The Maker of All Things
"As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the body
is formed in a mother's womb, so you cannot understand the
work of God, the Maker of all things." - Ecclesiastes 11:5
Francis Crick is best known for his work in the discovery of
the double helix structure of DNA. DNA is the building block
of all life forms. For his work, Dr. Crick earned a Nobel
Prize in medicine in 1962.
Dr. Crick calculated the possibility of a simple protein sequence of 200 amino-acids (much simpler than a DNA molecule) originating spontaneously to be 1 out of 10,000,000,000,000,00 0,000,000,000 (quadrillion, 10 with 26 zeros). This is virtually an impossible number.
So what do those chances equate to in everyday terms?
British scientist Fred Hoyle, who helped develop the "Big
Bang" theory of the creation of the universe, gave the
following analogy of the odds against evolved life. It would
be like a tornado suddenly touching down in a junkyard and
taking all of the metal lying there and turning them into a
Boeing 747. It might be possible for two pieces to be
naturally welded together, and then two pieces more in a
later whirlwind, but production of even a simple organic
molecule would require all of the pieces to come together at
one time.
No one can look at the extreme complexity of the simplest
life forms and not appreciate the intricate design made by
the Creator. Today in prayer, thank the Lord that you are
"fearfully and wonderfully made" and give Christ praise that
He is the Maker of all things.
"God is in the details." - Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
God's Word: "Through him all things were made; without him
nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and
that life was the light of men." - John 1:3-4
By Peter Kennedy, Copyright 2003, Devotional E-Mail
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