“The more we study
nature, the more reasons we have to conclude that God exists. Recent
discoveries in biology are no exception. What we have discovered in the field
of biochemistry is a powerful argument for God; investigating nature can lead
us to the reasonable conclusion that life was created by a mind.”
This argument was
presented in a previous
blog. Since that writing, there have
been a couple developments to enhance the argument that “the more we study
nature, the more reasons we have to conclude that God exists.”
The first involves work investigating DNA’s ability
to transfer electrical charge.
DNA’s wire property is so
remarkable that it serves as inspiration for the design of the next generation
of electronic devices—at the nanoscale. The use of biological designs to drive
technological advance is one of the most exciting areas in engineering. This
area of study—called biomimetics and bioinspiration—presents us with new
reasons to believe that life stems from a Creator. It paves the way for a new
type of design argument I dub the converse Watchmaker argument: If biological
designs are the work of a Creator, then these systems should be so
well-designed that they can serve as engineering models and, otherwise, inspire
the development of new technologies.[1]
Here is a link to all of Jacqueline Barton’s research on
this topic: http://www.its.caltech.edu/~jkbgrp/Publications.htm#1997_Science
The second
development involves continuing work using DNA as an information storage
medium.
The use of biological designs to drive technological advance is one of
the most exciting areas in engineering. This area of study—called biomimetics
and bioinspiration—presents us with new reasons to believe that life stems from
a Creator. As the names imply, biomimetics involves direct copying (or mimicry)
of designs from biology, whereas bioinspiration relies on insights from biology
to guide the engineering enterprise. DNA’s capacity to inspire engineering
efforts to develop new data storage technology highlights this biomolecule’s
elegant, sophisticated design and, at the same time, raises a troubling
question for the evolutionary paradigm.[2]
Here is a link to the full article discussing this: http://www.reasons.org/blogs/the-cells-design/dna--digitally-designed
The possibility that advances in
human technology will ultimately mirror the molecular technology that already
exists as an integral part of biochemical systems leads to the Watchmaker
prediction: As human designers develop new technologies, examples of these
technologies, which previously went unrecognized, will become evident in the
operation of the cell’s molecular systems. In other words, if the Watchmaker
analogy truly serves as evidence for the Creator’s existence, then it is
reasonable to expect that life’s biochemical machinery anticipates human
technological advances.[3]
[1]
Dr. Fazale Rana, Reasons to Believe, http://www.reasons.org/blogs/the-cells-design/dna-wired-for-design
[2]
Dr. Fazale Rana, Reasons to Believe, http://www.reasons.org/blogs/the-cells-design/dna--digitally-designed
[3]
Dr. Fazale Rana, Reasons to Believe, http://www.reasons.org/blogs/the-cells-design/dna-wired-for-design
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