Science Shows Nature Is Too Complex to Originate through Chance

I received this email from Hamza Yusuf’s renovatio email list and found it too good not to share, Mashallah very well written article but here’s a blurb: << When modernity insists that the universe is the product of mere chance, it overlooks the profound harmony woven into creation. In this excerpt from a personal reflection, Asad Islam—an award-winning scientist with a PhD in electrical, computer, and systems engineering—describes earth as a precisely balanced home for life. From the sun’s exact distance and the moon’s stabilizing pull to atmospheric cycles, tectonic shifts, and magnetic shielding, every element is finely tuned. Even slight deviations, he observes, would render life impossible. “Our planet has many characteristics that make it habitable, hospitable, and rich with the resources needed for complex life. Perturbing any one of its planetary, geophysical, and ecological dynamics would destabilize it and cause life to perish. The sun has the precise size, brightness, stability, and distance from the earth to sustain life on our planet. If the sun were slightly smaller or farther away, the oceans on our planet would freeze, while they would boil if the sun were larger or closer. Either way, life on earth would perish. Likewise, the moon’s size and distance from the earth are optimal for producing the precise gravitational pull that keeps the planet from wobbling, which would create a hazardous climate for life. The earth’s axial tilt and elliptical orbital revolution around the sun produce friendly seasonal variations and widespread rainfall amenable to life. Slight deviations in either attribute would make earth’s climate too extreme for life. The earth’s rotational speed—neither too fast nor too slow—also aligns with circadian biology and sustains weather patterns apt for life. The earth’s mass is just right for its gravity to allow complex life to move easily on land. With sufficient deviation in mass, biological species would either be pulled heavily to the ground or bounce around in the air. The earth’s plate tectonics adds new land mass and atmospheric gases to its ecosystem to replenish them against losses; otherwise, the planet would eventually lose its mountains and flatten and be covered with oceans. The planet’s magnetic field protects life from the dangerous solar winds and cosmic rays from deep space, while its atmosphere shields life from meteors and cosmic debris. Without either protection, life would perish. The earth’s sizable sea-to-land ratio secures a stable temperature and adequate water supply, both necessary for life, while its atmospheric composition of gases enables life to survive.” Read the full essay to see how nature is too complex to originate through chance. submitted by /u/sahhaguys [link] [comments]

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