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:''See articles: [[Atheism and Evolution]]'' and [[Evolution as a secular origins myth]]

:''See articles: [[Atheism and Evolution]]'' and [[Evolution as a secular origins myth]]

[[Creationism|Creationist]] scientists state that the [[First Law of Thermodynamics|first law of thermodynamics]] and the [[Second Law of Thermodynamics|second law of thermodynamics]] argue against an eternal universe or a universe created by natural processes and argue for a universe created by [[God]].<ref>Multiple references:

[[Creationism|Creationist]] scientists state that the [[First Law of Thermodynamics|first law of thermodynamics]] and the [[Second Law of Thermodynamics|second law of thermodynamics]] argue against an eternal universe or a universe created by natural processes and argue for a universe created by [[God]].<ref>Multiple references:

*Hergenrather, John (2004).  [http://www.creationencounter.com/space/lawsofscience.php "Evidences for God from space:  can laws of science explain the origin of the universe?"]  Creation Encounter.  

*Hergenrather, John (2004).  [http://www.creationencounter.com/space/lawsofscience.php "Evidences for God from space:  can laws of science explain the origin of the universe?"]  Creation Encounter.  

*Thompson, Bert (2003).  [http://www.apologeticspress.org/apcontent.aspx?category=12&article=310 "So long, eternal universe; 'Hello beginning, hello end!'"]  Apologetics Press.   

*Thompson, Bert (2003).  [http://www.apologeticspress.org/apcontent.aspx?category=12&article=310 "So long, eternal universe; 'Hello beginning, hello end!'"]  Apologetics Press.   

*Brown, Dr. Walt (2008).  [http://www.creationscience.com/onlinebook/AstroPhysicalSciences14.html "Chapter 2: astronomical and physical sciences", p. 53.]  ''In the Beginning: Compelling Evidence for Creation and the Flood'', 8th ed. The Center for Scientific Creation.</ref> See also: [[Atheism and the origin of the universe]]

*Brown, Dr. Walt (2008).  [http://www.creationscience.com/onlinebook/AstroPhysicalSciences14.html "Chapter 2: astronomical and physical sciences", p. 53.]  ''In the Beginning: Compelling Evidence for Creation and the Flood'', 8th ed. The Center for Scientific Creation.</ref>

 

The [[New Atheism|new atheist]] [[Richard Dawkins]] wrote:  “The fact that [[origin of life|life evolved]] out of nearly nothing, some 10 billion years after the universe evolved literally out of nothing, is a fact so staggering that I would be mad to attempt words to do it justice."<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=4TDTnoBLdQMC&pg=PA141&lpg=PA141&dq=%E2%80%9CThe+fact+that+life+evolved+out+of+nearly+nothing,+some+10+billion+years+after+the+universe+evolved+literally+out+of+nothing,+is+a+fact+so+staggering+that+I+would+be+mad+to+attempt+words+to+do+it+justice.%22&source=bl&ots=g1m0iQzew4&sig=CT1XkXd8yfbNUCIDKeDH_x_UbO8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi7vImP8ZjNAhUGPCYKHSAdDXcQ6AEIJDAB#v=onepage&q=%E2%80%9CThe%20fact%20that%20life%20evolved%20out%20of%20nearly%20nothing%2C%20some%2010%20billion%20years%20after%20the%20universe%20evolved%20literally%20out%20of%20nothing%2C%20is%20a%20fact%20so%20staggering%20that%20I%20would%20be%20mad%20to%20attempt%20words%20to%20do%20it%20justice.%22&f=false Richard Dawkins quote about the origin of the universe], ''God, Science, and Reason: Finding the Light of God Amidst the Darkness of Atheism and Dogmatism'' By Michael Bunner, page 141</ref> See also: [[Atheism and the origin of the universe]]

 

 

''See also:'' [[Atheism and evolution]]

A majority of the most prominent and vocal defenders of the [[evolution]]ary position which employs [[methodological naturalism]] since [[World War II]] have had the worldview of atheism or [[agnosticism]].<ref>

A majority of the most prominent and vocal defenders of the [[evolution]]ary position which employs [[methodological naturalism]] since [[World War II]] have had the worldview of atheism or [[agnosticism]].<ref>