There has been an ongoing discussion among for many years regarding our origin. Christians who take the Bible seriously believe God created us with precise design. Others have the view that we are a product of evolution over billions of years, and are a result of some cosmic accident.
I am presenting below some facts that you need to understand that should either confirm your beliefs or provide some serious questions about our origin. There will be no Biblical references to refer to, just secular worldly oberservations. The greatest barrier to truth is the assumption that you already have it. In order to learn, we have to keep an open mind. When reading over these facts, the one thing I ask is to check your presuppositions at the door, and focus on the details on what is written. Without an open mind learning is impossible.
I am presenting below some facts that you need to understand that should either confirm your beliefs or provide some serious questions about our origin. There will be no Biblical references to refer to, just secular worldly oberservations. The greatest barrier to truth is the assumption that you already have it. In order to learn, we have to keep an open mind. When reading over these facts, the one thing I ask is to check your presuppositions at the door, and focus on the details on what is written. Without an open mind learning is impossible.
Ø Two views on Origin
There are two world views on our origin. The first view is that mankind is a result of an “accident” or randomness. This view is taught today to our impressionable children by the government run public school system. The other world view is that we are a result from a deliberate view from a designer. Genesis 1 goes the detail on how God created everything in 6 days.
Ø A finite universe
The great discovery of 20th century science is that the universe is not infinite; it’s finite. The term known as thermal decay tells us that heat flows from hot bodies to cold bodies. If the universe was infinitely old, the universe would have a uniform temperature. The temperature of the universe is not uniform, and therefore it is not infinitely old, and therefore it had a beginning. We had a beginning and we will have an end.
Ø The Big Bang Theory
The big bang theory suggests first there was nothing, and then it exploded. There are many different types of big bang theories with the first given by Einstein who later regretted ever suggesting it.
Ø Entropy vs. Design
Entropy (randomness) is another proof that we were not created by accident. Randomness and design are mutually exclusive, and we cannot have both a precise design and randomness or accident. Design and entropy are polar opposites. The law of entropy means that things always seem to move toward entropy. For example, if I clean out the garage and get it all cleaned up and orderly, it will eventually look like that again. It takes conscious, intelligent effort to maintain order and entropy does not happen by itself- ever. So the philosophy that a “big bang” is entropy is impossible because an event so huge could have not been by accident. It is not by random chance or accident that we live on planet earth, at the only precise distance humans could survive. We do not have this very complex body made up with complex DNA, and all sorts of bodily systems that just happened to occur by accident. A design was needed to produce us, as randomness could not. There is only one field of science in which scientists close their eyes and pretend the entropy laws are not there, and that is the field of biology. They don’t recognize that you cannot create information. When they try to tell you that organization and life happen on its own chance, they are completely ignorant dealing with the laws of entropy. In addition, the law of thermodynamics says that matter/energy cannot be created or destroyed. There is a new field of mathematics called chaos theory and it is the study about the randomness of the universe. They cannot find randomness which pulls the rug out from underneath the evolutionists.
Ø Complexity of the Simple Cell
An evolutionist by the name of Michael Denton wrote a book in 1986 that although the tiniest bacterial cells are very small, each is a delicately designed piece of machinery made up of 100 billion atoms and far more complicated than any machine built by man, and absolutely without parallel in the living world. This simple cell is more complex than anything man has ever created. The cell is unequal from anything man created on earth, and it can duplicate itself within a few hours. All cells derive from previous cells. All DNA will also copy itself. An example worth looking at is using symphony where you have 100 equally talented musicians and 100 instruments. You cannot play the music until a conductor is assigned. Everyone would not know what instrument to play and what section of the symphony they would be in (1st or 2nd trumpet, etc). The same situation happens with cells and that they need to know when to divide with God is their conductor.
Ø Other Complexity examples
There are many relationships that are created that show the delicateness of creation. You cannot have complexity on something that was created at random or accident. Can an airplane, computer, drill, book, or anything else be put together without someone personally designing it? No it cannot, and neither can the universe. Some of the hundreds of relationships that show the God created everything with great precision abound and here are just a few of those relationships. The electron/proton ratio, distance the earth is from the sun, the earth’s surface gravity, thickness of the earth’s crust, the earth’s axis tilt, and the thickness of the ozone layer.
Ø Ratio of Electron/Proton Mass
The ratio of electron to proton mass is one of those relationships. The ratio of electrons to protons is 1 to 1836. If it was larger or small, molecules would not form and life would be impossible.
Ø Distance from the Sun to the Earth
The distance from the earth to the sun is another relationship that was created with precise design. If the earth was closer it would be too warm to maintain a stable water cycle. If we were further away, it would be too cold on earth to have a water cycle.
Ø Gravity
Surface gravity is another example. If gravity was stronger, the atmosphere would have too much ammonia and methane. If gravity was weaker that atmosphere would lose too much water, and it is just at that balance to make life possible.
Ø Thickness of the Earth’s Crust
The thickness of the earth’s crust is another relationship created with precise design. If the crust were thicker there would be too much oxygen to be transferred from the atmosphere to the earth’s crust. If the crust were thinner volcanic activity would be too great.
Ø Earth’s axis tilt
Another relationship created with precise design is the earth’s axis tilt. If the tilt was either greater in either direction, the surface temperatures would be too great both in the northern and southern hemispheres. Earth and Mars also have the same axis tilts
Ø Ozone Layer
Another relationship created with perfection is the ozone layer. When these global warming advocates say how delicate the ozone layer is, you can easily lure them into a trap. They make these claims they make that if the ozone layer changes 1/10 of 1% that we will be cosmically doomed. We can then ask them if the earth is pretty sensitively balanced, and they of course would answer yes- which is the answer we want to hear. We then ask them who balanced it? Randomness and design are mutually exclusive, so if they admit how delicate the ozone layer is, it could not have happened by randomness or accident. If the ozone layer was greater, surface temperature would be too low. If there was less of an ozone layer, the surface temperature would be too high. All of these and hundreds and all of these relationships have to be balanced right and it is just more proof that contrary to what many biologists and public school administrators believe. God is the designer of the universe, and these things and hundreds other things that we have taken for granted did not happen by circumstance.
Ø Creation of the Solar System
There is no plausible explanation that cannot support a solar origin of the planets, meaning the planets could not have generated from the sun. The largest planets are furthest from the sun. If the planets were created and shot out from the sun, the largest planets being the heaviest, would be closest to the sun, not furthest away. As we examine the planets carefully we discover they are in pairs. There are three pairs with rapid spin rates among our planets, each within 3 percent of each other. There is always a pair that has about the same spin rate. Earth and Mars have the same spin rate, Jupiter and Saturn have the same spin rate, and Uranus and Neptune have the same spin rate. These same spin rates suggest they have a relationship with one another. Earth and Mars also have the same axis tilts.
Ø Design of the Woodpecker
Another example of incredible design is the woodpecker. He obviously has a very strong beak. His pounding is so hard that he has special cartridge between his beak and his head because of all of the force between his beak and the wood. His tail feathers are designed to be a tripod for the shocks. Most birds have 3 toes in front and 1 one in back. However the woodpecker was designed with 2 toes up front and 2 in back to help so he can grip the bark of the tree better. He was designed for what he does. He has a very unusual tongue because he has to use his tongue to get into the larvae in the tree, and his tongue also has barbs on the end to grab the larvae.
Ø Design of Birds- Siberian Plover
How birds migrate and fly from one part of the earth to the other is still a mystery to this day. One example of birds migrating is The Siberian Plover. This Siberian Plover is a little bird that starts in Alaska and flies to Hawaii. The bird weighs around 130 grams. He will have to generate 225,000 wing flaps to travel the 2800 miles entirely over water with nowhere to rest. He will have to consume enough food for energy to last the entire 2800 miles during this 3 day, 4 night trip that will take 88 hours. In preparation for this flight he eats enough food so his body weight increases 70 grams, or around 54%. An analogy would be for a 200 pound man would have to weigh in at 308 in just 3 months. But here’s the question. How did the birds know they would have to consume over 50% of their bodyweight to get to Hawaii? How are the birds supposed to find those tiny islands in the Pacific? If the birds didn’t find them, they would crash into the ocean because their energy would be used up. Are we to assume this original Golden Plover just decided to gain 70g with the intent to fly off by accident? In addition to answering all of these questions, there is another problem. Hawaii is an 88 hour trip. Scientists can confirm he only has enough fuel to travel the 72 of the 88 hours. They make the entire trip by flying in the V formation and they save their fuel that way. These birds could not make it the distance without each other. The birds are essentially drafting from one another like you see with race cars and they save about 20% of their fuel by rotating positions through drafting.
Ø Design of the Bombardier Beetle
Another great example of precise design is the bombardier beetle. This beetle has a defense mechanism so when it feels like it will be attacked, the beetle can shoot out a spray of liquid against its enemy that is 212 degrees. How does this beetle’s body contain liquid so hot? How did this beetle know how to make and spray this liquid so that it doesn’t kill itself? The evolutionists have no answer to it.
Ø Design of the Giraffe
The giraffe is an example of the unique design of every animal. He is about 19 feet tall and weighs around 2,500 pounds and can run 36 mph, he eats 200 pounds of food per day which includes 16-20 hours of eating. The giraffe sleeps around 20 minutes per day. He can go without water for months at a time, and in his habitat sometimes he has to. Being so tall, it takes a lot of blood pressure to get the blood to his brain. As a result, a giraffe’s blood pressure is much higher than humans blood pressure, because his brain is 18 feet in the air, is again proof as a result of design. If humans had as high of a blood pressure as giraffe’s, we would have very short lives. Without any design when he bends down, his neck that is 18 feet high is now at water level and as a result, the blood vessels would burst. There are however valves in the artery that close when the giraffe bends down. The blood between the last valve and the brain is diverted into an organ that will act as a reservoir. When the giraffe suddenly were to raise his head, he would also pass out because no blood would go to the brain. The cure is that the reservoir that will feed oxygenated blood to the brain and these values will soon open up after the giraffe begins to lift his head. This again shows precise design of the giraffe and if either of those mechanisms were not there, the giraffe would not survive. This is just one of hundreds of example of a specific design element needed for a particular animal that is essential for their survival.
Ø Design of Plants and Animals
Another example of incredible design is the design of plants and animals. Plants produce and give off oxygen and sugar, which is what the animals need. Animals on the other hand give produce and give off CO2, which is what the plants needs. It is fascinating to realize that the plant kingdom and animal kingdom need each other. If either one of them are taken away, the other one ultimately vanishes because there will not be enough CO2 to keep the plants around, and the animals need the oxygen and the sugar would eventually die off. This again shows an intrinsic system design in the total package.
Ø The Design of our bodily systems
The complexity of our all of bodily systems show we could have not been created by accident. Our digestive system allows our body to keep the foods we need, and pass out the foods we don’t need when we go the bathroom. Our circulatory system and our blood vessels are extremely complex. It allows our blood to flow properly and respond to emergencies. The way our blood responds to invaders is astonishing. Could this blood that has all of these complexities just happen at random? Our sensory systems such as our eyes, ears are vastly more sophisticated than any other system around. Compare our eyes to a digital camera to understand how complex our eyes are. Our immune system is so complex that scientists don’t understand it today. The ways it fights disease is too complex for today’s scientific minds show its confusing complexity. The central nervous system is another extremely complex system. Our brain has 1015 connections. How much is 1015? If we have tree that had 50,000 leaves on it, and we had 10,000 trees per square mile, you would need 2 million square miles of trees, or a forest the size of the United States to get the equivalent number of connections that we have in our brain.
