Interlude (Why We’re Here)

In 1966, Time Magazine ran a cover story asking: "Is God Dead?" The cover reflected the fact that many people had accepted the cultural narrative that God is obsolete—that as science progresses, there is less need for a “God” to explain the universe. It turns out, though that the rumors of God’s death were premature. In fact, perhaps the best arguments for his existence come from, of all places, science itself

Simply put, the odds against life in the universe are simply astonishing. Yet here we are, not only existing but talking about existing. What can account for it? Can every one of those many parameters have been perfectly met by accident? Doesn’t assuming that an intelligence created these perfect conditions, in fact, require far less faith than believing that a life-sustaining Earth just happened to beat the inconceivable odds?

The notion that it all “just happened” defies common sense. It would be like tossing a coin and having it come up heads 10 quintillion times in a row. I don't think so

Oxford University professor of mathematics Dr. John Lennox has said, “the more we get to know about our universe, the more the hypothesis that there is a Creator... gains in credibility as the best explanation of why we are here.”