Introduction - Table of Contents - Next Reason
100 Reasons to Believe New Testament History
1. The First Law of Thermodynamics
This law, one of the best attested in all of science, states that the overall energy in the universe, or any isolated part of it, remains constant A. Though this existing energy may change form, there is no new energy being created in the universe today, nor is any being destroyed. The implication is that natural processes alone cannot create energy. Because energy exists, it must have its origin outside the known universe and independent of natural processes.
Furthermore, note that if natural process cannot create the inorganic portions of our universe such as mass and energy, (which are relatively simple constituents of our universe), it is highly unlikely that living things, in all their complexity, are the result of natural process alone. God remains a viable - if not the best - explanation for origin of mass and energy.
1. The First Law of Thermodynamics - Notes and References
A. The first law says that the total energy of the universe remains constant. It does not say what kinds of energy can be changed into what kinds of energy. After many false starts, a principle - the second law of thermodynamics - was worked out that described the kinds of energy conversions that are possible. This law states that conditions in any system tend to change to a condition of maximum disorder. The amount of disorder in a system is called entropy. Work must therefore be done from outside the system to impose more order on the system or to decrease its entropy." The Compton's Interactive Encyclopaedia, Softkey, Multimedia Inc., 1996