Did the Laws of Science Apply in the Beginning? It is relatively
easy to disprove the idea that matter can spontaneously
generate. Of course, even intuition does not back spontaneous
generation. It matters not how long you sit in your chair and
stare at an empty desk. A pencil will not eventually materialize
on the desk before you. Things—no matter how simplistic—do not
pop into existence from nothing. The idea of ordered, physical
law-abiding matter (i.e., like that which we see all around us
in the created order) coming into being from nothing is even
more far-fetched. Beyond intuition, this matter is laid to rest
when we consider the implications of the First Law of
Thermodynamics and the Law of Conservation of Matter. To
paraphrase, the amount of energy and matter in a system will
remain constant unless there is input from some outside source.
In other words, it does not matter how long you stare at the
table, unless someone comes by your table and puts an already
existing pencil on it, or you put the pen