Think about it. That tiny little creature crawling across the wall in my kitchen has the mental capacity to move those little legs in perfect coordination. He has the ability to detect and locate food sources. He doesn’t quite understand it when I ask him to go elsewhere, but that’s another story.
If we attempt to use logic to dismiss the concept of a Creator who is responsible for all things, we are faced with two extremes that confound us – the incredibly vast expanse of our universe, and the equally incredible microscopic world that surrounds us. The visitor in my kitchen is approaching that microscopic world, but he is still much too large compared to the size of molecules of matter that comprize his body components.
While science delves deeper and deeper into the components of the atom, we are still faced with the reality that our ant’s small head can only hold so many molecules of brain material. Yet, somehow, that tiny cranium manages to contain enough power to provide all the functions that allow that creature to survive, thrive, and interact with his fellow insects.
While we won’t expect our ant friend to develop any revolutionary scientific theories, create music, or write the great American ant novel, we have to admire the abilities it does demonstrate. While the more cynical among us may dismiss our ant’s abilities as “instinct,” we have to acknowledge that even instinct requires a degree of brainpower.
Like so many other examples of the miracles of nature, we have to concede that the possibility of this tiny miracle being just an accident of nature is a stretch.
In this digital age, we have become accustomed to enormous amounts of information being stored on or in small spaces. We watch a two-hour motion picture stored on a 4-inch plastic disc. Our cameras contain a small, square, plastic memory card that can store hundreds of high-definition photos. The phone that we carry contains a personal phone book, a calculator, more photos, and a host of applications.
We have become so acclimated to these miracles of modern science that we have lost sight of the fact that many years of research and development were required to achieve this standard. Today, the computer power that would have filled a room with equipment 75 years ago is surpassed by a device that you can hold in your hand.
Yet, our ant friend can function more efficiently than any computer program can duplicate, fueled only by the food he can consume and the instinct programming contained in that tiny cranium.
Faced with the enormous amount of time and effort required to develop the technology to store huge amounts of data in such microscopic file cabinets, can we believe that evolution, along with millions of years of random selection, could result in multiple cases of accidental development?
Considering how much more advanced humans are beyond our ant friend, a look in the mirror should answer the question – are you an accident of nature, or the result of creation by God?
The answer should be obvious.