The 2nd law of thermodynamics (aka entropy) says in essence everything is moving from a state of order to a state of disorder. In other words things are breaking down. This law of science is seen in everything from the human body to the automobile in which you drive. Want to deny entropy, never change the oil, fluids, check the air pressure in your tires, fill your car with gas etc, and entropy is going to take place. Now keep in mind this is a law of science. There are very few laws of science because a law of science has to be absolutely the case and be tried many many times before it can be declared a law. So think about this for a second if everything is moving from a state of order to disorder as this law of science shows, then that would mean that there was one time when everything was in pristine condition. This would mean that everything at one time was at its best and is now wearing down and eventually will one day wear out. Yet this is exactly the opposite of what evolutionist teach!!! They teach the primitive earth was a flat, ugly, mess. Keep in mind the 2nd law of thermodynamics is just that a law. Why do I emphasize this? Listen to what one evolutionary website proclaims and in doing so denies a law of science.
"The infant earth that is pictured by scientist today basks in a sun that shines with 70% of its present power (now they say the power of the sun is getting stronger but a law of science denies this!!). A world with no free oxygen in the atmosphere (how can there be no oxygen when they say the ocean existed H2O oxygen is present in water!!!) and no sounds other than wind, the hissing lava against water (H2O!!), and meteorites hitting the earth. (By the way all of this is speculative, there is no evidence that supports this story of the early earth). No plants, no animals, no bacteria, or viruses existed on the earth. From that point on, scientific opinion vastly diversifies. (So most if not all scientist agree up to this point, thus denying the law of entropy!!!). It continues, " in a steamy world after accretion, earth may have been ( again speculating) a ball of fiery magma. Volcanoes, geysers, and hydrothermal vents would have leached out vital compounds where reactions could ensue (and they call the Bible fantasy??!!)".
Anyway you get the point that they say oh the earth was a mess and we are getting better. The 2nd law of thermodynamics a law of science denies this. It says everything was great and is getting worse. Yet what does the Bible say " and God saw everything that He had made and behold it was very good" Genesis 1:31. The Bible says that in the beginning everything was very good and after the fall of man is getting worse. Not coincidence that this agrees amazingly with a law of science.
The second law of thermodynamics only speaks of closed systems. A closed system is one that doesn't receive or let out any energy or mass: think of a sealed, insulated Thermos, for example. Since the Earth does receive energy from an external source (the Sun), global entropy does not necessarily have to continually increase.
ReplyDeleteFor example, the human body starts out as a single cell, but grows and develops and becomes more ordered, thanks to the inputs of energy and matter from food. However, you would argue that the second law of thermodynamics forbids this
The 2nd law of thermodynamics (aka entropy) says in essence everything is moving from a state of order to a state of disorder. ... So think about this for a second if everything is moving from a state of order to disorder as this law of science shows, then that would mean that there was one time when everything was in pristine condition.
ReplyDeleteAll due respect, I once held the same fundamental misunderstanding of the Second Law of Thermodynamics. May I humbly suggest you delve deeper into what the law really posits rather than imposing your own (mis)understanding upon it. Check out this Wikipedia page on self-organization.
In addition, your comments placed amidst the scientist's quotation you provided betray a severe misunderstanding of science and misinterpretation of the data. For example, atmospheric oxygen does not equate to oxygen trapped in water. Mars' atmosphere has been determined to consist of 95% carbon dioxide and only minute traces of water vapor, yet Mars has considerably large polar ice caps ... which consist largely of water ice!
Regarding scientific speculation about early earth, there is indeed a TON of scientific evidence that would lead scientists to speculate the way they do. You need only look for it and consider it seriously rather than sweep it under the rug in order to sustain your particular interpretation of Genesis 1. Young-earth creationism is based solely on what Scripture says (or what it appears to say from our modern vantage point) and not on what our scientific observations tell us. Young-earth creationists who claim that the scientific facts support a young earth are, in my opinion, blinded by their interpretation of Genesis 1 from examining the data honestly and objectively. I should know. I was guilty of this no more than a year ago.
The Bible says that in the beginning everything was very good and after the fall of man is getting worse.
I'm curious. Can you provide me with a Scripture reference from Genesis that states in no uncertain terms that Adam's sin would throw the entire cosmos into chaos?
Anyway, I'd like to recommend The Bible, Rocks and Time: Geological Evidence for the Age of the Earth by Davis A. Young & Ralph F. Stearley. You may very well find yourself reconsidering your position.
Have a great Thanksgiving!!