The religiously insane think that the *second* law of thermodynamics somehow "proves" that there is a god
That's why they bring it up all the time. Essentially, they're cherry-picking science for the bits they think agree with them, without understanding what that science actually means or implies.

Put it this way: if someone brings up the second law of thermodynamics in a debate you can pretty much guarantee:
1) They have no idea what the other laws of thermodynamics are
2) They don't understand the implications of the second law of thermodynamics otherwise they'd never have brought it up in the first place
3) They're either creationists or some other flavour of proper loopy god-botherers
4) You can pretty much disregard anything else they have to say

There may be exceptions to the above; I wouldn't know, I've never encountered any of them.
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Mon 4 Apr 2011, 13:38, 1 reply)

I have never been able to find out if the original rant claiming that the second law proves creationism
was a genuine piece or a parody. It's the ultimate test of Poe's Law.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Mon 4 Apr 2011, 13:52, closed)

You'll find it still crops up all over the place, apparently seriously
www.christiananswers.net/q-eden/edn-thermodynamics.html

It's astonishing the way that they seem to think the Earth is a closed system, with no external energy source.
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Mon 4 Apr 2011, 14:00, closed)

monicks.posterous.com/a-creationist-discovers-the-sun#
( Afinkawan Yes I can hear you Clem Fandango, Mon 4 Apr 2011, 14:42, closed)

Ahahaha, exactly this :)

( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Mon 4 Apr 2011, 14:46, closed)

1 kW per square meter...
... you would think that covered it.
( Ugi , it's a game of give and cake, Mon 4 Apr 2011, 14:58, closed)

That's the one.
But I'm still not convinced it's real.
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Mon 4 Apr 2011, 16:03, closed)

It's a fairly normal thing to hear
from idiot creationists.

Generally they don't do it so much to prove God exists, they try to use it prove that evolution doesn't exist - with the fallacious misunderstanding that disproving evolution somehow proves God.
( Afinkawan Yes I can hear you Clem Fandango, Mon 4 Apr 2011, 14:30, closed)