The Sean McDowell Show Science Turning Back to God!
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Jan 20, 2026 Michel-Yves Bollore, a French computer engineer and co-author of *God, the Science, the Evidence*, argues that recent scientific discoveries challenge materialism and suggest a Cosmic Designer. He discusses how thermodynamics implies a beginning to the universe and contrasts the early 20th-century confidence in materialism with current findings that favor intelligence behind creation. Bollore critiques materialist responses like the multiverse and emphasizes the complexity of life's origins as evidence pointing toward God's existence.
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Thermodynamics Reintroduces A Cosmic Beginning
- Bollore traces 20th-century triumph of materialism from Copernicus to Darwin and Freud, concluding science seemed to make God unnecessary.
- He argues thermodynamics (heat death) reintroduced the necessity of a beginning and thus a cause beyond the universe.
Fire Analogy For A Caused Universe
- Bollore uses the chimney/fire analogy to show a burning universe implies a starter and thus a cause external to eternal processes.
- He notes Einstein initially resisted but ultimately affirmed thermodynamics' importance.
Resistance And Persecution Over Cosmic Origins
- Bollore recounts Einstein's reluctance to accept an expanding universe because it resembled Biblical creation.
- He also describes persecution of scientists under Stalin and Hitler for advocating cosmic beginnings.
