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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
CHAPTER 2 Importance of the Creation/
Evolution Controversy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Evolutionary Scientists as
“Reluctant Creationists”? . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
CHAPTER 3 Plausibility of the Creation Model . . . 19
Is the Universe Eternal? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Steady State and Oscil-
lating Universe Theories . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
What About the Big Bang? . . . . . . . . . . 34
The Evolution of a Theory . . . . . . . . . 35
The Big Bang Theory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Scientific Reasons Why the Big
Bang Theory Cannot be Correct . . . . 48
Cosmic Microwave
Background Radiation . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
The Homogeneity of the Universe. . . 82
Dark Matter and Our “Precar-
iously Balanced” Universe . . . . . . . . . 85
Dark Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Did the Universe Create
Itself Out of Nothing? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Was the Universe Created?. . . . . . . . . . 110
Our Fine-Tuned,
Tailor-Made Universe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
CHAPTER 4 The Law of Cause and Effect . . . . . . 131
Science and the Law
of Cause and Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
CHAPTER 5 The Law of Biogenesis . . . . . . . . . . . 139
CHAPTER 6 The Laws of ics . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
A Look at the Inner
Workings of the Cell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
DNA, Genes, and Chromosomes . . . . . 164
Origin of the i