Many people believe in the existence of
an all-powerful God one who created the
universe and designed an engineered life
on this planet atheists scoff at such a
notion believing that Charles Darwin
drove a nail in God's coffin over 150
years ago they utterly reject the very
idea of God according to this view all
life on this planet is a product of
blind chance there are others who try to
find some kind of middle ground theistic
evolutionists claim belief in God but
believe that God used the process of
evolution to create life then there are
deists who believe in an impersonal
higher power one who is not involved in
our daily lives and there are agnostics
who simply throw up their hands and
declare they cannot know which view is
correct
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in 1993 Professor Philip Johnson invited
a group of scientists and philosophers
to the California coastal community of
Pajaro dunes some were evolutionist but
had become disillusioned with a theory
that simply could not explain the
complexities of life and life's
beginnings these were not ignorant men
they were men of significant education
along traditional lines but what set
them apart from others is that they were
willing to look at the facts and let the
facts speak for themselves in the end
they formulated a new theory called
intelligent design most of us have been
taught that evolution is a proven theory
and only ignorant prejudiced people
disagree with it but many people are
unaware of breathtaking new information
discovered in the last few decades which
has shaken the foundations of Darwinian
evolution when Charles Darwin and his
colleagues looked at cells with the
instruments available to them 150 years
ago they thought cells were little more
than membranes holding together some
kind of a protoplasmic substance similar
to gelatin scientists now know cells are
infinitely more complex than this
staggeringly complex for example every
one of us has in his intestine something
known as ecoli also known as a flagellum
bacteria because it has a hair like
flagellum protruding from it what the
average person may not realize is how
amazing this lowly bacteria really is
ecoli eyes flagellum is no useless wild
hair protruding out of its cellular wall
what it is is one part of an outboard
motor of such incredible design as to
leave one aghast and amazement
here's a cell so small that four billion
can fit in a tablespoon of liquid and
each one has a set of outboard motors
that work in concert with one another
each motor has 40 separate parts made
from 25 different proteins and it is a
finely tuned marvel of engineering that
causes the flagellum the propeller to
spin moving the cell through its liquid
environment consider this statement by
Professor Keiichi Namba
Further it can stop in
one quarter of a turn and immediately
reverse direction at the same speed this
may sound simple but the ability to
shift directions is something Namba has
studied extensively in an attempt to
unravel the mystery of how it is done he
has concluded that the speed with which
it can change direction indicates quote
that the flagellum molecule has a very
fine mechanical switch function former
evolutionist and biochemist Michael Behe
makes this astute observation about
flagella bacterium when we see an
outboard motor we see the way the parts
interact and so on we know someone made
that and when Behe speaks of flagella
bacteria having an outboard motor he is
not using figurative language scientists
who study these marvels of design and
engineering use mechanical terms such as
bushings rotor stator universal joint
driveshaft and propeller to describe its
various parts notice this comment from
the January two thousand edition of physics today:
Physics today can hardly be
construed as a creationist publication
and one has to wonder how such an
incredible machine managed to come into
being by blind chance not only are there
40 parts this motor but each part is
essential to the operation of the
flagellum unlike an outboard motor that
is made from metal and plastic this
motor is made from proteins each of
which is incredibly complex in itself so
amazing is this nano creature that when
Professor Namba first saw an electron
micrograph of the bacterial flagellum
and its motor as a graduate student
What's that designed to rotate
how often we hear words such as designed
and engineered and the many very well
produced nature books and films
Yet those same books and
documentaries which use
words that point to intelligence also
refer to life evolving by blind chance
incredible think about it to understand
the magnitude of the problem of this
lowly one celled critter happening to
happen on its own we must look at the
problem of the building blocks from
which it is made proteins are
constructed by linking a series of amino
acids together in a meaningful sequence
there are at least 20 commonly
recognized amino acids which are used to
form proteins once linked together
properly they are then taken into a
barrel like structure within the cell
and fold it into the shape of a specific
protein if the sequence is not correct
the protein cannot be formed note this
comment by Bill Bryson in a short
history of nearly everything on page 288
Remember this is only one
protein and we need around 25 different
protein miracles for the flagella motor
all assembled and working in harmony and
while no one knows for sure some
estimate that there are as many as 1
million proteins in the human body and a
Bill Bryson's own words the chance of any
one of them happening is quote frankly
nil it just isn't going to happen unless
anyone misunderstand the author of these
words is no creationist as a matter of
fact in subsequent pages he attempts to
explain what he himself says isn't going to happen
Of course this raises a
critical point today we do not see
proteins self-assembling spontaneously
without direction and this is a major
problem for evolutionists Dean Kenyon
and Gary Steinman believed that they
could solve this question and they
published their explanation
and in their
1969 chemistry textbook
titled biochemical predestination in it
they promoted the idea that certain
amino acids were naturally attracted to
one another and that proteins were thus
inevitable however after a few years
Dean Kenyon began to doubt his own
theory and now totally repudiates it he
realized that protein simply cannot form
naturally but they need DNA to direct
their formation and he
categorically stated
And Bill Bryson explains the
dilemma this creates for evolutionists
Yes proteins are assembled according
to instructions given by DNA but where
did this amazing instruction manual come
from how did it come into existence and
what purpose was there for DNA before
living cells contained it it is the same
old chicken and egg question which came
first the creature containing the
instruction manual or the instruction
manual without the creature and what
purpose is therefore an instruction
manual without the building blocks and
what about RNA which DNA needs to
assemble the blocks did it also just
happen to come into harmonious existence
at the precise moment needed who is it
now that is pinning hopes on faith but
now back to our lowly ecoli remember
that four billion of them can fit within
a tablespoon of liquid and the motor
that propels it in the search for food
is found in the thin cellular wall
further it is made up of 25 different
proteins but 40 parts and all each one
of which is an incredible miracle in
itself all 40 proteins have to be the
right size the right shape and that is
not all each one after constructed must
be moved to the exact location in the
exact sequence think about assembling an
outboard motor and how each part must be
attached in its proper order if any one
part is missing defective the wrong
shape or size or put into place in the
wrong sequence we have a non-functioning
cell it won't work no wonder former
atheist such as Michael Behe and Dean
Kenyon no longer subscribe to blind
evolutionary forces and our leading
proponents of intelligent design no
wonder the atheist philosophical
champion of the past has become a
traitor to the Atheist cause not this
amazing widely reported admission given
here from an ABC News report of
December the 9th 2004
again quoting from the same ABC news report
quoting on the same subject from the 
Seattle Times of December the 10th 2004
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we here at Tomorrow's World are well
aware that there are counter arguments
in support of evolution as well as
counter arguments to the counter
arguments and the debate goes on in a
2009 American documentary expelled no
intelligence allowed Ben Stein documents
case after case of educators being run
out of the classroom for suggesting
there might actually be something other
than blind chance at work but if truth
is the real pursuit of Education one
must wonder why these elitists are so
frightened by alternative explanations
when their own explanation requires
unsurpassed faith in a 150 year old
theory that becomes increasingly archaic
the more we learn about the complexities
of life and the remainder of this
program we will explore why it is that
some people have such a difficult time
admitting Darwinian evolution is
inadequate in explaining the beauty the
marvel the interactive harmony and the
incredible complexity of life why is it
the people cannot admit the obvious it
is evident that there is a connection
between the rejection of God and the
desire to be free from all moral
restraints the Bible predicted nearly
2,000 years ago that there would be
those who suppress or cover up the truth
and it tells us why this is Paul
explained in Romans the first chapter
verses 18 through 22
Yes you don't have to be a microbiologist to see the
hand of intelligence and what has been
made look around you at the intricacies
of detail and design and a butterfly a
bird or a fish how marvelous each
creature is think about your own body
and mind consider the eye the ear the
heart the liver kidney and how each has
been specifically designed to carry out
an important function think about how
each organ works in harmony with the
other organs by the nature of the theory
there is no guidance in evolution it is
merely blind chance no oversight
whatsoever on the surface it can seem
logical but when one examines life the
interdependent nature of living
creatures the wonderful design and how
it all had to come into being at just
the right time blind chance simply does
not hold up against an intelligent
architect as the explanation for life
the well-known and highly regarded
English author and philosopher Aldous
Huxley made an amazing admission as to
why he and other influential
philosophers of his day rejected God
So we see that  the motive behind the rejection of God
by this highly respected philosopher and
his contemporaries those who influenced
millions was not so noble that rejection
was not based on scientific
fact but rather on the desire to
be free from restraints on behavior
specifically sexual behavior it was not
a search for truth as many have assumed
perhaps surprisingly this motive was
clearly spelled out in the pages of the
Bible notice Romans the first chapter
verses 22 and 27
Yes the reason behind constructing
a creation without a creator
is to cast off restraint to live
without a ruling moral authority man
wishes to live by the dictates of his
own heart rather than the dictates of
the one who made him Paul continues
On the other hand values such as honesty
faithfulness humility mercy cooperation
respect for parental and governmental
authority exalt a people and a country
but try as we might these virtues do not
last apart from a deep and abiding love
and respect for God those who respect
God's authority over their lives will
keep his commandments a true respect for
God translates into respect for all
authority when asked which is the
greatest commandment in the law Jesus replied
Any society which observes
these sensible commands
will be blessed by the God of creation
any society which rejects these commands
will be under a curse and suffer
tragically and this is the ultimate
proof of God while true science teaches
us about the absolute greatness of God
by revealing the marvels the wonders the
beauty and the incredible complexity of
life living by every word of God reveals
to us his love and attention in our
lives to learn more about the God of
creation and the commandments He gave us
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