Intelligent Design
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Intelligent Design
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Intelligent Design By Rabbi Eli Teitelbaum Science must be based on reason and logic. If a scientist were to read an
encyclopedia he would certainly assume that it was written by a very intelligent
person and was not the result of an accidental spillage of some black ink. If a
space ship landed on the moon and discovered a computer laying there, you can be
sure that scientists would have to admit that the computer was the result of
intelligent design and certainly not the result of some chance mutation or Big
Bang that occurred over many years. Any scientist who would dare claim that the
computer was the result of some accidental changes of nature, randomness, or
mutations that occurred over billions of years would certainly be sent to a good
psychiatric ward for observation. Such theories would represent the height of
absurdity and not we worthy of debate. The proof that such a theory is within
the realm of reason would be the responsibility of the one making the claim.
While scientists have a right to come up with all At the very young age of three, our great Father Avrohom carefully examined
the world around him and saw that everything in the universe showed signs of
intelligent design. He studied the stars and the planets and saw how they
followed a very exact and precise pattern and didn’t just move about
haphazardly. He observed the many creatures that filled the world and realized
that they were the result of intellectual design. He was forced to conclude that
only a G-d of superior Intelligence could have created such a magnificent
universe. As much as he searched, however, he was unable to find the Creator of this
magnificent and wondrous universe. Carefully examining the world around him, he
soon discovered that there were many other forces that man could not see, feel
or touch, yet they had to exist. When man jumped up there was an invisible force
that pulled him right down. When man held certain stones called lodestones (
magnets ) next to one another they would sometimes seem to jump toward each
other, while other times they would push away from each other. While man could
not see any of these invisible forces he realized such forces had to exist. He
concluded that man could not see everything around him. There were some
mysterious forces that were beyond man’s comprehension and visibility. Man carefully watched an egg hatch into a chicken and realized that somewhere
inside, there had to exist both the instructions and the mechanism for this to
happen but he didn’t have the faintest idea of how it all worked. He planted
seeds in the ground and saw them grow into beautiful plants, trees and fruit and
wondered how this could all happen. Where were the instructions and what kind of
mechanism was hidden within them to enable it to happen? Thousands of years would pass before man would find the answers to these
difficult questions. It would take the invention of the microscope and many
other tools including the computer to unravel some of the deep secrets that fill
every living cell to learn how life works. As time went by, scientists learned
more and more about the great mysteries that comprise the universe. The more
they looked, the more signs they saw of an amazing intelligence imbedded within
every cell, molecule and atom. The small cell that once seemed to contain
nothing but a simple liquid was found to be far more complex and intricate than
even the largest chemical factory. Inside it were microscopic strands called
chromosomes, which contained chemicals referred to as the DNA that carried the
complex instructions of life that they had been searching for. With the use of
powerful computers they even discovered how some of these instructions worked.
Everything worked with exacting precision and showed signs of Yet, despite all these fascinating findings, there are still people - even
scientists – who still believe that life is nothing but the result of mere
chance that evolved over billions of years. For decades, many scientists have
presented the misconception that there are rational explanations for the origins
of the universe when the only rational explanation is the belief in a G-d.
Darwin’s illogical and irrational theories of randomness and natural selection
are still overwhelmingly accepted and taught despite all the advances in
biochemistry and physics which show the chances of it just happening by chance
mutation is a total impossibility. As science has made enormous strides in understanding the chemistry of life,
it should have led them to the inevitable conclusion that there is nothing
haphazard or random about it, but rather it is the result of phenomenal
precision and exactitude. There are precise laws governing all of chemistry,
biology and physics and nothing works at random. The complexities and brilliance
found within all of life and within every cell and atom testify to a Maker of
infinite intelligence. To believe that such a structured, exacting, and precise
universe can somehow result from a mysterious Big Bang – a chance explosion of
immense intensity - would hold water only if one assumes that this Big Bang was
the handiwork of a Superior Being – a G-d. This brings us back to square one.
Only such belief would make the Big Bang theory plausible. G-d said “Let there
be light” and, bang, it happened. The intricate and complex design and structure
found within every creature is the greatest proof of the P.S. This short essay is not written for scientific atheists who have
decided to ignore all evidence of Intelligent Design and continue to deny the
existence of G-d, but rather for those who are searching to understand why the
world must have a Creator even though we are unable to see Him. |
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