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I. ORDER FROM DISORDER?
Why is it always easier to make a mess than it is to clean it up? Can you assemble a jigsaw puzzle simply by dumping it on the table? Can you unburn a piece of paper? Suppose you ate a breakfast of scrambled eggs. Then imagine trying to uneat those eggs, unfry them, unscramble them, get them back into their shell. Next, try to get them back into the chicken. Why does that sound ridiculous?
These are examples of the effects of a scientific law called the second law of thermodynamics. If we leave something alone, the natural tendency is for it to go from a state of order to disorder. The only way to reverse this situation is by creative intervention. One result of this law is if you want to create something, you must expend energy to the point that the disorder you generate is more than the order you create. In the transfer of energy from one point to another, there is always some waste left over.
The second law of thermodynamics binds the universe. It is constantly running down. The sun and stars burns up energy at a furious rate. There is not one place in the universe where we see energy created and stored up without the further expense of disorder. Therefore, the second law of thermodynamics demands that some time in the past, the universe had to be created and put in order.
The theory of evolution is in direct violation of the second law of thermodynamics. Evolutionists ask you to believe that the world started in a state of disorder, with life coming about by accident, and gradually increased in complexity and order. They say that over the course of millions of years, it produced the world we have today. This idea is in direct opposition to what we observe. The theory of evolution hides behind great expanses of time. Evolutionists reason, "Given enough time, anything can happen." If you consider the second law of thermodynamics, you'll find that's not true. Time is an enemy to order: as time increases, disorder increases.
A biology textbook offers this reasoning: "It has been said that living systems are an exception to the Second Law of Thermodynamics because they represent a greater state of order and organization than that found elsewhere in the universe."1 But, they maintain that a regular input of energy sustains this apparent reversal of the second law.
The answer to that argument is that unless there is an energy conversion mechanism, a machine channeling the energy into something useful, the addition of external energy will speed the process of disorder, and evolution cannot occur. The second law of thermodynamics demonstrates creation!2
This fact can be easily tested. Take any combination of chemicals off the shelf and expose them to the sun or any other energy source. Lay them on the sidewalk or out in the street. One of two things will happen, either they will not change, or they will break down into simpler components. Now, an evolutionist would argue that there might be a possibility that a complex chemical like a protein might form by accident. If that were to happen, it would over the long term break back down into simpler components. To produce life by chance, millions of these types of unlikely events would have to happen in the same place simultaneously.
Now, we are not saying that no reversals of the effects of the second law occur through the introduction of energy into a system. But in chemical reactions that are needed to produce life, the second law provides a complication that is impossible to overcome. I could argue that it is possible for all the water molecules in a glass of water to leap out of the glass. That would happen if they all moved in the same direction at once, instead of moving randomly. But you couldn't ever expect it to happen. It is the same likelihood that chemicals could randomly combine to form life.
The scriptures teach about the second law of thermodynamics. I believe that this law became predominant at the fall of man in the Garden of Eden and the introduction of death (Genesis 3:14-19). Part of the curse was that man now had to labor against this law as he worked. Paul in the seventh chapter of Romans laments his battle against the law of sin and death, but God brings victory through the power of the Holy Spirit (Romans 7:6-25, 8:1-16).
Let us imagine what might happen if God provided the means to counteract the second law of thermodynamics. What would we have? We would have everything we would need for eternal life! If we did not have decay, waste, or imperfection, we are describing heaven and eternal life. If God is the source of life, separation from him brings death and decay. Reunion with Him brings eternal life and salvation. Just as He set up the laws of nature in His creation, He brought forth spiritual laws that bring us life if we follow them. Jump off a cliff and attempt to violate the law of gravity, and you will meet sudden destruction.
If we obey God's laws, it leads to life. If we violate them, it leads to destruction in some form. But, we have the assurance that Jesus has conquered death through His resurrection and that He is Life and can recreate what was destroyed by sin. I look forward to His promise that someday the curse will be removed, and we will enjoy eternal life.
SCRIPTURE REFERENCES
Genesis 2:17
Genesis 3:1719,2223
Romans 7:725
Romans 8:128
Revelation 21:17
Revelation 22:16
QUESTIONS FOR STUDY
1. Why is it easier to make a mess than it is to clean it up?
2. Do inanimate objects organize themselves?
3. What does long periods of time do to the theory of evolution?
4. Does the existence of life appear to violate the second law of thermodynamics?
5. What is the life in us that keeps us from decay and death?
6. What was Paul struggling with in Romans chapter 7?
7. What is the remedy for the problem caused by the second law of thermodynamics?
1 Ruth Bernstein and Stephen Berstein. Biology: The Study of Life. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc. New York, NY. 1982. P. 47.
2 Humphreys, D. Russell. "Using the Second Law More Effectively" Creation Research Society Quarterly June 1978.
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