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On Programming and the Origin of Life
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Living things seem to function very well, even under the
worst of conditions. Many animals are found that have special
functions that allow them to live in places no other animal can.
I have always been amazed at how living things work together in
such a perfect balance. If not for the influence of people,
natural life would continue on, seemingly forever.
It would indeed be amazing if all this could happen without
some kind of design and programming. You may be a programmer
yourself (or you may do any number of things like parenting,
cooking, remodeling, etc.). You know when you start a task what
you want to end up with. You start with basic building blocks
and follow a procedure. When you are finished you have a final
product that is just what you envisioned in the first place.
During this manufacturing process you used your intellectual
resources. When you are done you feel great because you know
that you have accomplished something. Now what if someone were
to come along and tell you that any brainless thing could have
put various computer commands (or ingredients) together randomly
and come up with the same program? Not only are you hurt by the
insult, but you know that the person is foolish for believing
this. Let me illustrate (only try this at home if you can spare
your keyboard):
Turn on your computer and load up your favorite computer
language editor. Now put your keyboard in a cage along with a
cat (or any other type of animal). Then leave the room. The cat
will walk, roll, and sleep on the keyboard. Hopefully the cat
won't mistake your keyboard for the litter box. After several
hours come back into the room and see what has appeared on the
screen. Common sense tells you that you would just see garbage
on the screen.
So what does this have to do with the origin of life?
Evolutionists usually claim that life occurred spontaneously from
a "primordial soup." When this theory was first presented,
"simple" cells were thought to be, well... simple. However,
modern research has shown that even the simplest cells are more
complex than we can even fathom.
The absolute minimum number of proteins that a surviving
cell could possible have is 600 (although no cells near this
simple have been found). The chances of this cell coming
together randomly is about one out of 10E(450*600) [i.e. ten to
the power of 270,000]!
Now let's suppose you are looking at the work your cat has
done on your computer. Ask yourself the question, "What are the
odds that the cat has written even one command that I could
compile without an error?" You would probably answer yourself
"Zero." However, your cat would probably have better chances of
writing the source code for WordPerfect by randomly stepping on
your keyboard than the simplest possible cell coming together by
a random process, even under optimal conditions!
Many evolutionary scientists agree that this is a
"difficulty," but they hold on to evolution as their theory of
choice because they do not want to believe the only other
alternative - creation.
Living cells on earth have all been designed and programmed.
Their vast complexity attests to it. No one would look at any
computer program (no matter how simple) and suggest that it did
not take intelligent life to form it. In the same way, no one
can reasonably look at a cell, leaf, eye, or body and say it
simply happened.
The evidence points to a single act of creation by a Creator
capable of doing it. After several years of research I have
personally determined that God, through His son, Jesus, is the
creator of the universe, the earth, and all the life on the
earth.
I am not pushing for a narrow point of view. What I
encourage people to do is look at the evidence for themselves.
Try reading the Bible. Many of you who have only heard others
talk about the Bible don't know what you are missing. Consider
what it says. (I suggest starting with the New Testament and then
going back to read the Old Testament).
Take some time to consider the living things. Go to a zoo,
a park, or out in the wilderness and consider even the "simplest"
forms of life.
If you are into science, do literature research (or even
reread a biology textbook). Look at the evidence presented. Try
to separate the hard facts from the theories. Once you have
several facts, try to reason them in your own understanding.
If you are genuinely interested in creation theory or simply
want to know more about it, most Christian bookstores have good
books on the subject.
Since I became aware of the facts of creation I have
developed a close personal relationship with Jesus. He has been
the primary reason I don't have a useless and hopeless life.
Life did not become easier, but He has helped me through every
situation. If you don't know Jesus, just keep in mind that He
wants to know you. If you seek Him, He promises that you will
find Him.
"Whether one looks to mutations or gene flow for
the source of the variation needed to fuel evolution,
there is an enormous probability problem at the core of
Darwinist and neo-Darwinist theory, which has been
cited by hundreds of scientists and professionals.
Engineers, physicists, astronomers, and biologists who
have looked without prejudice at the notion of such
variations producing ever more complex organisms have
come to the same conclusion: The evolutionists are
assuming the impossible."
- Frank Salisbury in AMERICAN BIOLOGY TEACHER
"But ask the animals, and they will teach you, or
the birds of the air, and they will tell you; or speak
to the earth, and it will teach you, or let the fish of
the sea inform you. Which of all these does not know
that the hand of the Lord has done this? In His hand
is the life of every creature and the breath of all
mankind."
- Job 12:7-10 (NIV)