How Did Our Universe Get Here? -The Controversy - Earth's Ideal Features

Our existence requires precision in other respects as well.  Consider the earth's measurements and its position relative to the rest of our solar system.  The Bible book of Job contains these humbling questions: "Where did you happen to be when I founded the earth? . . .Who set its measurements, in case you know?" (Job 38:4, 5) As never before, those questions beg for answers. Why?  Because of the amazing things that have been discovered about our earth-including its size and its position in our solar system.

No planet like earth has been found elsewhere in the universe.  True, some scientists point to indirect evidence that certain stars have orbiting them objects that are hundreds of times larger than the earth.  Our earth, though, is just the right size for our existence. In what sense? If earth were slightly larger, its gravity would be stronger and hydrogen, a light gas, would collect, being unable to escape the earth's gravity. Thus, the atmosphere would be inhospitable to life. On the other hand, if our earth were slightly smaller, life-sustaining oxygen would escape and surface water would evaporate. In either case, we could not live. 

The earth is also at an ideal distance from  the sun, a factor vital for life to thrive. Astronomer John Barrow and mathematician Frank Tipler studied  "the ratio of the Earth's radius and distance from the Sun. "They concluded that human life would not exist  "were this ratio slightly different from what it is observed to be."  Professor David L. Block notes:  "Calculations show that had earth been situated only 5 percent closer to the sun, a runaway greenhouse effect [overheating of the earth] would have occurred about 4,000 millions years ago, if, on the other hand, the earth were place only 1 percent further from the sun, runaway glaciation [huge sheets of ice covering most of the globe] would have occurred some 2,000 million years ago." -Our Universe: Accident or Design?  

Note:  It was God, because only God has the intelligence to do something like this. NOT HUMANS! 

Next time: How Did Our Universe Get Here? -The Controversy

From the book Is There a Creator That Cares About You?