Is the Universe a Product of Design or Chance? The choices in accounting for our universe boil down to three: Chance, multiple universes, or design. Scientists are looking at the extreme rarity of life in our universe and asking, “why are we so lucky?” At some point, you’ve got to step back from the facts …
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Options for Origins 1. Charles Seife, Alpha and Omega (New York: Viking Penguin, 2003), 187-188. 2. Hugh Ross, The Creator and the Cosmos, 3rd ed. (Colorado Springs, CO: NavPress, 2001), 158. 3. Ibid. 4. Martin Rees, Our Cosmic Habitat (London: Phoenix, 2003), 164. 5. Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time (New York: Bantam, 1990), 127-141. 6. Seife, 222. 7. Hawking, 140-141. …
64404 4. The Problem with Half An Eye
Was Darwin Right About the Eye? Looking down at Greenland from 32,000 feet on my trip from Rome to Seattle, I heard a strange noise in the aircraft that sent my blood pressure soaring into hyperspace. Suddenly I began to wonder what would happen if one tiny part on the enormous Boeing 747 failed. Engines, …
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The Problem with Half An Eye 1. Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989),1. 2. Ibid.,12. 3. Michael Behe, Darwin’s Black Box (New York: Free Press, 2003), 24. 4. Charles Darwin, Origin of Species (New York: Bantam Books, 1999), 158. 5. Behe, 22. 6. Quoted in Lee Strobel, The Case for a Creator (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2004), 199. 7. …
64405 5. The Language of Our Cells
Does DNA Point to a Designer? Was the language of DNA programmed by a designer–or by chance? Consider for a moment the cathedral-like structure of a snowflake under a microscope. Look at the beauty. Look at the complexity. Look at the originality of each individual flake. Surely this is evidence for a grand designer in …
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The Language of Our Cells 1. William A. Dembski, The Design Revolution (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2004), 85. 2. Werner Gitt, “Dazzling Designs in Miniature,” Creation Ex Nihilo, December 1997–February 1998, 6. 3. Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989), 1. 4. Nicholas Wade, “In Chimpanzee DNA, Signs of Y Chromosome’s Evolution,” New York Times, Sept. 1, 2005, …
64406 6. The Case of the Missing Links
Where are Darwin’s Predicted Fossils? The discovery of DNA has revolutionized the world of forensic evidence. Cold case files have been reopened. Criminals who thought they had beaten the system have been belatedly prosecuted by a swab of saliva or body fluids forgotten about for decades. And in some instances, the new evidence has exonerated …
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The Case of the Missing Links 1. Michael Boulter, Extinction: Evolution and the End of Man (London: Columbia University Press 2005). 2. Niles Eldredge, Reinventing Darwin (London: Phoenix Giant, 1995), 33. 3. Wim Kayzer, “A Glorious Accident” (New York: Freeman, 1997), 92. 4. Charles Darwin, Origin of Species, 6th ed. (New York: University Press, 1988), 413. 5. Steven Stanley, Macroevolution (San Francisco: Freeman, …
64407 7. The Human Enigma
Are Humans the Result of Evolution? Scientific evidence indicates human beings are a unique species that is far superior to any species existing today or in the past. In the movie, Planet of the Apes, Astronaut Leo Davidson is on a routine reconnaissance space mission in the year 2029, when suddenly his pod cruiser is thrust …
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The Human Enigma 1. Quoted in Lee Strobel, The Case for a Creator (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2004), 62. 2. Ibid. 63. 3. Stephen Jay Gould, The Panda’s Thumb, (W. W. Norton & Company, 1980), 126. 4. R. C. Lewontin, Human Diversity, (Scientific American Library, 1995), 163. 5. Ian Tattersall, The Fossil Trail: How We Know What We Think We …