A Just Right Universe
Non-theists assume that for the universe to have "happened" on its own, all the right elements and natural processes were already present. This alone is a pretty outrageous assumption.

To put this in perspective, imagine the possibility of a Boeing 747 aircraft being completely assembled as a result of a tornado striking a junkyard. Now imagine how much more unlikely that possibility would be if bauxite (aluminum ore) was substituted for the junk parts. Finally, replace bauxite with river silt. Consider the outrageous probability of this happening without something or someone designing it.

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Getting the Right Electrons:
The Universe must be fine tuned enough so that the precise number of electrons must exist. The number of electrons needs to be equalvalent to the number of protons to an acuracy of 1 part in 10^37. This balance is needed so that the electromagnetic force does not overpower the gravitational force when the universe was formed. Had the number of protons and electrons not been "perfectly" balanced, gravity would not have been the dominate force to cause the proper formation of the planets, stars, and galaxies .
10^37 is such a great number; the following analogy is helpful in understanding this number:

Cover the entire North American continent in dimes all the way up to the moon (a height of 239,000 miles). Next, pile dimes on a billion other continents the same size as North America up to the moon. Paint one dime red and mix that one into the rest of the dimes on the billions of continents. Blindfold a friend and ask them to pick out the red dime. The chances that they will pick out the red dime are 1 in 10^37. And this is only one of the parameters that must be balanced within 1 part in 10^37 to allow any kind of life to form.

1. the gravational force constant
   if larger: stars would be too hot and would burn up too quickly and unevenly
   if smaller: stars would remain too cool for nuclear fusion to ignite

   the electromagnetic force constant

   if larger: elements more massive than boron would be too unstable for fission

   if smaller: insuffient chemical bonding

   the strong nuclear force constant

   if larger: no hydrogen, nuclei essential for life would be unstable

   if smaller: no elements other than hydrogen

   the velocity of light

   if faster: stars would be too luminous

   if slower: stars would not give us enough light

   supernovae eruptions

   if too close, too frequent, or too late: radiation would exterminate life on the planet

   if too far, too infrequent, or too soon: not enough heavy element ashes for the formation of rocky planets

   Carbon to Oxygen energy level ratio

   if larger: insuffient oxygen for life to exist

   if smaller: insuffient carbon for life to exist

   ground state energy level for Helium

   if larger or smaller: insuffient carbon and oxygen for life to exist

   decay rate of Beryllium

   if slower: heavy element fusion would generate catastrophic explosions in all the stars

   if faster: no element production beyond Berellium, and thus no life chemistry

   decay rate of the proton

   if larger: life would be exterminated by the release of radiation

   if smaller: insuffient matter in the universe for life

Example after example gives us proof that the universe is finely tuned. These balances could not have happened by chance. With so much proof to rely on, why is it so hard to believe that their really is a Creator of the Cosmos?

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