known universe. And it is claimed that these constants and laws are finely tuned such that even a small change in any of them would make life as we know it impossible. Again the questions. • Do these constants explain a method, a mechanism or a formula that would cause a universe to come into existence? or • Do these constants describe and constrain an already existent universe?

27. Machines in Our Cells • Now take a look at some of the Molecular Machinesin our cells that Scientists Have Argued Show Irreducible Complexity. For brevity’s sake I have listed only the names of the machines, but have left a few descriptions to whet your appetite (Note: Not all of the items listed exist in human cells, nor do they exist in all cells). My thanks to Casey Luskin of Discovery Institute for this list.

28. 1. Bacterial Flagellum: • 2. Eukaryotic Cilium: • 4. Blood clotting cascade: • 5. Ribosome:6. Antibodies and the Adaptive Immune System: • II. Additional Molecular Machines7. Spliceosome:8. F0F1 ATP Synthase:9. Bacteriorhdopsin:10. Myosin:11. Kinesin Motor:12. Tim/Tom Systems:13. Calcium Pump:

29. 14. Cytochrome C Oxidase:15. Proteosome: The proteosome is a large molecular machine whose parts must be must be carefully assembled in a particular order. For example, the 26S proteosome has 33 distinct subunits which enable it to perform its function to degrade and destroy proteins that have been misfolded in the cell or otherwise tagged for destruction.50 One paper suggested that a particular eukaryotic proteasome “is the core complex of an energy-dependent protein degradation machinery that equals the protein synthesis machinery in its complexity.”5116. Cohesin:17. Condensin:18. ClpX:19. Immunological Synapse: .5620. Glideosome:21. Kex2:22. Hsp70:23. Hsp60:24. Protein Kinase C:

30. 25. SecYEGPreProtein Translocation Channel:26. Hemoglobin:27. T4 DNA Packaging Motor:28. Smc5/Smc6:29. Cytplasmic Dynein:Cytplasmic dynein is a machine involved with cargo transport and movement cell that functions like a motor with a “power stroke.”70 In particular, it transports nuclei in fungi and neurons in mammalian brains.7130. Mitotic Spindle Machine:31. DNA Polymerase:32. RNA Polymerase: Like its DNA polymerase counterpart, the function of the RNA polymerase is to create a messenger RNA strand from a DNA template strand. Called “a huge factory with many moving parts,”78 it is a “directional machine and, indeed, as a molecular motor” where it functions “as a dynamic, fluctuating, molecular motor capable of producing force and torque.”7933. Kinetochore:

31. 34. MRX Complex:35. Apoptosome / Caspase:36. Type III Secretory System:37. Type II Secretion Apparatus:38. Helicase/Topoisomerase Machine: The helicase and topoisomerase machines work together to properly unwrap or unzip DNA prior to transcription of DNA into mRNA or DNA replication.90 Topoisomerase performs this function by cutting one DNA strand and then holding on to the other while the cut strand unwinds.9139. RNA degradasome:40. Photosynthetic system: The processes that plants use to convert light into chemical energy a type of molecular machines.95 For example, photosystem 1 contains over three dozen proteins and many chlorophyll and other molecules which convert light energy into useful energy in the cell. “Antenna” molecules help increase the amount of light absorbed.96 Many complex molecules are necessary for this pathway to function properly.

32. Again, the very small

33. And the very large

34. Now Compare Two Accounts of Creation • “… tiny quantum fluctuations in the very early universe became the seeds from which galaxies, stars, and ultimately human life emerged” • “In the Beginning God created the heavens and the Earth” Quantum fluctuation is the temporary appearance of energetic particles out of nothing, as allowed by the Uncertainty Principle.

35. “… pairs appear, lead a brief existence, and then annihilate one another …?” • This … this is what created the universe, galaxies, stars, planets and the myriads of life forms on our own earth? • This … this is what ultimately created human creativity and intellect? Music? Literature? Architecture? Art? Culture? Family? the scientific method? • Pairs appear … and then annihilate one another? Does this process lend itself to the creation of the enormous and dense information contained in the DNA molecule? Does this seem to you to be a strong argument for evolution as the cause of all things … seen and unseen?

36. Or Does This Make More Sense? Psalm 19 For the director of music. A psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God;    the skies proclaim the work of his hands.Day after day they pour forth speech;    night after night they reveal knowledge.They have no speech, they use no words;    no sound is heard from them.Yet their voice goes out into all the earth,    their words to the ends of the world.In the heavens God has pitched a tent for the sun.It is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber,    like a champion rejoicing to run his course. It rises at one end of the heavens    and makes its circuit to the other;    nothing is deprived of its warmth.

37. My Own 35+ years of developing complex software on multiple connected systems tells me that complex and interrelated systems do not occur by chance … no matter the time frame. GPS Dozens of programmed computers containing hundreds or thousands of micro-circuits; each designed manufactured and tested; individually and as a system. Yet nowhere near as complex as you or I.

38. So Which Is It? This? The No God Hypotheses

39. Or This? The God Hypotheses

40. And So What? Why is This Important?

41. The first verse of the Bible identifies who God is. He is the Creator, not an idea, not a moral standard, etc.; He is the Creator. All of Scripture agrees and supports that point. The Bible begins that way, and continues on through the Psalms (Psalm 19:1 says, ‘The heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament shows His handiwork.’) the epistles (Colossians 1:16-17), and the last book of the Bible (Revelation 4:11 says, ‘Thou are worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.’). Thus the concept of literal creation identifies the Creator. Donald Chittick, Ph.D Creationist Physical Chemist (USA) http://creation.com/what-is-biblical-creation-and-why-is-it-important

42. The second point is that creation identifies man. Man is not just a body, a stack of chemicals, as it were, which arrived by natural processes. Yes, man does have a body, but he also has a mind and a spirit (Genesis 1:26-27 says, ‘And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.’). Man is in the personality image of the Creator. Donald Chittick, Ph.D Creationist Physical Chemist (USA) http://creation.com/what-is-biblical-creation-and-why-is-it-important

43. The third point is that creation is the basis of the Gospel. Man was created perfect, but in Genesis 3 we have the account of the Fall. Man was tempted to substitute his own autonomous truth standard for the Creator’s absolute. Up until the Fall, the Creator’s Word was the test and standard for truth. The Creator said, ‘Don’t eat this fruit.’ Donald Chittick, Ph.D Creationist Physical Chemist (USA) http://creation.com/what-is-biblical-creation-and-why-is-it-important

44. Again!So What? Why is This Important?

45. You may believe in the Biblical Creation as the answer to “why are we here?” • Or • You may believe in Darwinian Evolution as the answer to “why are we here?” • BUT • If you have kids or grandkids in a public high school, they are learning Darwinian Evolution. • In their coursework. • From teachers. • From their friends. • From the media. • Even if they go to church. • And they are learning it as truth!

46. You may believe in the Biblical Creation as the answer to “why are we here?” • Or • You may believe in Darwinian Evolution as the answer to “why are we here?” • BUT • If you have kids or grandkids in a public university, they are learning Darwinian Evolution. • In their coursework. • From professors and teachers. • From their friends and peers. • From the media. • Even if they go to church. • And they are learning it as truth, and will not hear a clear presentation of evidence that counters evolution! • If they have a Biblical/Creationist world view they will be denigrated by professors and peers. • You should not be surprised when they reject a Biblical/Creationist world view you thought they held, and you should not be surprised when they reject your values and instead adopt “the values of a week ago last Thursday”. Waiting line for Hawking event at Caltech

47. Atheism Atheism is much like locking yourself in a cave with no windows, but a door. Inside the cave there is a strong and long standing taboo about that door: Do not go near that door! Do not open that door, even just a crack! The type of science that an atheist (mis)uses searches in all of the corners of the cave looking for God (or god if you prefer) and not finding him concludes that there is no such thing since he … it …them can’t be found in the cave. Then one day a brave soul decides to open the door to see what is outside. Outside of the cave he finds many wonderful, mysterious and interesting things, and then proceeds to seek and discover more about them and who might have created these things. He seeks answers more fully in ways … spiritual (i.e. the Bible) … in reflective thought … and by science …in examining the created things he has discovered outside of the cave. Since God exists beyond time and space, He will never be discovered or proved using scientific methods. Dare to open the door and see what lies beyond; you may be amazed at what you find. Don Johnson  — September 2012

48. But is it true?

49. Discussion An explanation of the Creation or Evolution of everything there is must satisfy: * The original creation of the universe * The creation of all physical laws & constants * The creation of life from non-life * The creation of mind and thought

50. Some References I have gathered up some information on Creation/Intelligent Design/Evolution/Atheism here for your convenience. http://whomadegod.org/ http://www.uncommondescent.com/ http://www.icr.org/ http://www.discovery.org/ http://www.answersingenesis.org/ http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/ http://sciencebasedlife.wordpress.com/ Some good preaching by Louie Giglio http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=louie+giglio&qpvt=louie+giglio&FORM=VDRE#x0y0