Expert: Marco - 1/16/2007

Question
Marco,

I enjoyed your writings on the proof of God and the existence of the soul. Aside from the brain being nothing but material functioning like a common appliance, hence not the origin of emotion and mathematical aspects of the universe, requiring an intelligent mind to create them--

I have read some additional statements on proof of God, that I need help verifying if they're true (I am not strong in the subject of science)

1) Things like cells, atoms and molecules-in a stable state need another like itself to be formed. In other words a molecule, for example, cannot randomly appear by itself

2) Even the "big bang" theory and use of inorganic material needs an origin like everything else-because it consists of matter and energy which had to have an origin.

3) Most Scientists have concluded that the universe had to have come from a finite point of some sort.

please correct any of these statements or verify that my understanding is correct. Thanks ;)  

Answer
Dear JT,

I think that a valid objection to your three arguments is the following: energy has always existed and therefore it needs no origin. According to the laws of physics, energy can become matter, and particles can form molecules.
All what it needs are the laws of physics, so the key point becomes: can the laws of physics exist without a God? And the answer is negative.

Your brother in Christ,

Marco