A Case Against Accident and Self-Organization

Is it mathematically possible that accidental processes caused the formation of the first form of living matter from non-living matter? Could accidental processes have caused the formation of a universe compatible with life? Are current self-organization scenarios for the formation of the first living matter permissible? The author reviews the influence of metaphysical assumptions in logical analysis, and discusses the principles of logic applicable to these questions, examining the limitations of verbal and mathematical logic. Dean Overman then procceds to demonstrate that it is mathematically impossible that accidental processes produced the first living matter. The text also exaines other issues related to the creation of the universe, including Stephen Hawking’s no boundary proposal, the need for a Creator as the preserving cause of the universe, and the explanations offered by the weak and strong anthropic principles.