Evidence of God in the Universe

On the other hand, if this distance were to double, the Earth would become so cold that, once again, life would not be possible here. The same would happen if an extraordinarily bigger and hotter star assumed the place of the sun. Its immense heat would have caused the Earth to become like a furnace. Another unique feature of the Earth that indicates how its design is well-calculated for the flourishing of life as we know it is that its axis is tilted at around 23 degrees. This tilt gives us our seasons. As a result of this tilt, large portions of the surface of the Earth have become habitable and can host different sorts of plants and crops. Had the Earth not been tilted like this, there would have been perpetual darkness in the polar regions, with major consequences for the world’s climate. There would be many other such effects, as a result of which life would have become impossible on Earth. If the surmise is true that the Earth came into being after breaking off from the Sun, its initial temperature would have been the same as that of the Sun—i.e., 12,000 degrees Fahrenheit. Gradually, the Earth must have cooled after that. It would not have been possible for hydrogen and oxygen to combine until the Earth’s temperature had declined to 4000 degrees. When that happened, water, essential for life, came into being. Then, millions of years passed with many dramatic transformations on the Earth’s surface, and perhaps a billion or so years ago, the Earth acquired its present shape. A significant portion of the gases in the Earth’s atmosphere went into space. Some went into forming water, while others were absorbed into various