Science: Universe is in decay
2nd law of thermodynamics
The 2nd law of thermodynamics says that the entropy (randomness or
disorder) of the universe is forever increasing.
Current evidence suggests that all space, matter and energy that exists
in the universe came into being in the Big Bang. The 2nd law of
thermodynamics will continue therefore to operate on the existing
matter indefinitely.
Ever expanding & cooling universe
The discovery of the "cosmological constant" in 1998 (and since
confirmed by others) shows that the universe will almost certainly
continue to expand forever at an ever accelerating rate. One
consequence of this is that as the universes matter gets spread out
more and more, eventually (many billions of years) no new stars will
form, and existing ones will burn out.
As the stars burn out, heat will not be generated anymore and
eventually no life will be possible. The universe and all life will end
in what has been called "The Big Freeze".
Just has the Bible predicted, it seems that the whole universe is been
subjected to decay. (see bible
verses)
Philosophical Note:
If the universe will eventually fizzle out
and all life will
cease...
what hope,
purpose or destiny is there for the human race?
Interestingly,
Christianity is unique among all world religions by providing an
answer to this question. Of all the world religions, only Christianity
has built
into its framework, a two creation
model. According to the new testament of the Bible, in the
future before life ends, God will
replace this universe with a new one that is not subject to decay (2
Peter 3:13, Rev 21:1, Romans 8:21). Christianity seems to have
anticipated this question, two thousand years before we knew enough to
ask it.