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Were you created or did you evolve? Were you designed by God or are you a product of time and chance? In 1860, an agnostic named Thomas Huxley debated Samuel Wilberforce at Oxford on the theory of evolution. Wilberforce stated that a watch implies the existence of a watch maker. Similarly, design in nature implies the existence of a Designer. Huxley argued that six eternal monkeys or apes typing on six eternal typewriters with unlimited amounts of paper and ink could, given enough time, produce a Psalm, a Shakespearean sonnet, or even a whole book, purely by chance that is, by random striking of the keys. Huxley pretended to find the 23rd Psalm among reams of typed gibberish produced by his six imaginary apes at their typewriters. His point was this: molecular movement, given enough time and matter, would be able to produce Bishop Wilberforce himself, purely by chance and without the work of any Designer or Creator. (Creation.com)
DNA was not discovered until 1953. (Huxley and Wilberforce did not have the advantages of modern science.) Each cell in your body has DNA, a set of plans. If there are 50 to 100 trillion cells in your body then you have trillions of plans in you. You were not a product of "time and chance". You were carefully planned with 50-100 trillion sets of plans. That is so amazing!
Psalm 139:17 &18 says, "How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee."
DNA was not discovered until 1953. (Huxley and Wilberforce did not have the advantages of modern science.) Each cell in your body has DNA, a set of plans. If there are 50 to 100 trillion cells in your body then you have trillions of plans in you. You were not a product of "time and chance". You were carefully planned with 50-100 trillion sets of plans. That is so amazing!
Psalm 139:17 &18 says, "How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee."
Hi Robert,
ReplyDeleteI hope you and your family had a very happy Christmas. You all should come visit us in Tucson some day.
I held your views on Evolution until a few years ago; then I summoned the courage to read and educate myself outside the Christian bubble. I would recommend first Googling the scientific definition of theory and then go from there. I found my understanding of The Theory of Evolution was entirely lacking. I am reading at the moment Unweaving the Rainbow by: Richard Dawkins and a book that explains Evolution clearly and concisely is Jerry Coyne's book Why Evolution is True. Read Coyne's book first. Email me if you would like. You should have my email address now that I commented. If not, message me on Facebook.
Cheers, Val