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| Chapter 6. Evidences of Design Intelligent Design Characteristic Number 5. Common Design Approaches Used In Different Applications. There is another practice common among design engineers, the practice of using a common design approach for many different situations. It appears God did the same thing with life. He simply used similar basic approaches for a number of different structures and processes. He then implemented the approach in a large variety of ways. In this case, evolution has nothing to do with the observed patterns. The different forms then become a demonstration of the creativity of God. In that case, many of the evidences evolutionists use to support evolution are not evidence at all, since they can just as easily represent examples of God using a common design approach for many different scenarios. For instance, the arms of a man, legs of a reptile, and pectoral fins of a fish have a similar skeletal structure. Evolutionists like to claim that this is a proof of evolution. In reality, though, it proves nothing. The similarities could just as well reflect a common design approach deliberately chosen by an Intelligent Designer and modified to fit a number of different applications and scenarios. In this case, they represent a good illustration of a common design approach used in different applications. Summary: If a person is honest in looking at the evidence, he should be able to see that science shows us two things: natural law makes a natural origin of life impossible. 2. Living organisms exhibit many characteristics of items that have been designed. These two observations complement each other; it is their combined effects working together that provides such a strong testimony. According to Romans Chapter 1 in the Bible, God considers the evidence of His existence so clear that He counts a person without excuse who refuses to acknowledge it. A person can harden his heart against receiving the things we have talked about. However, he should be aware that He does this at the risk of offending a Living Creator God, a God powerful enough to speak the universe into existence. He does this with the consequence of suffering eternal judgment for his belief. These are not neutral issues. |