Where did the Universe come from?

I am posting a 5-Part msg on the subject sent to me by Perry Marshall, the Author of the Series. I found the contents interesting, not necessarily agreeing to his assumptions or inferences. But it provides food for thought for those who have interest in Physics, particulary in the Big Bang Theory. Since this subject has come to light recently during LHC Expt I thought I should share this with you. 
Group Co-ordinators may not find it in accordance with their terms of objectives but I suggest that they approve this in the best interest of their members , may be one or two only.
Dr.V.N.Sharma
Where did the Universe come from?

Part 1: Einstein's Big Blunder

100 years ago, Albert Einstein published
three papers that rocked the world. These papers
proved the existence of the atom, introduced the
theory of relativity, and described quantum
mechanics.

Pretty good debut for a 26 year old scientist, huh?

His equations for relativity indicated that the universe
was expanding. This bothered him, because if it was
expanding, it must have had a beginning and a beginner.
Since neither of these appealed to him, Einstein introduced
a 'fudge factor' that ensured a 'steady state' universe,
one that had no beginning or end.

But in 1929, Edwin Hubble showed that the furthest
galaxies were fleeing away from each other, just as the 
Big Bang model predicted. So in 1931, Einstein embraced 
what would later be known as the Big Bang theory, saying, 
"This is the most beautiful and satisfactory explanation 
of creation to which I have ever listened." He referred 
to the 'fudge factor' to achieve a steady-state universe 
as the biggest blunder of his career.

As I'll explain during the next couple of days, 
Einstein's theories have been thoroughly proved and 
verified by experiments and measurements. But there's
an even more important implication of Einstein's discovery.
Not only does the universe have a beginning, but time
itself, our own dimension of cause and effect, began
with the Big Bang.

That's right -- time itself does not exist before
then. The very line of time begins with that creation
event. Matter, energy, time and space were created
in an instant by an intelligence outside of space
and time.

About this intelligence, Albert Einstein wrote
in his book "The World As I See It" that the harmony 
of natural law "Reveals an intelligence of such 
superiority that, compared with it, all the
systematic thinking and acting of human beings is
an utterly insignificant reflection."

He went on to write, "Everyone who is seriously 
involved in the pursuit of science becomes convinced 
that a spirit is manifest in the laws of the Universe--
a spirit vastly superior to that of man, and one in 
the face of which we with our modest powers must feel 
humble."

Pretty significant statement, wouldn't you say?

Stay tuned for tomorrow's installment: "Bird Droppings 
on my Telescope."

Respectfully Submitted,

Perry Marshall

Part 2: "Bird Droppings on my Telescope"

V,

The Big Bang theory was totally rejected at first.
But those who supported it had predicted that the ignition
of the Big Bang would have left behind a sort of 
'hot flash' of radiation.

If a big black wood stove produces heat that you
can feel, then in a similar manner, the Big Bang should 
produce its own kind of heat that would echo throughout 
the universe.

In 1965, without looking for it, two physicists at
Bell Labs in New Jersey found it. At first, Arno Penzias 
and Robert Wilson were bothered because, while
trying to refine the world's most sensitive radio antenna,
they couldn't eliminate a bothersome source of noise.
They picked up this noise everywhere they pointed the
antenna.

At first they thought it was bird droppings. The
antenna was so sensitive it could pick up the heat
of bird droppings (which certainly are warm when
they're brand new) but even after cleaning it off,
they still picked up this noise.

This noise had actually been predicted in detail 
by other astronomers, and after a year of checking 
and re-checking the data, they arrived at a conclusion: 
This crazy Big Bang theory really was correct.

In an interview, Penzias was asked why there was so much 
resistance to the Big Bang theory.

He said, "Most physicists would rather attempt to
describe the universe in ways which require no explanation.
And since science can't *explain* anything - it can only
*describe* things - that's perfectly sensible. If you
have a universe which has always been there, you don't
explain it, right? 

"Somebody asks you, 'How come all the secretaries 
in your company are women?' You can say, 'Well, it's 
always been that way.' That's a way of not having 
to explain it. So in the same way, theories which 
don't require explanation tend to be the ones
accepted by science, which is perfectly acceptable 
and the best way to make science work."

But on the older theory that the universe was eternal, 
he explains: "It turned out to be so ugly that people
dismissed it. What we find - the simplest theory - is
a creation out of nothing, the appearance out of nothing 
of the universe."

Penzias and his partner, Robert Wilson, won the Nobel
Prize for their discovery of this radiation. The Big
Bang theory is now one of the most thoroughly 
validated theories in all of science.

Robert Wilson was asked by journalist Fred Heeren if 
the Big Bang indicated a creator.

Wilson said, "Certainly there was something that
set it all off. Certainly, if you are religious, I can't
think of a better theory of the origin of the universe
to match with Genesis."

Stay tuned for tomorrow's installment: "Why the
Big Bang was the most precisely planned event in
all of history."

Sincerely,

Perry Marshall

For further reading: 
"A Day Without Yesterday" - Albert Einstein, Georges Lemaitre 
and the Big Bang

http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=O.rT7&m=pUv034T8wTjn&b=u8j4uIOt8a4Gqa3imVYn_w-- 

Part 3: Why the Big Bang was the most precisely planned 
event in all of history

V,

In your kitchen cabinet, you've probably got a spray
bottle with an adjustable nozzle. If you twist the nozzle
one way, it sprays a fine mist into the air. You twist 
the nozzle the other way, it squirts a jet of water
in a straight line. You turn that nozzle to the exact
position you want so you can wash a mirror, clean up
a spill, or whatever.

If the universe had expanded a little faster, the 
matter would have sprayed out into space like fine
mist from a water bottle - so fast that a gazillion
particles of dust would speed into infinity and never even 
form a single star.

If the universe had expanded just a little slower, the 
material would have dribbled out like big drops of water,
then collapsed back where it came from by the force
of gravity.

A little too fast, and you get a meaningless
spray of fine dust. A little too slow, and the whole
universe collapses back into one big black hole.

The surprising thing is just how narrow the difference
is. To strike the perfect balance between too fast and
too slow, the force, something that physicists call 
"the Dark Energy Term" had to be accurate to one part in 
ten with 120 zeros. 

If you wrote this as a decimal, the number would
look like this:

0.000000000000000000000000000000
00000000000000000000000000000000
00000000000000000000000000000000
0000000000000000000000000000001

In their paper "Disturbing Implications of
a Cosmological Constant" two atheist scientists 
from Stanford University stated that the existence of 
this dark energy term would have required a miracle... 
"An unknown agent" intervened in cosmic history 
"for reasons of its own."

Just for comparison, the best human engineering
example is the Gravity Wave Telescope, which was built with
a precision of 23 zeros. The Designer, the 'external
agent' that caused our universe must possess an intellect,
knowledge, creativity and power trillions and trillions
of times greater than we humans have.

Absolutely amazing.

Now a person who doesn't believe in God has to find 
some way to explain this. One of the more common explanations 
seems to be "There was an infinite number of universes, so it
was inevitable that things would have turned out right
in at least one of them."

The "infinite universes" theory is truly an amazing theory. 
Just think about it, if there is an infinite number of 
universes, then absolutely everything is not only possible...
It's actually happened! 

It means that somewhere, in some dimension, there is
a universe where the Chicago Cubs won the World Series last
year. There's a universe where Jimmy Hoffa doesn't get 
cement shoes; instead he marries Joan Rivers and becomes 
President of the United States. There's even a 
universe where Elvis kicks his drug habit and still
resides at Graceland and sings at concerts. Imagine
the possibilities! 

I might sound like I'm joking, but actually I'm dead
serious. To believe an infinite number of universes
made life possible by random chance is to believe everything
else I just said, too. 

Some people believe in God with a capital G.

And some folks believe in Chance with a Capital C.

Tomorrow's installment: "If you can read this email,
I can prove to you that God exists." Sound a little bold?
Tune in tomorrow - same time, same station.

Respectfully Submitted,

Perry Marshall

Part 4: "If you can read this sentence, 
I can prove to you that God exists"

V,

See this email I just sent you, that you're reading
right now? This email is proof of the existence of God.

Yeah, I know, that sounds crazy. But I'm not asking you 
to believe anything just yet, until you see the evidence for 
yourself. All I ask is that you refrain from disbelieving 
while I show you my proof. It only takes a minute to convey, 
but it speaks to one of the most important questions of all 
time.

So how is this email proof of the existence of God?:

This email you're reading contains letters, words and
sentences. It contains a message that means something.
As long as you can read English, you can understand what
I'm saying.

You can do all kinds of things with this email. You
can read it on your computer screen. You can print it out on
your printer. You can read it out loud to a friend who's in 
the same room as you are. You can call your friend and read it 
to her over the telephone. You can save it as a Microsoft 
WORD document. You can forward it to someone via email, or you
can post it on a website.

Regardless of how you copy it or where you send it,
the information remains the same. My email contains a message.
It contains information in the form of language. The message
is independent of the medium it is sent in.

Messages are not matter, even though they can be carried 
by matter (like printing this email on a piece of paper).

Messages are not energy even though they can be carried 
by energy (like the sound of my voice.)

Messages are immaterial. Information is itself a unique 
kind of entity. It can be stored and transmitted and copied 
in many forms, but the meaning still stays the same.

Messages can be in English, French or Chinese.
Or Morse Code. Or mating calls of birds. Or the Internet. 
Or radio or television. Or computer programs or architect
blueprints or stone carvings. Every cell in your body
contains a message encoded in DNA, representing a complete 
plan for you.

OK, so what does this have to do with God?

It's very simple. Messages, languages, and coded
information ONLY come from a mind. A mind that
agrees on an alphabet and a meaning of words and
sentences. A mind that expresses both desire and
intent.

Whether I use the simplest possible explanation,
such as the one I'm giving you here, or if we analyze
language with advanced mathematics and engineering 
communication theory, we can say this with total 
confidence:

"Messages, languages and coded information never,
ever come from anything else besides a mind.
No one has ever produced a single example of a message 
that did not come from a mind."

Nature can create fascinating patterns - snowflakes,
sand dunes, crystals, stalagmites and stalactites. Tornados 
and turbulence and cloud formations.

But non-living things cannot create language. They
*cannot* create codes. Rocks cannot think and they
cannot talk. And they cannot create information.

It is believed by some that life on planet earth arose 
accidentally from the "primordial soup," the early ocean which 
produced enzymes and eventually RNA, DNA, and primitive cells.

But there is still a problem with this theory: It fails to 
answer the question, 'Where did the information come from?'

DNA is not merely a molecule. Nor is it simply a "pattern."
Yes, it contains chemicals and proteins, but those chemicals 
are arranged to form an intricate language, in the exact same way 
that English and Chinese and HTML are languages.

DNA has a four-letter alphabet, and structures very similar 
to words, sentences and paragraphs. With very precise 
instructions and systems that check for errors and correct them.

To the person who says that life arose naturally, 
you need only ask: "Where did the information come from?
Show me just ONE example of a language that didn't come 
from a mind."

As simple as this question is, I've personally presented it 
in public presentations and Internet discussion forums for 
more than two years. I've addressed more than fifty thousand 
people, including hostile, skeptical audiences who insist that 
life arose without the assistance of God. 

But to a person, none of them have ever been able to 
explain where the information came from. This riddle is 
"So simple any child can understand; so complex, no atheist 
can solve."

You can hear or read my full presentation on this topic at 
http://www.cosmicfingerprints.com/ifyoucanreadthis.htm

Watch it on video:
http://www.perrymarshallspeaks.com/

For a high-school level, layman's version, go here:
http://www.cosmicfingerprints.com/information.htm

Matter and energy have to come from somewhere. Everyone
can agree on that. But information has to come from somewhere,
too! Information is separate entity, fully on par with matter and 
energy. And information can only come from a mind. If books 
and poems and TV shows come from human intelligence, then all
living things inevitably came from a superintelligence.

Every word you hear, every sentence you speak, every
dog that barks, every song you sing, every email you read,
every packet of information that zings across the Internet, 
is proof of the existence of God. Because information
and language always originate in a mind.

In the beginning were words and language.

In the Beginning was Information.

When we consider the mystery of life - where it came from 
and how this miracle is possible - do we not at the same time 
ask the question where it is going, and what its purpose is?

Respectfully Submitted,

Perry Marshall

Further reading:

-"If you can read this, I can prove God exists" - listen to
my full presentation or read the Executive Summary here:

http://cosmicfingerprints.com/ifyoucanreadthis.htm

-The Atheist's Riddle: Members of Infidels, the world's 
largest atheist discussion board attempt to solve it 
(for well over a year now!), without success:

-http://cosmicfingerprints.com/iidb.htm

-"OK, so then who made God?" and other questions about 
information and origins:

http://cosmicfingerprints.com/infotheoryqa.htm

P.S.: Preview of tomorrow: You get to listen in on one of the most 
fascinating science lectures I've ever had the privilege of hearing.
A presentation in which hard science and faith fuse together in 
a fascinating tour of this magnificently engineered universe
that is our home.

Part 5

V,

Today I introduce to you one of the most powerful 
science presentations I have ever heard.

I listened to Hugh Ross give this presentation on a
tape while I was driving down Interstate 88 in Chicago
one night. As I listened, light bulbs were firing off
in my head all over the place.

So what's the big deal about this? Here's what 
you'll discover as you listen:

-The delicate balance of vast forces in the universe,
necessary for life to exist

-Why planet earth is so extremely special in its ability
to support life

-The very measurement of the entire universe in all its
magnificence, made possible only within the last 15 years

-A fascinating place where science and theology come
together in perfect agreement

Now there's one more thing I want to tell you about
this talk: It was recorded in 1994.

Now why would I give you something called "New Scientific
Evidence" if it's 11 years old?

Here's why: Because unlike most things 11 years old--
with only a couple of exceptions, the information Hugh Ross 
shares here has been shown to be even *more* accurate today 
than it was back then.

One of the hallmarks of a successful scientific model is 
that it holds up for years and even decades, even while 
scholars debate it. I've been following Dr. Ross and 
his work, and virtually every fact he discusses here has been 
further strengthened and validated by all the physics and 
astronomy discoveries in the years since.

On this link you'll find both the audio recording and
the printed transcript. You can read it online, print it out, 
listen on your computer, burn it to a CD, or download this 
to your MP3 player. Go here now:

http://www.CosmicFingerprints.com/audio/newevidence.htm

Enjoy.

Perry Marshall