For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse. (Rom 1:20)I looked at a list of the fastest animals on Earth. The top 5 were ... birds. Hard to believe. The peregrine falcon dives at speeds exceeding 200 miles per hour. Golden eagles reach 150 mph. Number 6 is the fastest land animal, the cheetah. He only gets up to 75 mph. How long did it take us to reach 75 mph? I mention the birds in particular because they're amazing animals. The peregrine falcon is so "designed" for his way of life that modern engineers have used aspects of the bird for modern flight technology. Owls have feathers that allow them to fly silently. Feathers themselves are engineering marvels. Then there are hollow bones and wing structures and ... well it goes on and on.
Consider the amazing complexity of nature. The octopus is able to solve complex problems. The cuttlefish can mimic its surroundings. Every plant has an ingenious method to reproduce, from the pinecones of the redwoods that burst open in a fire to dandelions that send them airborne to seeds that get eaten by animals and get "planted" in nature's fertilizer (if you catch my drift). It just goes on and on. Oxford refers to it as "the cognitive inexhaustibility of things." "The facts about the things of this world are cognitively inexhaustible." Consider, for instance, the function of ... a single cell. It's mind boggling.
Consider biomimicry. Biomimicry is the practice of looking to nature to design products, processes, and policies that reflect nature's strategies and rules for sustainability. You see, humans have been learning from nature to figure out how to do things. The more we learn from nature, the better we figure out how to do things. Which ... in turn ... screams God, His invisible attributes, His eternal power, and His divine nature. Stephen Hawking said, "I think the universe was spontaneously created out of nothing, according to the laws of science." He was happy with the absolute impossibility of it. I think nature proves the existence of a Designer just about everywhere you look. Well, I just don't think that. I have it on good authority, "because that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them" (Rom 1:19). I guess God doesn't believe in atheists.
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There is an endless list of examples of how "it just happened" makes no sense. It is obvious from nature that this has been a guided process. And the amazingness of that should lead us to God. The fact that mankind is homo-religioso is proof that the existence of God is evident in nature.
“[N]ature ... screams God, His invisible attributes, His eternal power, and His divine nature.” I view and read a lot of material about the world of nature and never cease to be in awe of the Creator’s creativity, goodness, wisdom, and power. Even with all of creation in a fallen state, the natural world is amazing. As the evolutionist film-makers gush about the intricacies and complexity of the various species within their habitats, my most common (sarcastic) retort to them is, “Yeah, and that just evolved. Right, and you guys think creationists are gullible.”
I'm always astounded that in all those nature shows they say it was "designed" while they praise random chance evolution.
The design and purpose language that permeates those who espouse Evolution is bizarre given the fact that they vehemently deny both design and purpose.
I hear constantly in the secular materials acknowledgement of how the extant species of plants, fungi, and animals are all perfectly equipped [or designed] for survival in their habitat, how interdependent each is for survival, how each has found its niche, and the like--to which I reply, “Yup, just as the Creator planned it all” (yes, I do talk back to my TV quite a bit! :). Some of that fitness is explained through natural selection (which is not Evolution), but the ability to adapt at all to changing scenarios--especially those involving long periods of time--must be built into the organism’s DNA from the start; thus ruling out Evolution and its “everything from nothing” nonsense.
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