The “Goldilocks Zone”
Saturday, April 26th, 2008 : By Hugh Williams
So first she tasted the porridge of the Great, Huge Bear, and that was too hot for her; and she said a bad word about that. And then she tasted the porridge of the Middle Bear, and that was too cold for her; and she said a bad word about that too. And then she went to the porridge of the Little, Small, Wee Bear, and tasted that;and that was neither too hot nor too cold, but just right; and she liked it so well she ate it all up…
Last week’s “God Question” about the existence of God got into some deep science that hopefully didn’t lose too many people. I wanted to follow up on that by posting a link to The Privileged Planet, based on the book by Jay Wesley Richards and Guillermo Gonzalez. The heart of their work was the idea that “the same narrow circumstances that allow us to exist also provide us with the best overall setting for making scientific discoveries.”
In this video, they discuss the “Goldilocks Zone,” a term that describes the Earth’s very fortunate location in the solar system: neither too hot nor too cold, but just right. The fact is, there are dozens and dozens of “Goldilocks Zones” that are necessary to make life possible, and we just happen to live at the intersection of all of them. Coincidence?
This video—a whole hour long!—is exceptionally well done and features some of the same video that we used in answering last week’s question about God’s existence. If you like it, please consider buying the book or the DVD to support what they’ve made freely available.
Note: you can download the script too!
About The Author
Hugh Williams is one of the Adult Bible Study teachers at Grace Fellowship and is also one of the webmasters for the forGodsfame.org website. You may notice him playing bass with the music team on Sunday mornings, too, when he works hard on smiling while reading music and keeping rhythm at the same time. A native of the New York City area, Hugh and his wife, Krista, have lived in the Atlanta area since 1997.
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