creationism v. entropy

[W. Satterthwaite]

> Date: Fri, 1 Mar 1996 12:35:17 -0500 (EST)
> From: Robert Bruno <brunnr01 at mclb91.med.nyu.edu>
> To: list pynchon <pynchon-l at sfu.ca>
> Subject: creationism v. entropy
> In-Reply-To: <m0tsHbc-000OBkC at sun2.iafrica.com>

> While on the topic of entropy, I must relate this argument I had with a 
> Born again Christian regarding the creation of life from a 
> chaotic bowl of heated soup, which he says goes directly *against* the
> 2nd law of thermodynamics:  therefore, this primordial evolutionism could 
> not have occured, thus validating his belief in creationism as stated in 
> the Bible.  His theory, *not* mine.  Just thought it was interesting...

  If I remember my college physics, entropy in a closed system 
  must increase.  Within that system, however, there can be regions
  of decreasing entropy (drawing energy from other parts). 

	WS