Creation and the Laws of Science: Why a Designed Universe Makes More Sense Than an Accidental One
An in-depth look at the scientific laws that point toward a Created world
For decades the public has been offered two grand explanations for the existence of life and the universe. The first is naturalism—the idea that unguided physical processes, given enough time and probability, are sufficient to explain everything from the cosmos to consciousness. The second is creation—that the universe and life were intentionally designed by a Creator possessing intelligence, purpose, and power.
While many assume the first view is “scientific” and the second is “religious,” a growing number of scientists and thinkers argue the opposite: that creation actually aligns more closely with established scientific laws, while popular naturalistic models—such as the Big Bang and Darwinian macroevolution—often require violations of those very laws to function.
This article examines those laws and why, far from being unscientific, the creation perspective often fits better with what we know about physics, chemistry, biology, and information theory.
Science today operates under what is called methodological naturalism:
Only natural explanations can be considered in scientific models, even if a supernatural cause is real.
That means:
- A paper invoking God, creation, intelligent agency, or design is automatically considered outside the rules of modern science, no matter how good the evidence appears.
- Any reference that implies purpose, intention, or divine creation is regarded as non-scientific by definition, not by evaluation.
Therefore, there is a built-in bias that filters out anything that looks like special creation. This doesn’t mean scientists hate God or want to suppress the Bible. It simply means the modern scientific framework does not allow supernatural explanations, even if true. You could present a perfect, flawless argument for special creation, and it still wouldn’t be published in Nature or Science because:
It violates the rules of what those journals consider “science.” Therefore, creationist explanations are excluded by the rules of the game — not by evidence.
1. The Big Bang and the Problem of the Scientific Laws It Breaks
The modern Big Bang model asserts that all matter, energy, space, and time came into existence from nothing—a true “no-space, no-time, no-matter” nothing. This is presented as a scientific explanation, yet several foundational scientific laws raise immediate questions.
A. The First Law of Thermodynamics: Matter and Energy Cannot Arise From Nothing
One of the most universal laws of nature is the First Law of Thermodynamics, which states:
Energy and matter cannot be created or destroyed.
Yet the Big Bang requires that every particle in the universe—hydrogen, carbon, oxygen, quarks, photons, fundamental forces, physical constants, and the fabric of spacetime—appeared instantaneously without a cause.
To bypass this contradiction, some cosmologists argue that “the laws of physics break down at t = 0,” or that “quantum fluctuations in the vacuum caused the universe.” But a vacuum fluctuation is not “nothing”—it is a pre-existing energy field governed by physical laws. It still needs origins.
Creation, on the other hand, has no such conflict. A Creator who exists outside the material universe can introduce matter and energy without violating physical laws, because those laws apply only within the universe—not to the One who created them.
B. The Second Law of Thermodynamics: The Universe Began in Impossible Order
The Second Law states that all closed systems naturally move from order to disorder, from usable energy to entropy.
Yet the Big Bang requires the opposite: it demands that the universe began in a state of unimaginable order, with entropy so low that even atheist mathematician Roger Penrose calculated the odds as:
1 in 10 to the power of 10^123
This number is physically absurd—so impossible that Penrose admitted it “seems to demand a very special initial state.” In other words, the Big Bang requires a level of fine-tuned order that natural processes cannot generate.
Creation, however, predicts an orderly universe from the beginning—because intentional creation produces organized systems, not chaotic randomness.
C. Conservation of Angular Momentum: The “Wrong-Way” Universe
If the Big Bang were an explosion, all matter should rotate and orbit in the same direction, following the conservation of angular momentum.
But we observe the opposite:
- Venus rotates backwards
- Uranus rotates on its side
- Some moons orbit in the reverse direction
- Regions of galaxies rotate counter to the rest
Explosions do not produce coordinated reverse rotations. But design and intentional arrangement can.
D. The Law of Cause and Effect: Something Cannot Come From Nothing
The foundational assumption of all science is the Law of Causality:
Every effect must have a cause.
The Big Bang claims the greatest effect in history—the origin of the universe—had no cause, or that it was “self-caused,” a logical impossibility.
Creation avoids this violation, explaining that:
- The universe is the effect
- God is the cause
- Time, space, and matter begin at creation, so God—as the cause—is necessarily outside them
This aligns with both logic and the scientific law of causality.
2. Macroevolution and the Laws of Science It Conflicts With
Macroevolution claims that life originated from non-life, and over billions of years, small changes accumulated to produce every species on earth through unguided processes.
However, several well-established scientific laws directly contradict the mechanisms required for such transformations.
A. The Law of Biogenesis: Life Comes Only From Life
The Law of Biogenesis, demonstrated repeatedly by Pasteur, Redi, and modern microbiology, states:
Life only arises from pre-existing life. Never from non-living matter.
Yet macroevolution requires the opposite—that dead chemicals spontaneously assembled into a living, self-replicating cell.
No experiment, observation, or simulation has ever shown this to be possible. All attempts at spontaneous-life experiments have either failed or required human direction—undermining the claim of natural origin.
Creation aligns perfectly with biogenesis:
Life arises from the living God.
B. The Second Law of Thermodynamics: Evolution Demands Ever-Increasing Order
Evolution requires:
- Simple to complex
- Molecules to cells
- Cells to organisms
- Organisms to ecosystems
- Random mutations to new organs and body plans
But the Second Law predicts the opposite tendency:
Systems naturally degrade over time unless guided by an external intelligence.
Evolutionists often respond: “But the sun adds energy.”
That is true—but raw energy produces chaos, not order, unless a mechanism directs it.
Example:
Sunlight + a beach = warm sand, bleaching shells, evaporation
Sunlight + a solar panel = electricity (only because of engineered design)
Creation explains biological order: organisms have built-in design and information that sustains complexity despite entropy.
C. The Law of Information Science: Information Comes Only From Intelligence
DNA is not merely a molecule—it is code, containing:
- Syntax
- Semantic meaning
- Encoding and decoding systems
- Error correction algorithms
- Layered instructions
- Compressed information
- Redundancy networks
- Built-in failsafe systems
- A 4-letter digital alphabet
In every field of human experience:
Information comes only from an intelligent source. Never from random processes.
Random copying errors (mutations) degrade information—they don’t produce new, functional programming.
Evolution requires new information to build:
- Eyes
- Wings
- Nervous systems
- Bones
- Hormones
- Immune systems
- Consciousness
But random mutations do not generate hierarchically organized, functional information. They break things; they do not build them.
Creation explains information flawlessly:
A transcendent Intelligence encoded life with enormous complexity.
D. The Law of Chemical Probability: Life’s Building Blocks Cannot Form Randomly
The probability of forming a single functional protein of 150 amino acids by chance is:
1 in 10^164
For reference, the observable universe contains:
10^80 atoms
This means the chance is not merely small—it is mathematically impossible, even given billions of years, oceans of chemicals, and lightning strikes.
And that’s just one protein. A simple cell requires:
- Hundreds of proteins
- DNA
- RNA
- Ribosomes
- Membranes
- Energy systems
- Repair mechanisms
- Waste removal systems
All working together, at the same time.
Creation introduces intelligence, which allows for complex systems to appear fully functional, just as they must be.
3. The Astonishing Complexity of the “Simple” Cell
To appreciate the challenge facing naturalistic evolution, one must consider the breathtaking complexity of even the simplest living cell.
A typical cell includes:
- A digital code (DNA) containing billions of bits of information
- Molecular machines such as ATP synthase (a rotating nano-generator)
- Robotic transport systems (kinesin “walking” motors)
- Factory-like ribosomes that read instructions and assemble proteins
- Quality control systems that detect and fix errors
- Energy power plants (mitochondria)
- Communication networks
- Membrane gates that regulate chemical flow
- Recycling systems
- Self-repair mechanisms
- A fully automated self-replication system
Biochemist Michael Denton famously wrote:
“The cell is a veritable microcosm of intricate structures, comparable to a factory city.”
Yet evolution says all of this arose:
- Without guidance
- Without foresight
- Without intelligence
- Through random copying errors
- Starting from dead chemicals
The creation model, however, fits what we observe:
Complex systems with code, machinery, energy, organization, and purpose always originate from intelligent, purposeful design.
No exceptions.
4. Why Creation Aligns Better with the Scientific Evidence
When one examines the laws of science, a consistent pattern emerges:
1. Physics favors creation
The origin of matter, energy, and laws themselves require a cause outside the universe.
2. Thermodynamics favors creation
The universe began in a state of impossible order, and living systems maintain complexity using purposefully encoded information.
3. Biology favors creation
Life arises only from life. DNA is code. Cells are engineered systems.
4. Probability theory favors creation
The odds of life forming accidentally are beyond astronomical.
5. Information science favors creation
Codes, languages, and algorithms always originate from intelligence.
Creation, therefore, is not a retreat from science. On the contrary:
Creation fits comfortably within the boundaries of scientific laws. Naturalistic models repeatedly require violations of those laws.
5. The Universe Points to a Designer
When examined honestly and without philosophical restrictions, the evidence of science suggests:
- The universe had a cause
- That cause must be powerful enough to create space and time
- Life originated from pre-existing life
- Biological systems are saturated with information
- The complexity of cells and organisms demands design
- The laws of thermodynamics oppose spontaneous order
- The probability of unguided life is essentially zero
Science does not disprove God—it reveals Him.
The universe looks like it was designed because it was designed. Life appears engineered because it is engineered. DNA contains information because it was written. Matter exists because it was created.
Naturalistic theories often require the suspension or violation of scientific laws to work. But creation requires no such violations. It simply asserts that the laws we observe reflect the mind of the Lawgiver who made them.
And that, fundamentally, is why creation remains the explanation most consistent with the evidence.
