Any home builder works from a blueprint before the first nail is driven. He may make adjustments or modifications along the way, but the basic techniques are all planned out. It might be interesting to realize that many of the same basic construction principles used to build a house also apply to building an automobile, an airplane, or an ocean liner.
Even more interesting is the fact that the same materials that define a human life also apply to virtually any life form on earth. It’s all in God’s blueprint for life – DNA.
We have all become accustomed to DNA being used to identify criminals or identify our ancestors, but few of us have fully recognized the miracle that DNA represents or the hard-core evidence that it provides to verify intelligent creation – the hand of God.
Our science can’t begin to totally comprehend, let alone duplicate, the incredible intricacies of DNA.
(DNA) is a nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions for the development and function of living things. It is the ultimate blueprint for life forms. Contained in each cell of a living organism, it provides the instructions for the development, growth, and reproduction of that lifeform. The sheer volume and complexity of that information would easily overwhelm science’s most powerful computer.
And all that information is contained in that microscopic double helix that we have seen in science documentaries that leave our heads spinning.
While it is commonly known that humans share some DNA with other animals, we also share DNA with plant life. Like the comparison with construction principles, DNA is the key building technique of all life forms. Yet, somewhere in the mix of human DNA is the combination of chemicals that miraculously translates into intelligence and self-awareness.
Once again, as we juggle our belief in science, logic, and faith, we are forced to acknowledge that the remarkable package of information contained in DNA is too extreme to be an accident of nature. Add to that, the fact that all cells are composed of different combinations of chemicals, it is beyond the limits of imagination to believe a random combination of chemicals could result in intelligence.
Even if we accept evolution as one of God’s tools for the development of life on earth, it is a tremendous stretch to imagine that the chemical salad of DNA should somehow become self-aware and capable of self-replication.
Perhaps this is one case where logic supports faith. This is one case where creation and intelligent design, rather than evolution alone, is the only logical answer.