Big Bang
vs
Intelligent Design
Science has adopted the Big Bang theory as their explanation for the existence of the Earth and the Universe. What amazes me is that these brilliant minds choose to believe a theory based on chaos and speculation where randomness and chance are the main ingredients of their belief, their scientific theory. The truth is unbelief is just as much as faith and religion as believing in a Master Designer we call God.
A simplified version of their theory is, it just so happens that an explosion happened (don't ask what cause it - they don't know) in space (that just happen to exist) that sent particles (that have always been there with no explanation of origin) through space and by random chance those particles formed into planets, which began to revolve around each other, began to take form, and just like that our universe, galaxy, and solar system were born. Then, low and behold wouldn’t you know it, a meteor carrying an ameba (that just formed by itself) just happen to select Earth as it's destination, penetrated the Earth’s atmosphere, survived the intense heat, landed in the ocean (where did the life substaining ocean come from – no other planets have oceans like ours), and after millions of years evolved into all life forms that are on planet Earth. OK, let's take a breath now.
So here it is, what would the odds in a casino? Astronomical and at a bear minimum it would be zillions to one. I wouldn’t bet with those odds. What about Intelligent Design? A super being we call God, designing and creating the universe and life with His legion of angels and his superior intelligence. Believing in the super being we call God, the odds would be 50 / 50. I would bet on a 50 / 50 odd any day over a minimum of a zillion to one (for the Big Bang’s random design by chaos and chance).
As a computer and software engineer, I tend to want better odds when I am designing something. Consider this, if I take a bunch of computer parts and lay them on the floor, and leave them there for millions of years, will they assemble themselves to into a fully functioning computer? I wouldn’t bet on it. OK, let’s say there are a million earthquakes that send the parts flying in the room. Again, what are the chances of the parts landing in such a way that the computer is assembled? Believe me, random assembly of a computer is nothing compared to forming a whole universe, galaxy, solar system, and planets.
Also, would the software necessary
for it to work design itself through chance and by some random fate load itself
onto the computer that has somehow assembled itself? Let me tell you, the
answer is NO! However, with my intelligence, I can assemble the parts, add the
software and boot it up; chances are I will have a working computer.
Then there are the Evolve people, who believe life just evolved slowly over billions of years (after Big Bang). A key to this evolving is what Darwin called a simple cell. But wait! Intelligent design says that everything is complex and requires intelligence to
work. In 1984, Dr. Robert Gange (scientist and aurthor of Origins and Destiny) appeared on television stating how generic
engineering had shown that everything has signs of intelligence in their
makeup. Even the simple cells, that were supposed to make evolution so viable,
are not so simple. They are actually complex from a genetic point of view and
show signs of intelligent design. Paul Abramson, in his "A Defense of Creationism" article, states the following about our DNA:
"Inside your body, within each living cell are 3 billion base pairs of encoded DNA. That's 3 billion per cell. Please hold your hand out for a moment and look at it. Inside are muscles, bones, blood, skin, pores, those fingernails which you need to trim again soon, and a myriad of other specialized components. Every cell has 3 billion base pairs of human DNA carefully enclosed. Not haphazardly arranged, that's 3 billion uniquely arranged sequentially encoded sets of information, per cell."
To prove a point about the order and
precision that is designed into the universe, Stephen Hawking was able to use
mathematical calculations to identifiy the location of a black hole. Now, where
you have such precision you have the influence of intelligence. Math is an
exact field. In Math the answer is right or wrong. With choas and random events
there is no precision.
As Christians, we believe God created the Heavens and Earth. The book of Genesis 1:1-2 tells us at the very beginning God had created the Earth then destroyed it. As it laid dormant (Jeremiah)for who knows how many millions of years. Then in Genesis 1-3 tells us an overview of God’s re-creative act to design this current creation. It is not intended to be a science book or a step-by-step re-accounting of each process used in the design and implementation of His creative plan. And, while the Bible does contain some profound scientific facts (such as the Earth is a circle (round) – Isaiah, and the Earth being suspended in space – Job) it is not written to educate scientists on God’s laws of nature nor His blueprints for designing a universe. Rather, it was written to tell us how much God loves us and how He has dealt with mankind since our creation.And no, the Bible is not a book of holes, it is a holy book, divinely inspired and has been proven accurate beyond contestation.
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