The Instruction Book For Life

BRUCE  LICHT

Can a car create itself?  What about a computer?  That would be ludicrous to think they could, as they are so incredibly complex.  What about something considerably simpler?  Do you believe that given enough time, and with just the right conditions, a book could create itself, either on purpose or by accident?

Imagine that somehow, every color of the rainbow fell from space and happened to land on a book’s correct blank pages in all the right places to produce recognizable, appropriate pictures or illustrations.  Then somehow, black ink fell from space, and made lines forming the letters of our alphabet, in the specific order to construct words and sentences, with just the right punctuation that, together, made coherent sense.  And amazingly, page numbers landed on the pages, coincidentally in numerical order, before this book finally bound itself and made a cover with a title.  No one would believe that could ever happen, even with an infinite amount of time to do so.  So obviously, even simple books have intelligent design, and intelligent designers who design them. (1)

Now consider Deoxyribonucleic Acid (abbreviated DNA), (1) which is a molecule within every single cell (2) that conveys genetic information for both the development and functioning of all organisms. (3)   DNA consists of two linked strands, forming the shape of a twisted ladder, referred to as a “double helix.” (4)   Your DNA is what scientists call your “instruction book for life.” (5)   Your own body’s particular “instruction book” has approximately 3.2 billion “letters,” total. (6)   One estimate suggests that if you disassembled your DNA and laid out the pieces end to end, it would stretch approximately 110 billion miles. (7)

Bill Gates once said, “DNA is like a computer software program far, far more advanced than any software program ever created.” (8)   DNA is so complex, that there would have had to have been a genius “programmer” beyond any human comprehension that put it together.  If a simple book cannot possibly make itself, it is infinitely more irrational to take the position that DNA happened by accident? (1)

So where did the intelligent information – the programing code for the building blocks of life – come from?  It does not exist in any of the materials present from the Big Bang. Its origin, without a doubt, is preternatural. (9)

This really shouldn’t be so difficult.  The question is, “Do you think ‘nothing’ or ‘something’ created ‘everything’?” These positions are just common sense. (1)   Sir Isaac Newton, the “father of science” said, “Atheism is so senseless...”  (10)

There had to be an intelligent mind beyond any human reasoning that was capable enough to put DNA together. If that’s the case, then it shouldn’t be hard to say, “Atheism ignores evidence and facts. It cannot be true.”  DNA is clear evidence of the existence of an intelligent designer – evidence of the existence of God. (1)

Creation did not happen by accident. Creation means that your life has purpose.  So there’s a great reason to get off the couch and go do something meaningful while you still can.