Creation of Life
For thousands of years man has looked to the skies for
answers, and even now with all of the technology that we possess as a planet, we
still have more questions unanswered than answered.
Where did we come from? How did we get here?
Well if you have read my previous post about the meaning of life, then you will already have an idea that I am not a religious man. I am in no way a disbeliever, I keep an open
mind about most things, but the whole concept that God made everything, for me,
has been far outweighed by science.
I once had a sit down meeting with a Jehovah’s Whiteness
leader. I was interested in what he had
to say and how he would explain his beliefs in regards to the questions I would
ask. He was more than friendly, he took
me back to his home to meet his family and I settled in to one of his big comfy
chairs with my ears wide open and my brain ready to take notes. If I had not of known any scientific facts,
then he would have sold it all to me that day, his words were compelling and
his answers were drawing me in. He sat
across from me with his eyes focused on mine, perhaps he could sense that I
could understand his perspective. After he had
finished I asked him one final question; "science has gone so far as to prove
that the whole universe was created by the big bang. How does this sit with your views on the
creation of life?" His answer was simple
yet compelling. He said, “I cannot believe
that everything so perfectly formed could have been created from the big bang, just as
you would not believe me if I said that my watch was created as a result of
falling parts fitting together from the explosion of a watch factory, or that
my home was built as a result of an explosion at the builders merchants.”
I went away that day thinking about what he had said, he was
right, I would not have believed his watch or house was crafted in that way,
and how could the universe have formed all of this from one explosion?
A few years later I was back on the case after watching a
program on TV. The program was referring
to the expansion of the universe. 2
questions started rattling around in my head that I just could not comprehend. What was before the big bang? And how can the
universe be infinite? Both of those
questions on their own are hard enough to wrestle, but the two together started
to drive me mad. Then I had a thought
after something was mentioned on another program. They explained that eventually all of the
black holes would consume all of matter in the universe and could leave just
one super black hole on its own, harboring so much energy and resources that
disaster would surely be imminent.
Thinking logically about it all, and listening to many theories about the
universe expanding and then contracting, this black hole theory made sense.
You have to ask the question, if the universe contracted and
began to apply pressure to the super black hole, then a possible outcome surely
could be a massive explosion, again releasing everything that was once sucked
in, out into a brand new universe to start again.
You have to admit, even if you are not a believer in this
theory, the argument is there to still be at least possible. Now rewind back to the watch and the house analogy
that was used. It still seems very
difficult to believe that everything could slot together for life to exist on
this rock. Or does it? Going back to the expansion and contraction
theory, this surely means that the universe is stuck in a loop, destined to
keep resetting itself over and over again. Take time out of the equation, this
constant resetting of the universe could have happened billions and billions of
times. The probability of complex life
forming on a planet might be extremely small but never the less it is still
possible. If you had a dice and needed
to roll a six, you could do it easy. If
you had 100 and needed to roll a 6 on each one at the same time, it would still
possible, but will take many attempts.
The same can be said for the universe, if you throw life building blocks
out into space enough times, somewhere along the line they are going to sit
together at exactly the right stages and begin to flourish.
I do not believe that a God created this world and then
created us. I believe we are the product
of a random course of events that could have been interrupted at any given
point, but this time it was not, and we were left to continue untouched. Life may have even arrived crashing to earth
on an asteroid or a comet, but this time everything was in place to help
nurture it to grow and evolve.
I hope you have enjoyed reading this post as much as I have
enjoyed writing it. It’s made me think
back to many questions that I have asked myself along the way and has set my
brain thinking again into the possibilities.
I would love to see your thoughts or views so please comment and let me
know.
