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A Self-Sustaining Universe.
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth…”
When God created the universe, the fall of man had not occurred. If He is not presumptuous in His omniscience, and I believe He is not, He designed it to last for eternity. Most scientists say that the universe is winding down, in fact science would say that eventually all matter will be iron and all energy will be trapped in that iron. What would it take for the universe to be self sustaining? Again, according to atheistic science, the answer would be a continuous supply of Hydrogen.
To understand this you must first understand the life cycle of a star. A star is a giant fusion reactor that takes simple elements and creates heavier elements. Once a fusion reaction is started it will continue until it runs out of fuel. In the case of a nuclear bomb or H-bomb (as opposed to an atomic bomb) there is insufficient energy to go beyond turning hydrogen into helium. In the case of a star, it will continue until it converts all of the fuel available into iron. Iron fusion requires a continuous source of energy, not just fuel, so fusion stops when the energy is captured or escapes. What that means is that all stars will eventually either explode or turn into huge balls of iron.
That brings us to fission. Fission takes heavy elements and turns them into lighter elements. Once a fission reaction is started it will continue until it runs out of fuel. This can occur through radioactive decay or explosive fission. Radioactive decay occurs slowly and spontaneously in all heavy elements until all of the fuel available is converted into iron. Iron fission requires a continuous source of energy, not just fuel, so fission stops when the energy is captured or escapes. Explosive fission occurs in atomic bombs and nuclear power plants. What that means is that the solid planets are slowly turning into large balls of iron.
The wild card is when a star explodes. The amount of energy released in the explosion of the star is enough to cause iron and similar elements to fuse into even heavier elements, such as lead, uranium, etc.
So the universe is recycling matter, moving it by fission and fusion up and down the chart of elements, creating everything except hydrogen—that is assuming there is not an undiscovered process that creates hydrogen. Or, that the universe is not closed, meaning that there is a source of hydrogen that is outside or not limited to the universe.
“By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things which are visible.”
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth…”
When God created the universe, the fall of man had not occurred. If He is not presumptuous in His omniscience, and I believe He is not, He designed it to last for eternity. Most scientists say that the universe is winding down, in fact science would say that eventually all matter will be iron and all energy will be trapped in that iron. What would it take for the universe to be self sustaining? Again, according to atheistic science, the answer would be a continuous supply of Hydrogen.
To understand this you must first understand the life cycle of a star. A star is a giant fusion reactor that takes simple elements and creates heavier elements. Once a fusion reaction is started it will continue until it runs out of fuel. In the case of a nuclear bomb or H-bomb (as opposed to an atomic bomb) there is insufficient energy to go beyond turning hydrogen into helium. In the case of a star, it will continue until it converts all of the fuel available into iron. Iron fusion requires a continuous source of energy, not just fuel, so fusion stops when the energy is captured or escapes. What that means is that all stars will eventually either explode or turn into huge balls of iron.
That brings us to fission. Fission takes heavy elements and turns them into lighter elements. Once a fission reaction is started it will continue until it runs out of fuel. This can occur through radioactive decay or explosive fission. Radioactive decay occurs slowly and spontaneously in all heavy elements until all of the fuel available is converted into iron. Iron fission requires a continuous source of energy, not just fuel, so fission stops when the energy is captured or escapes. Explosive fission occurs in atomic bombs and nuclear power plants. What that means is that the solid planets are slowly turning into large balls of iron.
The wild card is when a star explodes. The amount of energy released in the explosion of the star is enough to cause iron and similar elements to fuse into even heavier elements, such as lead, uranium, etc.
So the universe is recycling matter, moving it by fission and fusion up and down the chart of elements, creating everything except hydrogen—that is assuming there is not an undiscovered process that creates hydrogen. Or, that the universe is not closed, meaning that there is a source of hydrogen that is outside or not limited to the universe.
“By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things which are visible.”
