One of the goals of Apologetics is to deal with the objections that people have regarding the existence of God. For the last several weeks, we have been listing some of these objections and the arguments that address them. Here is how Norm Geisler addresses the issue of chance and origins:
Chance and Origins. If chance can explain the origin of the universe (see Evolution), there is no need for a cause. This objection to proofs for God’s existence is subject to several criticisms.
An effect cannot be greater than its cause. The Cause of intelligent beings must be intelligent. It cannot give perfections it does not have to give (see First Principles; Teleological Argument).
It is unscientific to speak of chance causing the incredibly complex and intelligent patterns found in the structure of life (see Teleological Argument) and the universe (see Big Bang). Only intelligent intervention adequately explains the organization of DNA in the simplest organism.
Chance is only a statistical description of the likelihood of events. Only forces or powers can cause events. Chance merely describes the likelihood of a force (or forces) producing a given event.
Chance cannot be a cause in terms of the cosmological argument. Chance is not a power, and a non-power cannot cause anything. Even the critic who proposes chance explanation of the entire universe would not agree that the very words used to express his ideas were a product of chance.
Geisler, N. L. (1999). In Baker encyclopedia of Christian apologetics (p. 293). Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books.