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Babu Ranganathan
| Imagine finding a planet where robots are programmed so that they can make other robots just like themselves from raw materials. Now, imagine an alien visitor coming to the planet and, after many years of studying these robots, coming to the conclusion that since science can explain how these robots work, function, and reproduce there's no reason to believe that there was an ultimate intelligent designer behind them. | How to Succeed Without Setting Goals. In my whole entire life I have never achieved any goal set for me -- or by me. The only way I have ever achieved anything was by ignoring any goals and denouncing any positive mental attitudes thrust upon me. |
| The analogy above certainly is not perfect but it is sufficient to reveal the fallacious thinking of those who attack intelligent design behind life and the universe. Chance physical processes can produce some level of order but it is not rational to believe that the highest levels of order in life and the universe are by chance. For example, amino acids have been shown to be able to come into existence by chance but not more complex structures such as proteins which require that the various amino acids be in a precise sequence, just like the letters in a sentence. A single cell has millions of proteins. There is no innate chemical tendency for amino acids to bond with one another in a sequence. Any one amino acid can just as easily bond with any other. The only reason at all for why the various amino acids bond with one another in a precise sequence in the cells of our bodies is because they're directed to do so by an already existing sequence of molecules in our genetic code. Without being in a proper sequence protein molecules will not function. The sequence of molecules in DNA (the genetic code) determines the sequence of molecules in proteins. Furthermore, without DNA there cannot be RNA, but without RNA there cannot be DNA. And without either DNA and RNA there cannot be proteins, and without proteins there cannot be either DNA or RNA. They're all mutually dependent upon each other for existence! If humans must use intelligence to perform genetic engineering, to meaningfully manipulate the genetic code, then what does that say about the origin of the genetic code itself! | Resolutions VS. Goals I've found it's easiest to stick with any New Year's changes by thinking of them as goals and new habits rather than making the more traditional "resolutions" about general areas of my life. I also find that the more specific I can be about what I'm going to do, the better. The Christmas Spirit, by Tina Miller. "They say that God works in mysterious ways. I, for one, am a true believer of this. Sometimes His tests of endurance leave us feeling as if we may not make it through. But, like Helen Keller once said, “Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it”. Last year My family had a pretty hard year, but nothing compared to what would happen just three days before Christmas, 2003..." What is man that thou art mindful of him? Do the tides pause to salute an immortal soul when death brushes us by?
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| If the cell had evolved it would have had to be all at once. A partially evolved cell cannot wait millions of years to become complete because it would be highly unstable and quickly disintegrate in the open environment. The great British scientist Sir Frederick Hoyle has said that the probability of the sequence of molecules in the simplest cell coming into existence by chance is equivalent to a tornado going through a junk yard of airplane parts and assembling a 747 Jumbo Jet! Considering the enormous complexity of life, it is much more logical to believe that the genetic and biological similarities between all species is due to a common Designer rather than common biological ancestry. It is only logical that the great Designer would design similar functions for similar purposes and different functions for different purposes in all of the various forms of life. What if we should find evidence of life on Mars? Wouldn't that prove evolution? No. It wouldn't be proof that such life had evolved from non-living matter by chance natural processes. And even if we did find evidence of life on Mars it would have most likely have come from our very own planet - Earth! In the Earth's past there was powerful volcanic activity which could have easily spewed dirt containing microbes into outer space which eventually could have reached Mars. A Newsweek article of September 21, 1998, p.12 mentions exactly this possibility. Contrary to popular belief, scientists have never created life in the laboratory. What scientists have done is genetically alter or engineer already existing forms of life, and by doing this scientists have been able to produce new forms of life. However, they did not produce these new life forms from non-living matter. Even if scientists ever do produce life from non-living matter it won't be by chance so it still wouldn't help support any argument for evolution. We also know from the law of entropy in science that the universe does not have the ability to have sustained itself from eternity. The existence and complexity of the universe point to a Supreme Designer and Creator! Those advocating the teaching of intelligent design are not demanding that Darwinian theory no longer be taught. Rather, the advocates of intelligent design want the merits of both theories taught side by side when the issue of origins is covered in science classes and textbooks. This is only fair. Science cannot prove we are here by either design (creation) or by chance (evolution), but students should have full information available to decide which position science best supports. What we believe about life's origins does influence our philosophy and value of life as well as our view of ourselves and others. This is no small issue! Just because the laws of science can explain how life and the universe operate and work doesn't mean there is no Maker. Would it be rational to believe that there's no designer behind airplanes because the laws of science can explain how airplanes operate and work? Natural laws are adequate to explain how the order in life, the universe, and even a microwave oven operates, but mere undirected natural laws can never fully explain the origin of such order. | The Hand, by Steve Goodier. Traditionally for Thanksgiving, but all the more appropriate for any time of year. The voice of Compassion speaks because when we know the difference, we can make a difference. Sweet and Sour by Anne Clemmons. Which is stronger, the practical future, or the one we dream about? Mama's almost gone now. We don't always run from Death. Fact is, Mama's chewed on his lip so many times Death looks about as mean as a St. Bernard on a mission. Nailing Mr. Big Buck, the trophy of the woods. The Cowboy from Ireland, by Maggie Wood. A message for Garcia is one of the best and certainly the longest enduring and most published essays of all time. It saw the light of day in 1899 and has been reprinted in every written language on earth. There are MORE Hand-Picked Essays Money * Family * Helpful * Social * War * Personal * Politics Click HERE to read or comment on the latest news we publish. We want MORE Essays. The writing inside the essays accepted here must be of superior quality. The topics must be either timely or enduring in nature. If you can pass that hurdle, your tightly written essays with strong values will be published here free of charge. A link back to your home page, or to your email address will be provided inside your byline, IF you want it. Click HERE to make your submission.
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| An organization of highly qualified scientists, known as the Institute for Creation Research, has published some excellent books and material supporting faith in intelligent design for life and the universe. Books published by ICR cover various issues such as the origin of life, genetic and biological similarities between species, the limits to biological variation and natural selection in nature, the fossil record, the age of the earth, etc. The reader is also encouraged to read the author's essay "The Natural Limits of Evolution" on his website.
About the Author: Babu G. Ranganathan, is an experienced Christian writer. He has his B.A. with academic concentrations in Bible and Biology. As a religion and science writer he has been recognized in the 24th edition of Marquis Who's Who In The East. The Natural Limits of Evolution - Scientific evidence showing there are natural limits to biological change and variation in nature permitting only limited evolution to occur among plant and animal kinds. Various evidences from science are examined showing support for intelligent design in nature and for the existence of a Creator. Genetic and biological similarities between species are explained due to a common Designer rather than common biological ancestry. The Bible Vs. The Traditional View of Hell - Explains why eternal punishment in the Bible does not mean eternal suffering. Christ Was Begotten, Not Made (Do you Understand the Difference!) The Deity of Jesus Christ is explained and defended from Scripture. Strong Biblical arguments are given which explain, support and defend the deity of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Essay gives in-depth and straight forward answers to various questions, arguments, and objections (e.g. John 17:3) that are often used by those in the cults to deny the deity of Christ. The Bible teaches that Christ was begotten but not made. Understand the difference! |
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