Man's "Little Bang"
Joe R. Price
 

After sixteen years and $10 billion, scientists at the Large Hadron Collider (a 17-mile tunnel beneath the Swiss-French border) have successfully collided proton beams in an experiment to test their theories about subatomic particles and the forces at work one billionth of a second after the Big Bang (which they theorize created the universe 14-20 billion years ago – give or take a few billion!). (“Geneva atom smasher sets collision record,” Alexander G. Higgins, AP, Yahoo!News, March 30, 2010) That’s a lot of money, time, and energy for such a little bang!

The size of these proton collisions is infinitesimal, but the expectation is that as the two proton beams continue to collide, more and more particle showers will provide data for researchers about the forces at work at the beginning of the universe.

It is incredible to my little pea brain how men can do such amazing things and deny the Creator’s existence. While using physical analyses to unravel the forces of the universe’s origin, they inadvertently provide testimony of the Biblical truth that “in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” (Gen. 1:1). Consider the origin of all things from Genesis 1:1.

Time (“In the beginning…”). Evolutionists believe the universe expanded and evolved to its present enormity from an original “bang” – given enough time. It took men time (16 years) to build the Large Hadron Collider in Europe. It only took God six days to create the heavens and the earth (Exo. 20:11).

Intelligence (“…God…”). We infer it required a great deal of intelligence to build this accelerator, formulate the experiments, and then study their results. Yet, most of these same intelligent people refuse to acknowledge that inference concerning the universe’s design. Just as we know intelligence designed and built the Large Hadron Collider, we know intelligence designed and created the universe.

Force (“…created…”). Energy is being exerted upon proton particles in the Collider to accelerate them to a tremendous speed causing a transfer of energy at the point of collision. The difference between this force and God’s creation is that God introduced the physical forces of speed, friction, heat, etc. when He created the world. Where did the energy come from for the scientists’ “Big Bang” in the Collider? The Bible says God’s power created all the physical forces of this universe (Heb. 11:3; Rom. 1:20).

Space (“…the heavens…”). It takes a 17-mile tunnel for men to produce a “little bang.” But with a word, God created the enormity of the heavens (Psa. 19:1). The Big Bang of scientific theory (with its necessary billions of years) is not the creation recorded in Genesis 1.

Matter (“…and the earth.”). The study of origins implies a beginning, yet those who deny creation must eventually accept that matter has always existed. But, nothing comes from nothing; everything comes from something. Matter does not spontaneously generate. Men had to introduce the proton particles into the accelerator to produce their “little bang.” The First Cause of the entire universe is God (Psa. 33:9).

The Creation model and the Big Bang model cannot coexist. Men’s attempt to recreate their Big Bang theory implies a Creator and His creation. It took men time, intelligence, force, space, and matter to achieve their scientific breakthrough. In the beginning (time), God (intelligence) used His power (force) to create the heavens (space) and the earth (matter). We see man’s power and design when we consider the Large Hadron Collider. We see God’s power and deity when we consider the universe (Rom. 1:20). 

-Reprint: The Spirit’s Sword, 04/04/2010

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