Very interesting artical, well worth the read
For many years British philosopher, Dr. Antony Flew, has been a leading spokesperson for atheism, actively involved in debate after debate. However, scientific discoveries within the last 30 years brought him to a conclusion he could not avoid. In a video interview in December 2004 he stated, "Super-intelligence is the only good explanation for the origin of life and the complexity of nature."1 Prominent in his conclusion were the discoveries of DNA. Here’s why.
computer programming:
DNA code:
DNA in our cells is very similar to an intricate computer program. In the photo on the left, you see that a computer program is made up of a series of ones and zeros (called binary code). The sequencing and ordering of these ones and zeros is what makes the computer program work properly.
In the same way, DNA is made up of four chemicals, abbreviated as letters A, T, G, and C. The sequencing of these letters tells the cell how to behave. Much like the ones and zeros, these letters are arranged in the human cell like this: CGTGTGACTCGCTCCTGAT and so on. The order in which they are arranged instructs the cell’s actions. Within the tiny space in every cell in your body is a code three billion letters long!!2
To grasp the amount of DNA information in one cell, "a live reading of that code at a rate of three letters per second would take thirty-one years, even if reading continued day and night."3 Wait, there’s more.
This DNA structure not only informs the cells actions, like a sophisticated computer program, it also uniquely identifies you. It has been determined that 99.9% of your DNA is similar to everyone’s genetic makeup.4 What is uniquely you comes in the fractional difference in how those three billion letters are sequenced in your cells.
The U.S. government is able to identify everyone in our country by the arrangement of a nine-digit social security number. In comparison, it is astounding that inside every cell in you is a three-billion-lettered DNA structure that belongs only to you. You can see why criminals, or innocent people, can be identified by their DNA.
Not only do you have in each cell of your body a three-billion-letter identification of you, this DNA code is actively instructing your cells’ behavior.
Dr. Francis Collins, director of the Human Genome Project (that mapped the human DNA structure) said that one can "think of DNA as an instructional script, a software program, sitting in the nucleus of the cell."5
Perry Marshall, an information specialist, comments on the implications of this. "There has never existed a computer program that wasn’t designed…[whether it is] a code, or a program, or a message given through a language, there is always an intelligent mind behind it."6
Just as former atheist Dr. Antony Flew questioned, it is legitimate to ask oneself regarding this three billion letter code instructing the cell…who wrote this script? Who placed this working code, inside the cell?
It’s like walking along the beach and you see in the sand, "Mike loves Michelle." You know the waves rolling up on the beach didn’t form that–a person wrote that. It is a precise message. It is clear communication. In the same way, the DNA structure is a complex script, informing and directing the cell’s process.
In this era, with computer programs made up of zeros and ones, we can understand the long sequencing of CGTA, continuing in a unique assembly for three billion letters in each human cell, determining a person’s makeup. How can one explain this sophisticated messaging residing in our cells?
On June 26, 2000, President Clinton congratulated those who completed the human genome sequencing. President Clinton said, "Today we are learning the language in which God created life. We are gaining ever more awe for the complexity, the beauty, the wonder of God’s most divine and sacred gift."7 Dr. Francis Collins, director of the Human Genome Project, followed Clinton to the podium stating, "It is humbling for me and awe inspiring to realize that we have caught the first glimpse of our own instruction book, previously known only to God."8
When looking at the DNA structure within the human body, we cannot escape the presence of intelligent (incredibly intelligent) design
I think that, quite frankly, it is a Christian excuse for why NATURE and SCIENCE are capable of amazing things.
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