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There is very little evidence for the
existence of God! Now, if you’re an atheist, this sounds
like really good news-and bad news if you’re not. It’s good
news if you don’t want God to mess up your plans. It’s bad
news if you need the comfort of a God who will take care of
you. Before I explain what I mean by the word “little,” let
me cover a bit of history first.
In 1859, Charles Darwin published his
smash hit book, “Origin of Species.” For the next hundred
years, atheism was in its heyday. Darwin and others
postulated the very simple cell. They had good reason to do
so. The tiny cell appeared under their optical microscopes
as a sort of ping pong ball with a little pea at the
center. This tiny cell did all sorts of wonderful things,
but it was a “black box,” very much like our computers are-a
little black box that most people can’t explain while using
what it can do. Then, in 1959, DNA with its complexities
was discovered. The “simple” cell grew a bit more complex.
Then the electron microscope came along which made things
still more complicated. Then, along came magnetic nuclear
resonance scanning which began to show the cell at the
molecular level-and the complex suddenly became the
bewildering!
The year was 1996. Professor Michael J
Behee published his controversial book, “Darwin’s Black
Box.” He was interviewed March 29, 2006, the morning of the
writing of this article.
www.truthsthattransform.org Behee explained that in
Darwin’s day, the cell really was a sort of black box that
no one could really analyze, simply because the optical
equipment they had would not allow it.
Now, under magnetic nuclear resonance
scanning, the cell turns out to be dazzlingly complicated!
Now, this is what I mean by “little” evidence. Tiny
molecular machines construct highways, and vehicles that
travel on them, and motors that run the vehicles, and even
other machines that build the vehicles, and the motors that
run them, and the highways they travel on!
So what? Well, if Darwin is right, we
need not bother with God at all. Darwin himself said that
if evidence were to come forth that couldn’t explain cell
parts by simple processes becoming complex through small
steps, then his theory ought to be discarded. Behee
explains that these tiny cellular machines are irreducibly
complex. This means that if a part is missing, you have far
more than a part or system that works less efficiently.
Instead, you have a whole system that just won’t work at
all! This means that dozens of parts all had to be made all
at once, or the whole system would simply stop running
altogether! So, it turns out that Darwin’s “black box” has
been cracked wide open, and his “simple cell” just isn’t
“simple” anymore!
Science objects as follows: Science
simply won’t allow for intelligent design. That’s because
science is concerned with natural processes only. Science
can’t have anything to do with the supernatural or with
matters of faith. So, what’s wrong with this objection?
Well, it just doesn’t allow the mind to follow the trail of
evidence! Suppose for a moment that the evidence really
does show intelligent design. Suppose that this is the way
things really are. Suppose that we really have been
programmed by a vast intelligence. Now, suppose that you as
a “scientist” just won’t let yourself look down that trail
of evidence. This means that truth is screaming at you, but
you’re not allowed to move toward it!
Let’s do some more supposing. If God
wanted to actually talk to us, just how might He want to do
that? He could have a number of options. Clearly one of
these options would be built in and bewildering and complex
intelligent design! Do we not presuppose an author, when we
see letters arranged into words, which become sentences,
which become paragraphs, which become chapters, which then
become a complex novel? Can’t we also presuppose a
programmer when we clearly see atoms become molecules, which
become proteins, which become instructional code, which then
becomes DNA which then become cellular parts exhibiting
bewildering complexity? We have no trouble presupposing
computer design when we clearly see simple zeros and ones
become complex windows instructions-bugs not withstanding!
One final thought. If this
“programmer” did communicate, then isn’t it wise to try and
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Modesto, California
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