Intelligent vs. Non-intelligent Design
By J. James Estrada (12/21/05)
A federal judge has spoken. John E. Jones III has declared in a Pennsylvania case that teaching Intelligent Design in public schools cannot be allowed because it will “advance religion”. What this comes down to is this, do you believe in God and His Word or do you believe in Englishman Charles Darwin and his theory? Each requires a display of faith.
A theory is just that. Ask a Darwinist to explain the “eye”. Darwin himself could not. How does the eye evolve? It either functions or it does not. Did animals wander aimlessly for millions of years waiting for the eye to become an eye?
And for all those who believe that evolution is a part of creation, all you have to do is open the big black book on the shelf that’s gathering dust. Just read the opening chapter in Genesis.
For that matter, I would ask Barbara Walters, who spent some time this week wondering about Heaven, to open the book to John and Chapter 14.
If one were to visit an automobile manufacturing facility, one would witness “intelligent design”. I don’t think the workers there just take various car parts and throw them into a “Big Three” soup and hope for the best. Likewise, God did not take cosmic parts, sprinkle star dust on them and scatter them in a Fourth-of-July style “Big Bang” to start the universe.
“Oh, God,” said the angel Michael. “There’s something brewing in that planet down there.” “And what is that?” said God. “A single cell amoeba has just split in two!” declared Michael. “Really?” said God. “Do you think it will evolve into something of interest?” “Hard to tell,” said Michael. “Well, keep me informed…I’ve got to keep my eye on the Earth. I think I’ve finally perfected a substance I like to call Man. The only thing is, he has a hard time believing I made him. I think I’ll let him name all the animals.” Michael looked puzzled. “Why would you let him do that?” he asked. God responded, “So he’ll use his God-given ability to realize that he’s not that monkey’s uncle.”
Copyright 2005 J. James Estrada
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