Managing the Universe
KKeeping the rotation of the earth around the sun is a fantastic feat not to be underestimated. But now consider one more factor in our amazing universe: the balance of atmospheric gases. The human body can only survive with the exact percentage of oxygen. Again let us imagine what might happen if we faced any of those problems. where we tampered with this delicate balance for the sake of optimising our weapons technology etc. Consider the scenario where a chemical chain reaction was started with an experiment in a factory where pesticides were produced.
The early morning talk show your wife is watching from under covers is suddenly interrupted. An overcrowded hospital appears with a reporter wearing an oxygen tank. A doctor also with an oxygen tank stands among the crowd trying to get into a local hospital. Another doctor and a prominent geologist stands on either side of the reporter.
“ Doctor, can you tell us what’ s going on?”
The doctor grimly replies,“ Hundreds are dying in all our hospitals everywhere.”
The geologist adjusts his spectacles.“ The fact is that the composition of the atmosphere is gradually changing. Too much oxygen is in the air!”
The doctor is on again. The reporter asks,“ Besides respiratory problems what’ s going on, doc?”
“ An increase in heart and kidney problems. In fact, all body functions are speeding up.”
The scene changes to a pastor in a crowd outside the New Hope Church on 4th Avenue. The reporter asks,“ Pastor Henry, what’ s happening?”
The pastor replies,“ People are swarming into the nearest Churches seeking God!”
If you are the strong kind of man, you can take any difficult news, but suddenly your wife screams hysterically. She dashes out of bed in her night clothes and grabs hold of your hands,“ Honey, we’ ve got to get oxygen tanks!”
As a college student you had read a statement by the brilliant Russian-born theoretical physicist, George Gamow, that said that the gases in the atmosphere are made up of about 78 parts nitrogen and 21 parts oxygen. Although the thickness may vary from valley to mountain top, the ratio remains the same.
You remember reading that too much nitrogen in the atmosphere slows down the normal functions of the body and causes death. Too much oxygen is also harmful, increasing the activities of the body to such a pace that life could not last long. [ 1 ]
You surmise that this ratio could not have developed by accident. You know from your study of chemistry that most accidents in chemistry usually result in explosions, especially as nitrogen is the basic ingredient of practically every explosive.
Hurriedly you forget about shaving and
rush to the car with your wife just as she is. You step on the gas pedal and the car speeds out of the driveway with the tires screeching.
After purchasing oxygen tanks, you return home. With the change in the atmosphere, major problems emerge.
From knowledge of geography and of people who live at higher altitudes, you decide to evacuate at once, to leave all earthly possessions and head for the highest place on the planet. Two hours later with oxygen tanks you fly out to a remote village high in the mountains of Tibet.
As you descend on Tibetan soil, from your iphone you clicked on to live news only to hear closing words of the reporter,“ Friends, due to unforeseen atmospheric weather changes, we regret that for our team’ s safety we are forced to sign off immediately! God must have been protecting us all this time!” Click!
Frank Allen was a biophysicist who specialized in the scientific study of visual processes, liquid air production, and glandular mutations. He supported the balance factor in an article entitled“ The Origin of the World- by Chance
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