by Robert Bobbitt | Feb 2, 2017 | Beginning of the Universe
TERMS “Cosmology” (koz-MAH-lah-jee) is a field of science that studies the origin and properties of the universe. The word “kalam” (pronounced “kuh-LAHM”) is a word that refers to medieval Islamic theology. In the 1100s AD, there was an Islamic scholar named...
by Robert Bobbitt | Feb 1, 2017 | Beginning of the Universe
A BIG BANG SINGULARITY Astronomer Edwin Hubble created a constant that would reflect the “rate or expansion” of the universe. If we play that movie of the universe’s expansion in reverse, it takes us back to a beginning when the original big bang actually occurred,...
by Robert Bobbitt | Jan 31, 2017 | Beginning of the Universe
THE LAW OF ENTROPY (also called the Second Law of Thermodynamics) Astronomer and physicist Sir Arthur Eddington: “The second law of thermodynamics [law of entropy] holds, I think, the supreme position among the laws of Nature . . . if your theory is found to be...
by Robert Bobbitt | Jan 30, 2017 | Beginning of the Universe
ATHEISM’S REACTION TO THE STANDARD MODEL OF THE UNIVERSE In our first blog on a “beginning,” we said that for centuries theists have claimed the universe had a beginning, and atheists claimed it was past eternal. It seems that issue was settled in the 1920s when...
by Robert Bobbitt | Jan 30, 2017 | Moral Argument for God
GOD EXISTS The moral argument says:1. If God does not exist, objective moral values and duties do not exist.2. Objective moral values and duties exist.Conclusion: Therefore, God exists. In our previous blog posts on the moral argument, we believe we’ve...
