creationism v. entropy

Steven Maas CUTR maas at eng.usf.edu
Fri Mar 1 13:20:07 CST 1996


I've always thought this creationist argument very strange.  After all,
what is more orderly than a bowl of homogeneous primordial soup, and what
is more chaotic than the present amazing variety of life on our planet. 

> On Fri, 1 Mar 1996, Robert Bruno wrote:

> 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...
> 
> my 2 cents
> Rob
> 



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