WHICH APPROACH IS MORE REASONABLE?

Which View Fits All The Facts ?

With regard to the origin of the complex molecules that make up living organisms, some evolutionists  believe the following: 

1. Key elements somehow combined to form basic molecules. 

2. These molecules than linked together in the exact sequences required to form DNA, RNA, or protein with the capacity to store the information needed (to carry out tasks essential to life.

3. The molecules somehow formed the specific sequences required tor replicate themselves. Without replication, there can be neither evolutionary nor, indeed, life itself.   (This is overdoing speculation, and ignorance, not to mention their stubborn view that there is no God) 

How did the molecules of life form and acquire their amazing abilities without an intelligent designer? Evolutionary research fails to provide adequate explanations or satisfying answers to questions about the origin of life. In effect, those who deny the purposeful intervention of a Creator attribute godlike powers to mindless molecules and natural forces. 

What, though, do the facts indicate?  The available evidence shows that instead of molecules developing into complex life-forms, the opposite is true:  Physical laws dictate that complex things-machines, houses, and even living cells-in time break down. Yet, evolutionists say the opposite can happen.  For example, the book Evolution for Dummies says that evolution occurred because the earth  "gets loads of energy from the sun, and that energy is what powers the increase in complexity.   (If that was true, where the sun come from-the moon?) 

To be sure, energy is needed to turn disorder into order-for example, to assemble bricks, wood, and nails into a house.  That energy, however, has to be carefully controlled   and precisely directed because uncontrolled energy is more likely to speed up decay, just as the energy from the sun and the weather can hasten the deterioration of a building.  Those who believe in evolution cannot satisfactorily explain how energy is creatively directed.  On the other hand, when we view life and the universe as the work of a wise Creator who possesses an "abundance of dynamic energy," we can explain not only the complexity of life's information systems but also the finely tuned forces that govern matter itself, from vast galaxies to tiny atoms. - Isaiah 40:26.

Belief in a Creator also harmonizes with the now generally accepted view that the physical universe had a beginning.  "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth," says Genesis 1:1. 

Invariably, new discoveries tend to make the philosophy of materialism increasingly hard to defend, a fact that  has moved some atheists to revise their views .   Yes, some former atheists have come to the conclusion  that the wonders of the universe are visible evidence of the "invisible qualities" and "eternal power" of our Creator, Jehovah God.  (Romans 1:20) Would you consider giving the matter further thought? No subject could be more important or of greater consequence. 

HOW LONG IS A "DAY"? 

In the Bible, the word  "day" can refer to various periods of time. At Genesis 2:4, for example, the entire creative period of six "days" is spoken of as  "the day that Jehovah God made heaven and earth." Each day evidently involved a considerable length of time. Interestingly , while the Bible specifically mentions the end of each of the first six "days," it makes no mention of the end of the seventh day. Why? That day is still in progress. -Genesis 2:3; Hebrews 4:4-6, 11. 

Next time: THE BIBLE'S VIEWPOINT - How to Make a Marriage Succeed 

From the Awake! magazine