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THE EVIDENCE FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD PART 4. “men go abroad to wonder at the height of the mountains, at the huge wave of the sea, at the long course of the rivers, at the vast compass of the earth, at the circular motion of the stars; and they pass by themselves without wondering.” .
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“men go abroad to wonder at the height of the mountains, at the huge wave of the sea, at the long course of the rivers, at the vast compass of the earth, at the circular motion of the stars; and they pass by themselves without wondering.”
When you come right down to it, the most incredible creation in the universe is you – with your fantastic senses and strengths, your ingenious defense systems, and mental capabilities so great you can never use them to the fullest. Your body is a structural masterpiece more amazing than science fiction (Guinness, 1987, p. 5).
For simplicity’s sake, we can break the body down to four areas: • There are cells, which are the smallest unit of life. • There are tissues such as muscle tissue and nerve tissue. • There are organs such as the heart and liver. • There are systems such as the circulatory system and digestive system.
“It is therefore quite clear… that the physical body has been marvelously designed and intricately organized, for the purpose of facilitating human existence upon the planet earth.”
We once thought that the cell, the basic unit of life, was a simple bag of protoplasm. Then we learned that each cell in any life form is a teeming micro-universe of compartments, structures, and chemical agents.
1. There is the cell membrane which encloses and protects the organism. The membrane recognizes with its uncanny molecular memory hundreds of compounds swimming around it and permits or denies passage according to the cell’s requirement.
2. Within the second part of the cell, known as cytoplasm, it contains a number of specialized components such as: • 1000 mitochondria • Endoplasmic reticulum • Ribosome
The third part of the cell is the brain of the cell called the nucleus. If the DNA found in one of our cells was decoded into English it would fill a 1,000 volume set of encyclopedias that are around 600 pages each.
A DNA molecule is composed of units of nucleotides. These are chemical combinations of sugar-phosphate and four bases – adenine, thymine, guanine, or cytosine. These bases bond the nucleotides in the spiral DNA molecule. In a strand of DNA the nucleotides are arranged in a specific order, along what sort of looks like a twisted ladder. The order of arrangement forms the “blueprint” that regulates the production of all living things.
“The Mystery of Life’s Origin” the authors ask an interesting question: “… an intelligible communication via radio signal from some distant galaxy would be wildly hailed as evidence of an intelligent source. Why then doesn’t the message sequence of the DNA molecule also constitute evidence for an intelligent source?”
“By all the rules of reason, could there be a code which carries a message without someone originating that code? It would seem self-evident that any such complex message system, which is seen to be wise and efficient, requires not only an intelligence but a person [behind it].”
Psalm 139:13 For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother's womb. 14 I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
There are more than 600 muscles in the human body, which make up about 40% of our weight. The muscles are the “engines” of the body, providing the power for movement.
A muscle cell performs the functions of both the spark and the piston; the cell itself splits a molecule of fuel and also exerts the resulting physical power.
The body’s engines [muscles] … demonstrates some surprisingly modern engineering ideas.
In his book, Human Design, an evolutionist William Beck wrote: The intricate structural organization of the muscles and the tendons in the hand, are capable of such a wide variety of actions. One of evolution’s most remarkable achievements.
…If the most gifted scientist cudgeled their brains [try to comprehend] they probably could not have come up with a stronger or more perfect tool for grasping and delicate manipulation that the human hand. And seen from an engineering standpoint, the loveliest hand actually is a highly complex mechanical device composed of bone, tendon, fat, and extremely sensitive never fibers, capable of performing thousands of jobs with precision (Wylie).
The movement of the hand and fingers of a concert pianist is an awesome sight. The necessity of coordination, timing, and order to play Beethoven’s “Fifth Symphony” or Bach’s “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desire” is a feat that is not accomplished by chance. There is a marvelous skill not only in playing the music, but also in the 70 (35 in each hand) separate muscles contributing to the hand movement of the keyboard.
The hand has been described as the most sophisticated “tool” in the body. It looks like it was crafted for maximum dexterity and strength in movement. The hand is capable of 58 distinct movements. These movements allow for dexterity and power for a diversity of actions ranging from piano playing and threading of a needle to holding a jackhammer. This amazing diversity of functions is accomplished with the help of muscles in the forearm and wrist.
The fingers have no muscles in themselves; the tendons transfer force from muscles in the forearm and palm… Orthopedic surgeons could write many manuals suggesting various ways to repair hands that have been injured. Yet, there has never been a surgical technique that succeeded in improving the movement of a healthly hand. It frequently takes over a dozen muscles and tendons working together with the opposable thumb to accomplish one movement.
In absence of any other proof, the thumb alone would convince me of God’s existence.
Only man can combine muscles with intelligence and imagination, plan and purpose, to plow and plant a field, to create a museum masterpiece or the “Gettysburg Address.” And only man trains to perform the most highly coordinated forms of bodily motion for their own said, in the expressive and athletic arts. We applaud this skill in our species every time we clap our hands for a ballerina or a circus aerialist (Miller & Goode).
Primates may appear to be smiling when their lips are drawn back with their teeth showing, by this is actual an expression of anxiety.
Many animals can produce a grimace or a snarl. But only man is equipped with such an exquisitely differentiated set of muscles – the mimetic musculature of the face – with no other function than to express and communicate feelings (Miller & Goode).
