Creation Moment 3/20/2024 - System Earth

All things were made through Him, and without Him was not anything made that was made. John 1:3

"Systems engineering has been recognized for over 60 years as essential to the proper development of complex and complicated man-made systems.

One example of a complex system that clearly displays the hallmarks of skilled systems engineering is that of planet Earth and its external support systems (the sun, our galaxy, our moon, etc.). It is beautifully designed, optimally positioned within the solar system, and intricately balanced to enable and sustain life.

System Earth has all the tailor-made features researchers have determined are necessary for a planet to be capable of supporting living things. 

--Scientists have long identified more than 250 optimized design requirements a planet must have for this. These include a robust and customized atmosphere, appropriate quantities of water in its various phased states (ice, liquid, and vapor), an ideal range of surface temperatures, and a period of rotation on its axis that is finely tuned.

System Earth has these (and more!) design elements essential for life suggests it is a systems engineering marvel, one that shows all the hallmarks of incredible intelligence. 

For instance, the range of color a star emits depends on its mass. In the case of our sun, this was carefully engineered to ensure the color of its light is in the right range. 

If it were shifted more toward the red or more toward the blue, the photosynthetic reaction, needed to allow plants to grow and produce food as well as lifegiving oxygen, would be less efficient. 

The earth’s distance from the sun also appears precisely measured for a stable water cycle. If the earth were too far away, most water would freeze. If the earth were too close, most water would boil." 

CMI