The existence of the entire universe is governed by fundamental constants which are specifically calibrated to support life in general and human life in particular.

2. “The seemingly miraculous concurrence of
numerical values that nature has assigned to
her fundamental constants must remain the
most compelling evidence for an element of
cosmic design.” -- Paul Davies

3. “Science cannot solve the ultimate mystery of
Nature. And it is because in the last analysis
we ourselves are part of the mystery we are
trying to solve.” – Max Planck

4. “God never wrought miracles to convince
atheism, because his ordinary works
convince it.” – Francis Bacon

5. For since the creation of
the world God’s invisible
qualities – his eternal
power and divine nature
– have been clearly seen,
being understood from
what has been made, so
that men are without
excuse. -- Romans 1:20

6. The surprising ways in which the entire
universe seems to be specifically calibrated
to support life in general and human life in
particular.

7. The gravitational field constant is
known to possess the same value at
all places of the universe at all times.
But this is the very same value that is
necessary for the existence of human
life, and the same thing can be said
for the remainder of nature’s
fundamental constants as well. ...

8. So in this sense, the entire universe
does indeed “cater” to the needs of
humanity after all, insofar as it is
permeated with the very same
structural specifications that are
necessary for human existence.
Michael A. Corey, “The God Hypothesis”, p. 46

9. A striking feature of
the new cosmological
theories is that even
a small change in the
physical constants
would have resulted
in an uninhabitable
universe. ...

10. Among the many possible universes, ours
is one of the few in which arbitrary
parameters are right for the existence of
anything resembling organic life. Thus
Carr and Rees conclude that the
possibility of life as we know it “depends
on the value of a few basic constants”
and is “remarkably sensitive to them.”
Ted Peters, “Cosmos as Creation”, p. 130

11. Jeremiah 51:15 He hath made the earth by his
power, he hath established the world by his
wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by
his understanding.
Isaiah 45:18 For thus saith the LORD that
created the heavens; God himself that formed the
earth and made it; he hath established it, he
created it not in vain, he formed it to be
inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.

12. “If we could play God, and select
values for nature’s fundamental
constants at a whim by twiddling a set
of knobs, we would find that almost
all knob settings would render the
universe uninhabitable.”

14. “What exactly in nature
sets the values of these
twenty constants so
precisely?”

15. 10123
Level of Accuracy: 1 in 10
Human Genome: 1 in 10243

16. Two prominent scientists say the alien search
is likely to fail. Drawing on new findings in
astronomy, geology and paleontology, the two
argue that humans might be alone, at least in
the stellar neighbourhood, and perhaps in the
entire cosmos. They say modern science is
showing that Earth’s composition and stability
are extraordinarily rare.

17. Most everywhere else, the radiation levels are
too high, the right chemical elements too rare
in abundance, the hospitable planets too few
in number.
“People say the sun is a typical star,” he
said in an interview. “That’s not true.”
“Almost all environments in the universe are
terrible for life. It’s only garden of Eden places
like Earth where it can exist.”

18. I don’t think there is anything out
there at all except ourselves,” British
paleontologist Simon Conway Morris
told and international conference on
the study of extraterrestrial life…

19. It is time to “tone down
expectations,” said Dan McClesse, a
Mars program scientist at NASA’s Jet
Propulsion Laboratory…

20. The discovery of 34 planets orbiting distant
stars is turning out to be frustrating. None
of these could harbour life. Their peculiar
orbits also make it unlikely that Earthlike
planets could form or survive in their
neighbourhood…

21. Despite the current slump, scientists have
by no means given up hope of finding
extraterrestrial life. Many think it is most
likely to consist of one-celled microbes
resembling Earthly bacteria.

22. I have made the
earth, and created
man upon it: I,
even my hands,
have stretched out
the heavens, and
all their host have I
commanded.

23. If the evolution of
intelligence is so
extremely improbable
that it probably cannot
be found anywhere
else in the entire
visible universe, then
by all accounts it
shouldn’t exist here
either.

24. But it obviously does exist
here. Accordingly, there
almost certainly had to
have been some type of
larger Power at work in
the universe that would
have enabled us to come
into existence in the face
of such overwhelming
odds to the contrary.

25. This is why it can be said that the sudden
appearance of these life-supporting
values is tantamount to a miracle. The
emergence of the “right” fundamental
parameters is a miracle because such a
finely-tuned orchestration toward a highly
complex end product is inherently
incompatible with random processes.

26. The stupendous degree of fine-tuning that
instantly existed between these
fundamental parameters reveals a
miraculous level of micro-engineering that
is simply inconceivable in the absence of
a “supercalculating” Designer.
Michael A. Corey, “The God Hypothesis”

27. If we modify the
value of one of
the fundamental
constants,
something
invariably goes
wrong, leading to
a universe that is
inhospitable to life
as we know it.

28. When we adjust a second constant in an
attempt to fix the problem(s), the result,
generally, is to create three new problems for
every one that we “solve.” The conditions in our
universe really do seem to be uniquely suitable
for life forms like ourselves, and perhaps even
for any form of organic complexity.
Gribbin and Rees, “Cosmic Coincidences”, p. 269

29. We can see how the conditions for our own
existence are dependent upon the values taken by
the constants. At first one might imagine that a
change in the value of a constant would simply
shift the size of everything a little, but that there
would still exist stars and atoms. ...

30. However, this turns out to be too naïve a
view. It becomes apparent that there exist a
number of very unusual coincidences
regarding the values of particular
combinations of the constants of Nature
which are necessary conditions for our own
existence.
John D. Barrow, “Theories of Everything”, pp. 94,95

31. Psalm 19
1. The heavens declare the glory of God; and the
firmament sheweth his handywork.
2. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto
night sheweth knowledge.
3. There is no speech nor language, where their
voice is not heard.
4. Their line is gone out through all the earth, and
their words to the end of the world. In them hath
he set a tabernacle for the sun

32. 1. There must be an adequate supply of the elements which
comprise our bodies, such as carbon, oxygen, hydrogen,
phosphorus, and calcium.
2. There must be little or no risk of contamination by other
poisonous chemicals, such as would be found in an atmosphere
containing methane or ammonia.
3. The climatic temperature must remain within the narrow range
of 5 to 40 degrees Celsius, which is a mere 2% of the
temperature range found within the solar system as a whole.
4. A stable supply of free energy must exist, which in our case is
provided by the Sun.
5. Gravity must be strong enough to keep the atmosphere from
escaping into space, but it must also be weak enough to enable
us to move freely about on the Earth’s surface.
6. A protective screen must exist to filter out the Sun’s harmful
ultraviolet rays, which in our case is provided by a layer of ozone
in the upper atmosphere.
7. A magnetic field must exist in order to prevent cosmic subatomic
particles from raining on the Earth.

33. If nature is so “clever” it can exploit
mechanisms that amaze us with their
ingenuity, is that not persuasive evidence for
the existence of intelligent design behind the
physical universe? If the world’s finest minds
can unravel only with difficulty the deeper
workings of nature, how could it be supposed
that those workings are merely a mindless
accident, a product of blind chance?

34. Though science may be able to explain the
world, we still have to explain science. The laws
which enable the universe to come into being
spontaneously seem themselves to be the
product of exceedingly ingenious design. If
physics is the product of design, the universe
must have a purpose, and the evidence of
modern physics suggests strongly to me that
the purpose includes us.
Paul Davies, Superforce, p. 243

35. As we survey all the evidence, the thought
insistently arises that some supernatural
agency – or rather, Agency – must be
involved. Is it possible that suddenly,
without intending to, we have stumbled
upon scientific proof of the existence of a
Supreme Being? Was it God who stepped in
and so providentially crafted the cosmos for
our benefit?

36. Do we not see in its harmony, a harmony so
perfectly fitted to our needs, evidence of
what one religious writer has called “a
preserving, a continuing, an intending
mind; a Wisdom, Power, and Goodness far
exceeding the limits of our thoughts?”
George Greenstein, The Symbiotic Universe, p.27

37. “The universe appears to
have been designed by a
pure mathematician.”
- James Jeans
“The astronomical evidence
leads to a biblical view of
the origin of the world.”
- Robert Jastrow

38. “The odds against a
universe like ours emerging
out of something like the
Big Bang are enormous. I
think there are clearly
religious implications.”
John Boslough, Stephen Hawking’s Universe, p. 121

39. Nature has been kinder to us than we had any
right to expect. As we look out into the universe
and identify the many accidents of physics and
astronomy that have worked together to our
benefit, it almost seems as if the universe must
in some sense have known that we were
coming.
Freeman Dyson, “Energy in the Universe”

40. Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive
glory and honour and power: for thou
hast created all things, and for thy
pleasure they are and were created.

41. 3. When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers,
the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
4. What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son
of man, that thou visitest him?
5. For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels,
and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
6. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of
thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:
7. All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;
8. The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and
whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
9. O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the
earth!