| A Perfect Design-A Perfect Universe, Then Death by Lloyd Tiegs (November-December, 2000) |
A Perfect Design - A Perfect Universe
Then Death and an Imperfect Universe
What is Left of the Perfect Design?
Genesis 1 v31: And God saw everything that he had made, and behold it was very good. And behold, it was very
good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
Genesis 2 v17: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou
eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
I have noted that those who are rather good at trying to explain away God and His Creation are not quite so glib
when faced with facts about what is left of God's design.
An example of this: the DNA molecule. We are told that scientists have mapped the human DNA. That is true or
nearly complete. The whole truth is: it is going to take a 100 years or more to understand the map.
The following DNA information was taken from the Internet and mainly from an article in The Janesville Gazette-
Section C -June 3, 2000:
Bethesda, Md. 16 biology laboratories around the world are feeding information into the computers in a building in Bethesda, Md
on a daily basis. They are involved in the Human Genome Project. "Two competing teams are entering the final phase of a
massive effort to collect and catalog the human genes.
The goal of this project is to decode the human genome-which is the collection of genes.
This project started in 1990. At first, scientists did all the work. Now robots and computers do the work. At the Whitehead Institute
they have 123 machines that look like washing machines which cost $300,000. Each of these machines can produce 50 million
letters of the DNA code a day. The first 10 years of the project produced 1 billion letters. With these machines it took four months to
produce the same amount. This mapping stage may be finished within the next 1 to 3 years.
The fact is they are not yet at the phase of decoding the human genome. It's like finding a book written in a
foreign language—you have the book but can't yet read it. “Understanding this genome is going to take us
another 100 years...maybe more.”
There are four base molecules of DNA: A, C, G and T. That looks easy but the code is 3 billion bits long. “...the
human genetic code could fill 200 big-city telephone books.” That code can change conception of an egg and
sperm into an “... adult composed of 10 trillion cells.” These 10 trillion cells which have genes made of protein
then all have assignments as to their function in that adult body. They all work together.
Then Death and an Imperfect Universe
What is Left of the Perfect Design?
Genesis 1 v31: And God saw everything that he had made, and behold it was very good. And behold, it was very
good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
Genesis 2 v17: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou
eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
I have noted that those who are rather good at trying to explain away God and His Creation are not quite so glib
when faced with facts about what is left of God's design.
An example of this: the DNA molecule. We are told that scientists have mapped the human DNA. That is true or
nearly complete. The whole truth is: it is going to take a 100 years or more to understand the map.
The following DNA information was taken from the Internet and mainly from an article in The Janesville Gazette-
Section C -June 3, 2000:
Bethesda, Md. 16 biology laboratories around the world are feeding information into the computers in a building in Bethesda, Md
on a daily basis. They are involved in the Human Genome Project. "Two competing teams are entering the final phase of a
massive effort to collect and catalog the human genes.
The goal of this project is to decode the human genome-which is the collection of genes.
This project started in 1990. At first, scientists did all the work. Now robots and computers do the work. At the Whitehead Institute
they have 123 machines that look like washing machines which cost $300,000. Each of these machines can produce 50 million
letters of the DNA code a day. The first 10 years of the project produced 1 billion letters. With these machines it took four months to
produce the same amount. This mapping stage may be finished within the next 1 to 3 years.
The fact is they are not yet at the phase of decoding the human genome. It's like finding a book written in a
foreign language—you have the book but can't yet read it. “Understanding this genome is going to take us
another 100 years...maybe more.”
There are four base molecules of DNA: A, C, G and T. That looks easy but the code is 3 billion bits long. “...the
human genetic code could fill 200 big-city telephone books.” That code can change conception of an egg and
sperm into an “... adult composed of 10 trillion cells.” These 10 trillion cells which have genes made of protein
then all have assignments as to their function in that adult body. They all work together.
How these cells work together is the mystery. Already in 1997 scientists could spot a
breast cancer causing gene, but they don't know how it works or how much it increases
that woman's chance of getting breast cancer.
Evolutionists are having a real problem with the thought that there had to be a very
intelligent being to design the DNA and all the other systems present in our universe.
breast cancer causing gene, but they don't know how it works or how much it increases
that woman's chance of getting breast cancer.
Evolutionists are having a real problem with the thought that there had to be a very
intelligent being to design the DNA and all the other systems present in our universe.
1. If there is a design then there has to be God.
2. If the design was perfect and then became defective; then there would be no death when life started. (The
evolutionist wants to believe that death was always present.)
3. If defect and death came into the world later; what caused it?
4. If human beings are not getting better and better; then they are faced with when did death and defect come.
5. God told Adam and Eve, “The day thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.” Did the death of Adam and Eve
really start at that point? Was their DNA perfect and then became defective? Does man really need a Savior
from sin and death after all.
The evolutionist will try to scoff at such ideas, but he is troubled by such thoughts. He has been able to find
answers that will at least seem to be possible when it comes to geology; but the idea that there had to be a
design to it all troubles him.
May God be praised — He has given us a simple account :
1. Of His perfect Creation,
2. How death and defect entered that creation.
3. How he planned for mankind to regain a prefect life without death or any defect.
COULD IT BE THAT THE TASK WHICH THE TRIUNE GOD WOULD PLACE BEFORE US WOULD READ
SOMETHING LIKE THIS:
Examine my design for man and the universe as best you can from: My Word and what is left of my design in the
universe. Then spread the news. LSI
—Lloyd Tiegs, president
2. If the design was perfect and then became defective; then there would be no death when life started. (The
evolutionist wants to believe that death was always present.)
3. If defect and death came into the world later; what caused it?
4. If human beings are not getting better and better; then they are faced with when did death and defect come.
5. God told Adam and Eve, “The day thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.” Did the death of Adam and Eve
really start at that point? Was their DNA perfect and then became defective? Does man really need a Savior
from sin and death after all.
The evolutionist will try to scoff at such ideas, but he is troubled by such thoughts. He has been able to find
answers that will at least seem to be possible when it comes to geology; but the idea that there had to be a
design to it all troubles him.
May God be praised — He has given us a simple account :
1. Of His perfect Creation,
2. How death and defect entered that creation.
3. How he planned for mankind to regain a prefect life without death or any defect.
COULD IT BE THAT THE TASK WHICH THE TRIUNE GOD WOULD PLACE BEFORE US WOULD READ
SOMETHING LIKE THIS:
Examine my design for man and the universe as best you can from: My Word and what is left of my design in the
universe. Then spread the news. LSI
—Lloyd Tiegs, president