In the Beginning was Information
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The nine above-mentioned general but fundamental <strong>the</strong>oremsabout <strong>the</strong> nature of <strong>the</strong> laws of nature, N1 to N9, have all beenderived from experience. Their correctness cannot be proved, butcan be tested repeatedly in <strong>the</strong> real world. We now formulate atenth <strong>the</strong>orem which depends, however, on <strong>the</strong> personal view of<strong>the</strong> user. For this reason we present two different versions, <strong>the</strong>oremsN10a and N10b. <strong>In</strong> <strong>the</strong> one case <strong>the</strong> existence of God isdenied, and in <strong>the</strong> second case He is accepted as <strong>the</strong> Prime Cause.Both views are equally a question of belief and conviction. <strong>In</strong> <strong>the</strong>case of any given model, we have to decide which one of <strong>the</strong> twoassumptions would be more useful.N10a: Natural events can be explained without God. Thisassumption can be used in all cases where <strong>the</strong> laws of nature areapplied to existing or planned systems. An analysis of <strong>the</strong> energyequilibrium when ice melts, is an example of an existing system,while an example of a planned system is <strong>the</strong> building of a newspace vehicle. <strong>In</strong> actual fact, most effects of <strong>the</strong> laws of nature canbe explained and computed without reference to God (e. g. freefall). All attempts to explain <strong>the</strong> origin of life by means of modelswhere God as <strong>In</strong>itiator is ignored, are based on <strong>the</strong>orem N10a.It is necessary to formulate an important alternative <strong>the</strong>orem forthose who acknowledge <strong>the</strong> God of <strong>the</strong> Bible, namely, when did<strong>the</strong> laws of nature begin to operate, and what is God’s position inregard to <strong>the</strong>se laws? These questions cannot be solved throughobservation, and we require some knowledge of <strong>the</strong> Bible as background:N10b: The present laws of nature became operational whencreation <strong>was</strong> completed. The laws of nature are a fundamentalcomponent of <strong>the</strong> world as we know it, and <strong>the</strong>y indicate that <strong>the</strong>Creator sustains all things (Colossians 1:17, Hebrews 1:3).Theselaws were installed during <strong>the</strong> six creation days, and thus cannot beregarded as prerequisites for creation, since <strong>the</strong>y <strong>the</strong>mselves werealso created. It is very emphatically denied that God’s creative actscould be explained in terms of <strong>the</strong> present laws of nature. At <strong>the</strong>end of <strong>the</strong> six days of creation everything <strong>was</strong> complete, <strong>the</strong> earth,<strong>the</strong> universe, <strong>the</strong> plants, animals, and man: “By <strong>the</strong> seventh dayGod had finished <strong>the</strong> work He had been doing” (Genesis 2:2).33