Posted on 05/06/2002 2:11:30 PM PDT by f.Christian
Wilder-Smith suggests that ETI scientists step away from their radio telescope searches for non-random sequencing and instead take a close look into an electron microscope at some suitably prepared genetic code sequences, where they will see exactly that for which they have been looking. "In many cases," he says, "the non-random sequencing may be directly perceived!" In so looking, if they grasp what they are looking at, and if they are truly honest and not wholly self-serving, they will admit that "an intelligent source must be the initiator of this fact of nature" and that "information and intelligence are behind all biology and the genetic code...." True science, in the hands of honest and true scientists, supports the assumption that God exists and is the Intelligence, the Master Planner, the Designer responsible for all creation and for life.
Drs. Walter L. Bradley and Charles B. Thaxton jointly authored a paper entitled "Information and the Origin of Life," which appears in The Creation Hypothesis. Their conclusions are similar to those of Wilder-Smith. They write, "Since DNA is an essential molecular component of every form of life we know, we likewise conclude that life on earth had an intelligent cause. The discovery that DNA conveys a genetic message gives the argument from design a new twist. Since life is at its core a chemical message system, the origin of life is the origin of information.... We cannot identify that source any further from a scientific analysis alone.... All we can say is that given the information in a DNA molecule, it is certainly reasonable to posit that an intelligent agent made it. Life came from a 'who' instead of a 'what.'"
Science indeed is discovering God and revealing the wonder of His creation. At the levels of the unimaginably vast cosmos, and at the level of the microscopic, evidence is accumulating that favors belief in God. Scientists, previously committed to a naturalistic, materialistic, atheistic worldview, are admitting that there is much more to the universe, the world, and life than they previously suspected.
Astrophysicist Paul Davies writes that the laws of physics "seem themselves to be the product of exceedingly ingenious design," and says further that there now exists "powerful evidence that there is 'something going on' behind it all." Another scientist, George Greenstein, is even more pointed in his remarks: "As we survey all the evidence, the thought insistently arises that some supernatural agency -- or, rather, Agency -- must be involved. Is it possible that suddenly, without intending to, we have stumbled upon scientific proof of the existence of a Supreme Being? Was it God who stepped in and so providentially crafted the cosmos for our benefit?" American astronaut Gordon Cooper expressed his conviction that the subtle workings of the vast universe around us were themselves evidence of God: "The more one learns about scientific endeavors, the more one is convinced of the wonders of God's creation. The more one contemplates the complex workings of millions of planetary bodies, and the unknown immensity of space, the more one realizes what a fantastic miracle it all is." We are reminded that even Albert Einstein, though he steadfastly rejected the notion of a personal God, still came to the conclusion later in his life that the universe had a beginning, and that "a superior reasoning power" had to be responsible for this beginning.
When we look closely at the universe, we see the hand of God. Likewise, when we view the complex underlying structure and chemistry of life, indications of God's work are unmistakable. Scientists, only a few decades ago, were confident that they would soon crack the mystery of life, and would very likely be able to "create" life in test tubes, using only raw chemicals. But the mechanics of life soon proved beyond the most clever of scientists. Sir Francis Crick has noted that the "origin of life seems almost to be a miracle, so many are the difficulties in its occurring." Another scholar, Klaus Dose, says that the solutions to the difficulties in origin-of-life research are "beyond our imagination."
"The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth His handywork." Indeed, the awesome majesty, the limitless power, and the eternal glory of God, on the one hand, and the intense love and tender care for mankind by our Father, Creator, and Benefactor, on the other, is amply manifested by the design of our universe, of our solar system, and of our planet, and it is manifested equally clearly by the infinitesimal architecture of all life itself. Men are not sophisticated beasts by nature; they are not elaborated kinds of apes. They are children of God, unique among all creation, fashioned in His image. The Prophet Jeremiah wrote, "The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love; therefore, with lovingkindness have I drawn thee." And, "He hath made the earth by His power, He hath established the world by His wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by His understanding."
Recommended Reading:
The Creator and the Cosmos: How the Greatest Scientific Discoveries of the Century Reveal God, by Hugh Ross, PhD, Colorado Springs: Navpress Publishing Group, 1995.
The Creation Hypothesis: Scientific Evidence for an Intelligent Designer, by J.P. Moreland, Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1994.
The Scientific Alternative to Neo-Darwinian Evolutionary Theory, by A.E. Wilder-Smith, PhD, Costa Mesa, CA: TWFT Publishers, 1987.
The Natural Sciences Know Nothing of Evolution, by A.E. Wilder-Smith, PhD, Costa Mesa, CA: TWFT Publishers, 1981.
He Who Thinks Has to Believe, by A.E. Wilder-Smith, PhD, Minneapolis, MN: Bethany House Publishers, 1981.
Reason in the Balance: The Case Against Naturalism in Science, Law, and Education, by Phillip E. Johnson, Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1995.
... Part4---posted 8/19/2001 with comments(closed)!
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Test tube philosophy is 'goofy' vs Galileo--truth-science!!
where do you think reno--clinton--liberals--dumb brain dead conservatives came from?
or remove the hands of satan/evolution from your eyes--brain---
Truth does require a soul--philosophy!
Probably from humans, same as you and me . . .
I've always found the changing of a word such as "devilution" or "democRAT" to be silly and juvenille. What is this third grade?
You know what "they" say about guys with big hands . . .
Although I believe in 'inter-species evolution' - special adaptation which helps an animal adapt to its environment - the idea of a fungus, fish, lizard or ape "evolving" into a human is absurd. I'm still waiting for someone to discover the holy "missing link" that isn't a hoax, as it has been so many times before.
I'm also still waiting for an evolutionist to explain to me how squashing a cockroach is morally accepted, while murdering another human is not, since we, according to their messiah Darwin, share the same genetic origins.
Any takers?
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