Science has discovered so many amazing things about our universe! A March 2007 National Geographic article, for instance, discusses the work of astrophysicist Adam Burrows which suggests that intense sound waves are the key ingredient behind supernovas, the massive explosions that destroy dying stars.
In fact, the computer models indicate that an exploding star would generate an audible tone to anyone foolishly close enough to hear it. According to National Geographic, it would be "roughly the F note above middle C."
Science has truly revealed a world of wonder in the universe that Almighty God has created. Yet the success of science in so doing has motivated many scientists to say there is no God. In fact, some scientists hail the assumption that there is no God as the key assumption underlying all of science! The claim is that working "God-free" has allowed scientists to discover truths that might otherwise go uninvestigated and attributed to the hand of an invisible and incomprehensible deity. According to these scientists, the key to understanding the creation is first understanding that it is not truly a creation at all!
But is the work of science really "free" of a Creator, as some assume? Hardly.
There is a fundamental assumption at the heart of science, without which science would become impossible. It is the assumption that the universe is orderly and can be understood.
Albert Einstein spoke of this idea when he said, "The most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible." Why should the universe make any sense to us at all? And yet it not only makes sense, but it does so beautifully and elegantly. Everywhere we look, we see laws at work—laws that we can not only discover, but also understand.
This truth is reflected in the words of the Apostle Paul: "For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse" (Romans 1:20).
It is no coincidence that many of the greatest scientists in history, such as Isaac Newton and Johannes Kepler, were devout believers in God—men whose faith compelled them to believe in a universe designed in an orderly fashion. They were men who believed in the biblical exhortation, "It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, but the glory of kings is to search out a matter" (Proverbs 25:2).
Albert Einstein held to a concept of God that could certainly be described as vague and impersonal. Yet he did believe in a God. Columnist George F. Will, writing in The Washington Post on January 6, 2005, quoted an analogy Einstein used in explaining his belief in the existence of a Supreme Intelligence: "We are in the position of a little child entering a huge library filled with books in many different languages. The child knows someone must have written those books. It does not know how. It does not understand the languages in which they are written. The child dimly suspects a mysterious order in the arrangement of the books but doesn't know what it is."
As many modern-day scientists pridefully point to their findings and discoveries, and boldly declare that there is no God, they ironically do so while standing on a foundation that would not exist, had it not first been laid by the loving hand of a wise and orderly God.
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The above is adapted from one of the many commentaries, discussing vital topics facing our world, available at the www.lcg.org and www.tomorrowsworld.org Web sites.