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“Only a rookie who knows nothing about science would say science takes away from faith. If you really study science, it will bring you closer to God.” (James Tour, nano-scientist).

The astronomical evidence for God must be strong when atheistic physicists admit that “the universe exploded out of nothingness,” and agnostic astronomers claim that “supernatural forces” were so at work in the beginning that scientists are led back to “a band of theologians who have been sitting there for centuries”.

But the scientific evidence for God does not end with the Cosmological Argument.

For many, the precision with which the universe exploded into being provided even more persuasive evidence for the existence of God. This evidence, known as the Teleological Argument, derives its name from the Greek word “telos“, which means design.

The Teleological Argument states:

1. Every design had a designer.
2. The universe has a highly complex design.
3. Therefore, the universe had a Designer.

Issac Newton implicitly confirmed the validity of the Teleological Argument when he marveled at the design of our solar system. He wrote, “This most beautiful system of the sun, planets, comets, could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being.”

William Paley, a philosopher, made this argument popular with his commonsense assertion that every watch requires a watchmaker.

Imagine you are taking a stroll in the park and you find a diamond-studded Rolex on the ground. A Rolex is one of the most expensive watches ever made. What do you conclude is the cause of this watch: The wind and rain? Erosion? Some combination of natural forces? Of course not! There is absolutely no question in your mind that some intelligent being made that watch, and some unfortunate individual dropped it there.

The universe is specifically tweaked to enable life on earth—a planet with scores of improbable and inter-dependent life-supporting conditions that make earth a tiny oasis in a vast and hostile universe.

These highly precise and interdependent environmental conditions which are called “anthropic constants“.

The Anthropic Principle is just a fancy title for the mounting evidence that has many scientists believing that the universe is extremely fine-tuned to support human life here on earth.

Can you name any of the anthropic constants that is necessary for human life?