Darwinism is a 19th century theory that was developed when the cell was thought to be nothing more than a tiny glob of gelatinous material. We now know just how complex, specialized, intricate and finely controlled cells really are. It is easy for evolutionists to speak of homologies such as the similarity of bony structures of a bird's wing compared to the forelimb of a mammal, but the molecular and biochemical workings of an organism are completely inexplicable by supposed evolutionary mechanisms. This is why Michael Behe calls the cell "Darwin's Black Box."
Within a typical cell there are organelles that are analogous to our organs (such as heart, liver, kidney, etc.). Each of these organelles has a very specialized function from production of proteins, energy production and transfer, elimination of wastes, communication with surrounding cells and on and on. There is a meshwork of microtubules that transport material in and out and around the cell that acts like trolley tracks. There are specialized protein structures that move along these tracks carrying other components, thus acting as trolley cars to make sure that all the organelles have the material that each needs to function efficiently and waste products are carried away. This latter process is seen in the video as the protein literally “walks” along a track carrying a large structure behind.
I get frustrated when evolutionists dictate the terms of the conversation and speak of similarities between different species as evidence of common ancestry. Could it just as well be evidence of a common designer? And what of the radical differences between the different phyla (e.g., worms, insects, clams, vertebrates, etc.)? If similarities represent evidence of common ancestry, does dissimilarity therefore give evidence uncommon ancestry? Or maybe a very clever Designer who created many different kinds of life with many different variations on each theme?
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Sunday, February 10, 2008
Cellular Design--What Darwin Never Knew
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You would have loved today's Truth Project lesson, Theo (see my later post on the Truth Project today).
Part of the lesson involved a computer generated animation of the incredibly complex and busy functioning that goes on inside a single cell. You'd think a city was at work inside there!
Amazing how all that could "just happen."
Forgot to mention: that Truth Project video illustration was a lot like the one posted here, only even more detailed and close up.
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