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"Everyone who is seriously interested in the pursuit of science becomes convinced that a spirit is manifest in the laws of the Universe--a spirit vastly superior to that of man, and one in the face of which we with our modest powers must feel humble." -Albert Einstein Have you ever looked up into the heavens at night--or felt a tiny baby grip your finger--and been filled with wonder? The world is filled with wonder everywhere we look. The Marvels of Nature Who made all of this? Did it just happen...or is there really a God who created it, as the Bible says? Can anyone really deny it? If you say there is no God, then all the wonders around you are just an accident. The billions of stars in the sky just happened to make themselves, generate their own power, and stay on course. The land just happens to have topsoil without which nothing could grow. The air we breathe--only 50 miles deep and exactly the right composition to support life--is just another accident in the "laws of physics." Did deposits of coal, zinc, gold and uranium get there by accident? And what prevents lakes from freezing solid--all the way down to the bottom--making it impossible for fish to survive frigid winters? Why does the earth spin at a given speed without slowing so that we have day and night? Who tilts it so we get seasons? No one really knows the why and how of the magnetic poles. Or think of the sun stoking a fire just warm enough to sustain us on earth, but not too close to fry us or too far away to freeze us. Who keeps things constant? Can you believe these things just happened? Isn't it more reasonable to believe that a supreme mind is behind all of them and everything that exists? The Amazing Human Body What about the human body? It's an intricate combination of bones, muscles, nerves, and blood vessels. By 2020 scientists hope to have a supercomputer to rival the three-pound average adul