If a man dug up an old lawn mower and then wrote a paper arguing that it was the result of random chance, no one would take him seriously. Yet, with the exception of a “religious nut,” no one would question a scientist who wrote a paper about the bombardier beetle and assumed it to be the result of evolutionary processes (random chance). But if the mower is a product of intelligent design, what about the infinitely more complex beetle?

The bombardier beetle stores two chemicals in its body. When something threatens it, it discharges the two chemicals into a larger water-filled chamber in its rear end. The chemicals heat rapidly, and the beetle’s rear end is transformed into a high-pressure, deadly accurate, pulsating cannon. The discharge comes out as a series of pulses (500 per second) at a speed of 66 feet per second! The timing of this mixing and expelling process—using muscular release valves—is critical if the beetle is to deter its enemies and avoid blowing itself up.

The bombardier beetle has fascinated scientists for decades. Ever since Dr. Hermann Schildknecht performed microsurgery on the beetle to discover the process it used to create its explosive mixture, scientists have continued to study this strange creature.

Andy McIntosh, professor of thermodynamics and combustion theory at the University of Leeds in England, has recently been analyzing the beetle in order to improve the design efficiencies of jet engines. He thinks he may be able to mimic the beetle’s chamber design to develop an engine that can be easily restarted at high altitudes.

If he succeeds, he will be the designer of a better jet engine. Yet the beetle design he copied is assumed to be the result of random chance! Why do so many scientists look at the universe and life and say that no Intelligence was needed to create it? Their reasoning isn’t scientific.

The first scientists wanted to discover the wonders of the Creator’s handiwork—to learn how and why things happen—and to use this knowledge to solve problems and create intelligent designs. Then, atheists gained a foothold—arguing that a truly objective approach to the scientific method requires scientists to deny—or at least ignore—the metaphysical, and thus the intelligent Designer was evicted. The great successes of science increased its influence, and so a materialistic worldview began to dominate our educational institutions.

A religious void—especially among the highly educated—developed in Western societies as people’s confidence in religious answers to life was shaken by an aggressive skepticism that offered nothing in its place. No wonder despair is on the increase. It is hard to feel significant in a universe that started with a random big bang and declares that everything and everyone is an accident.

A Designer, on the other hand, implies that Someone made us through a deliberate, purposeful act. Someone wanted us around. Who is this intelligent Designer? and What is our purpose? became the next big questions needing answers. But, they also limit our search because only three major religions talk about a personal Creator God—Judaism, Islam, and Christianity—and they all point back to the Bible’s book of Genesis as their starting point.

We should start there too. After all, that’s where God tells His story about how life on earth, our own included, came to be.

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Logicboy03: The title of the thread is already an Epic Fail (blatant oxymoron).....then the first paragraph is another epic fail (evolution is chance).....


Frosbel,


Troll harder!

Reyginus: Ad hominem

Logicboy03:


Did Anony teach you that one?


I have been hearing rumours that you are now his disciple...under tutelage

Reyginus: And what's wrong in learning anything if doesn't make one stupid?

Logicboy03:

What happens to someone who learns from a dubious teacher?

Reyginus: Oh! You want to play a game? You have it.
What happens to someone who happens to be a drop-out in the teacher's damsel when he happens to understand?

Logicboy03:

Reyginus: It's too early to be empty.
Back to thread. What can you point is wrong with it?

Logicboy03:



Let's start with the title- an oxymoron

Then the first paragraph that claims evolution is random chance- a lie

Reyginus: An oxymoron is only a tool for passing across a message. It doesn't in any way make the messge silly. You're wrong here.
On Evolution. Do you think he was arguing for or against it?

Logicboy03:


didnt read past the first paragraph!

Reyginus: And you went on to accuse him of trolling? Btw, you can go through it to have proper understanding of the second part of your Post 9.

Logicboy03:


Does one need to read past Genesis to know that the bible is nonsense?


I read the first paragraph containing nonsense about evolution

Reyginus: That's out of the equation. The first paragraph contained a set of comparisons to illustrate a point. The point is in the whole.

Logicboy03:

I disagree.

Reyginus: Your reason?

Logicboy03:

erm....err....ehem.............no reason?

Logicboy03: Then the first paragraph that claims evolution is random chance- a lie

aletheia:
So evolution is not driven by largely random chance events?. . .so the genetic mutations which your "natural selection" works with do not arise by random chance?

Reyginus: A rest is what you need then.

Logicboy03:
Natural selection is the opposite of random chance.

aletheia:
So evolution is not driven by largely random chance events?. . .so the genetic mutations which your "natural selection" works with do not arise by random chance?

aletheia:
You patently avoid the question. Now try again or get sent to the back of the class wearing the dunce's hat.

Logicboy03:

Heard of natural selection? Hmmm?

Reyginus: I want to learn natural selection from logicboy. Seriously.

Logicboy03:


What do you mean?

Goshen360: Please be careful they don't put you in their club of non-rest. Some people are now beginning to go TO and FRO like the devil, jumping to and fro every thread opened on board without rest because there is no rest for them. Only God can give you rest.

#And don't dare assume or think I was talking to you. Did I mention your I.d?

Reyginus: Lolololol. No. You didn't.

Logicboy03:

lololol
Is Goshen reetarded or something

Logicboy03:
Heard of natural selection? Hmmm?

aletheia:
So evolution is not driven by largely random chance events?. . .so the genetic mutations which your "natural selection" works with do not arise by random chance?