MURPHY'S LAW: THE CURSE IN ACTION

A universal truth seems to be that, "Whatever can go wrong, will go wrong."  This is an accepted fact the world over, said with slightly different words, but the meaning is the same.  In America, it's known as Murphy's Law.  From whence, biblically speaking, would such a state of affairs have arisen?

The answer lies in Genesis.  After Adam partook of the forbidden fruit, God pronounces judgement in chapter 3, verse 17.  Toward the end of the verse He says, "...cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life" continuing on in verses 18 and 19: "Thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee...In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return." This curse on the Earth, or "ground," is further amplified against Cain, a "tiller of the ground" (4:2), after he kills his brother Abel, in verse 12: "When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength...."

Here we see death introduced as the ultimate end, but with a life of toil and sweat now occupying the lives of humanity till then, with the Earth now working against them.  Weeds now spring forth, and the Earth itself is working against man.  Modern agricultural knowledge and the availability of fertilizers, weed sprays, and modern technology have come along way in alleviating the curse in this area to an extent, but the tendency is still toward breakdown and decay.  Order gives way to disorder, and organization to chaos. The second Law of Thermodynamics states that entropy will increase over time in a closed system; that is, one left to itself. This is also a huge argument against the evolution of life as things do not tend toward increased complexity of structure, but towards simplicity. Without constant intervention, maintenance and upkeep, things tend to fall apart if left to their own devices (nature). "Whatever can go wrong, will go wrong."