{"id":1018,"date":"2021-05-24T15:55:18","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T15:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/angelobiblestudy.com\/?page_id=1018"},"modified":"2021-05-24T15:59:16","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T15:59:16","slug":"fine-tune","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/angelobiblestudy.com\/?page_id=1018","title":{"rendered":"Fine Tune"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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I have owned two new cars in my lifetime, both of which were fine-tuned machines. The pistons moved with remarkable precision. The spark plugs repeatedly ignited the gasoline at an intended time. Just the right amount of oxygen was mixed with the fuel for ideal performance. The front end was perfectly aligned. The tires were properly balanced. Thousands of intended actions took place at precisely the right times so that I could swiftly and safely drive from place to place, time and again. Until it was totaled in 2007, my 1997 Saturn SL1 ran amazingly well, and my 2008 Toyota Corolla is still functioning as a fine-tuned machine.<\/p>

A fine-tuned machine demands a fine-tuner. Everyone knows that cars and computers, pianos and projectors all require engineers, technicians, and tuners for them to function properly. New machines are built by intelligent people. Older machines receive tune-ups by intelligent tuners. Surely, no one believes that tune-ups happen by accident. How can anything be finely tuned without a fine tuner?<\/p>

Atheistic evolutionists continually find themselves in a conundrum, because of their admittance that our Universe is fine-tuned. If the physical laws of the Universe (e.g., gravity) are merely \u201cinherent in the physical universe\u201d and simply evolved to their current status by time and chance along with everything else that exists (Davies, 2007, 194[2610]:33), the question arises, \u201cWhy, then, is the Universe so fine-tuned?\u201d Why do planets and moons not crash into each other during their orbits? How can astronomers predict with amazing accuracy where a planet will be in the distant future? Why is the force of gravity on Earth just right for life to exist?<\/p>

In a recent\u00a0New Scientist<\/em>\u00a0cover story about gravity, Michael Brooks described the force as strange, mysterious, and puzzling. He insisted that one reason gravity does not make sense (to him) is because it is \u201cfine-tuned\u201d: \u201cIf it [gravity\u2014EL] were a\u00a0tiny\u00a0<\/strong>bit stronger, none of us would be here to scoff at its puny nature\u201d (2009, 202[2712]:30, emp. added). Regarding the expansion of space (after the\u00a0alleged<\/strong>\u00a0Big Bang) and the pull of gravity, Brooks wrote:<\/p>

It turns out that the struggle between these two was\u00a0balanced on a knife-edge<\/strong>. If the expansion of space had overwhelmed the pull of gravity in the newborn universe, stars, galaxies and humans would never have been able to form. If, on the other hand, gravity had been much stronger, stars and galaxies might have formed, but they would have quickly collapsed in on themselves and each other. What\u2019s more, the gravitational distortion of space-time would have folded up the universe in a big crunch. Our cosmic history could have been over by now.<\/p><\/blockquote>

Only the middle ground, where the expansion and the gravitational strength balance…allows life to form (p. 31, emp. added).<\/p><\/blockquote>

Brooks then asked, \u201cWhy does G [the designation for the gravitational constant\u2014EL] have the value that allowed life to form in the cosmos?\u201d (p. 31). His answer: \u201cThe simple but unsatisfying answer is that we could not be here to observe it if it were any different. As to the deeper answer\u2014no one knows….We have never explained any basic constant of nature<\/strong>\u201d (p. 31, emp. added).<\/p>

Evolutionists like Michael Brooks admit that \u201cno one knows\u201d why the force of gravity is so perfect as to allow life to exist on Earth. Evolutionists acknowledge: \u201cWe have never explained any basic constant in nature.\u201d Atheistic evolutionists allege that the Universe and its laws are the result of mindless, naturalistic, random processes, yet at the same time they contend that it is \u201cuniquely hospitable,\u201d \u201cremarkable,\u201d and \u201cordered in an intelligible way\u201d (Davies, pp. 30,34). In a\u00a0New Scientist<\/em>\u00a0article titled \u201cLaying Down the Laws,\u201d Paul Davies of Arizona State University admitted the many examples of \u201cuncanny bio-friendly \u2018coincidences\u2019\u201d and \u201cfine-tuned properties\u201d of the Universe (p. 30). He then wrote: \u201cLike Baby Bear\u2019s porridge in the story of Goldilocks, our universe seems \u2018just right\u2019 for life. It looks, to use astronomer Fred Hoyle\u2019s dramatic description, as if \u2018a super-intellect has been monkeying with
physics\u2019\u201d (p. 30).<\/p>

In truth, it \u201clooks<\/strong>…as if a super-intellect\u201d lies behind the precise, fine-tuned, law-driven Universe, because there\u00a0is<\/strong>\u00a0a Super-intellect behind it all. The simple, satisfying answer for why the Universe works so well, and for why Earth is so perfect for life\u2019s existence, is because the Universe has a fine-tuner. Just as a fine-tuned automobile demands a tuner, so our fine-tuned Universe demands a designer.\u00a0Nothing<\/strong>\u00a0makes sense if an ultimate Tuner does not exist, but\u00a0everything<\/strong>\u00a0makes sense if He does. Indeed, \u201cIn the beginning God created the heavens and the Earth\u201d (Genesis 1:1). He ordained the moon and the stars. The heavens are the work of His fingers (Psalm 8:3). They declare His glory (Psalm 19:1). \u201cHe upholds all things by the word of His power\u201d (Hebrews 1:3,\u00a0NASB). The infinite, eternal Creator \u201cis before all things, and in Him all things consist\u201d (Colossians 1:17). He is the ultimate tuner of all that is finely tuned.<\/p>

REFERENCES<\/h2><\/div>

Brooks, Michael (2009), \u201cSeven Mysteries of Gravity,\u201d\u00a0New Scientist<\/em>, 202[2712]:28-32, June 13.<\/p>

Davies, Paul (2007), \u201cLaying Down the Laws,\u201d\u00a0New Scientist<\/em>, 194[2610]:30-34, June 29.<\/p>

First, an individual contemplating his spiritual life must understand that the reason there is even something for him to do is because he has sinned. Everyone who has reached the level of mental maturity (sometimes referred to as \u201cthe age of accountability\u201d) so that he or she understands what sin is (cf. 1 John 3:4; 5:17), has sinned (Romans 3:10,23; 1 John 1:8). [The one exception, of course, was Jesus\u20141 Peter 2:22.] Sin is that which separates man from God (Isaiah 59:1-2). For a person to be saved, he first must have knowledge that he is a sinner, and as such stands in a lost condition. One of the reasons Jesus condemned certain Jewish priests, elders, and sects was because they did not admit their sinfulness after hearing the preaching of John the baptizer (Matthew 21:31-32)\u2014though the tax collectors and harlots (i.e., sinners) did acknowledge their sin, and believed.<\/p>

Second, the one who aspires to become a Christian must know something about Jesus\u2014the One Who came to save us from our sins (Luke 19:10; John 3:16; Romans 5:6-8). A person does not have to know every one of Jesus\u2019 parables, or be able to quote the Sermon on the Mount, but he must know that Jesus is the Son of God Who died and was raised so that all men might have their sins forgiven and live eternally with Him in heaven (Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 2:9). In other words, before becoming a Christian, a person must have heard the Gospel (Good News) of Jesus Christ (cf. 1 Corinthians 15:1-4).<\/p>

Finally, the individual who aspires to become a child of God must realize there is something for him to do (cf. Acts 2:38; 16:30; 8:36). If one understands that the Bible says he must believe that Jesus is the Son of God (John 8:24), repent of his sins (Luke 13:3,5), confess that Jesus is God\u2019s Son (Romans 10:10), and be baptized for the remission of his sins (Acts 2:38), he or she then possesses enough knowledge to put on Christ in baptism (Galatians 3:27) and become a Christian, being added by God to the church that Christ established (Acts 2:47; Matthew 16:18; Romans 16:16).<\/p>

Contrary to the belief of some, a person who desires to become a Christian does not have to know the whole Bible thoroughly before he takes action. Nor is there a need to have every question imaginable answered. The Ethiopian eunuch heard one Christ-centered lesson from Philip before asking, \u201cWhat hinders me from being baptized\u201d (Acts 8:35-36)? The three thousand on Pentecost heard only one Gospel sermon before accepting the grace of God and obeying the plan of salvation (Acts 2:41). They did not wait around for years, thinking they were not knowledgeable enough to be followers of Christ. Rather, they were convinced of their sins (Acts 2:37), heard the Gospel, believed it, and obeyed it. It is\u00a0after<\/b>\u00a0one becomes a Christian that God commands us a person to \u201cgrow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ\u201d (2 Peter 3:18), and to continue to study the Word in order to teach others (Hebrews 5:12; 1 Peter 3:15).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Anything Finely Tuned Demands a Fine Tuner by Eric Lyons, M. Min.\u00a0 I have owned two new cars in my lifetime, both of which were fine-tuned machines. The pistons moved with remarkable precision. The spark plugs repeatedly ignited the gasoline at an intended time. Just the right amount of oxygen was mixed with the fuel […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1018","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","wpbf-post"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t