Biology Supports Intelligent Design
September 25th, 2008Author: Frank Harber Ph.D
The universe exhibits an incredible design and purposeful order. The universe displays numerous complex and remarkable organisms that defy any naturalistic explanation. Earth is the home of wondrous creatures such as the archerfish which can shoot water 15 feet into the air and strike an insect. The universe is perfectly designed for supporting intelligent life forms.
Because the universe is so intricately designed, it is highly improbable it could have originated by accident. This world contains 11 million different kinds of species. Each of these represents an amazing design of engineering and life. Yet, man, in all of his intelligence, is not even able to create one new species.
Pollster George Gallup once commented that the existence of God was statistically provable: “Take the human body alone — the chance that all the functions of the individual could just happen, is a statistical monstrosity.”
Every intelligent design indicates a designer. The greater the design, the greater the designer. The complex structure of the universe declares that there had to have been a great Architect. An accident could not have formed our great universe. Beavers who construct small pond dams could never construct a dam comparable to Hoover Dam.
There is a great intelligence behind nature. We pay homage to this concept whenever we use the term “Mother Nature,” in referring to the intelligence behind nature. Almost all of the complex discoveries of modern science, such as electrical, mechanical, acoustical, and optical phenomena, are already present in nature. Consider the sonar of porpoises, the frequency-modulated radar of bats, and the aerodynamics of the hummingbird.
Reason tells us that there must be a great Designer who has designed and continually maintains our universe.