DNA has a four-letter alphabet, and structures
very similar to words, sentences and paragraphs. With very precise instructions
and systems that check for errors and correct them. To the person who says that
life arose naturally, I need only ask: "Where did the information come from?
Show me just ONE example of a language that didn't come from a mind."
But to
a person, no atheist on a leading atheism website has ever been able to explain
where the information came from. The argument is known as 'The Atheists' Riddle'
This riddle is "So simple any child can understand; so complex, no atheist can
solve."
Matter and energy have to come from somewhere. Everyone can agree on
that. But information has to come from somewhere, too! Information is separate
entity, fully on a par with matter and energy. And information can ultimately,
only originate from a mind. If books and poems and TV shows come from human
intelligence, then all living things inevitably came from a super-intelligence.
This argument has never been disproved. Every word you hear, every sentence you
speak, every dog that barks, every song you sing, every e mail you read, every
packet of information that zings across the Internet, is proof of the existence
of God. Because information and language always originate in a mind.
Atheists
then say: "Well, our GUESS is that in this one instance, that is not true." In
the beginning were words and language. Jesus "by whom were all things created,
is referred to as the Word of God' - Logos.
In view of this, the fair-minded
person must surely stop and ask "What if the Christian and several hundred
million more are actually correct?" [ I do not include the nominal Christians in
that group!] - Hypothetical, I know.
But what if? What if you have got to
answer to God for your life? [You aren't exactly promised tomorrow, are you?']
Smart alec retorts would hardly be very appropriate with your eternal destiny at
stake.
That is the trouble. You are taking one hell of a gamble if you do not
investigate to the nth degree what has to be the biggest question in your life?
Can you really approach it with an airy dismissal after 10 minutes thought?
I
repeat. Every individual can be prove this in their own life. "Knock and the
door will be opened unto you."
[Matt.7:7]
Note. Much of this information comes from Perry Marshall who is correct on this
issue but I do have problems with some of his other
claims.
