The Hills Roll On

Tonight we watched a rented DVD, “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”, a satirical sci-fi that had both it’s funny moments and it’s ‘deep thoughts’. Based on the hit book by Douglas Adams, it’s been hugely popular and the film does do it some justice.
It was a bit disconcerting at all the cracks made at God (for example, the electronic Guidebook to the Universe, states that “In the beginning the universe was created…which many regard as a giant mistake.”) One planet believes the universe was created out of a giant sneeze and one day a giant hankercheif will come and wipe them clean. They poke fun at Catholic style worship and mass (all the pomp, tone, and dress, almost KKK…) replacing ‘Amen’ with “atchoo”. Ok, I laughed at that one. On one hand it was funny, on the other it was kinda sad. I think the most disconcerting (and I comfort myself by saying this was most certainly science fiction!) was watching humanoid creatures building Earth.2. Like a giant construction project, the infinite complexity and beauty of earth was assumed to be replicable with advanced technology (oceans being filled in by firehoses, majestic mountains plopped in by cranes, etc). I suppose using the gift of our imaginations we could imagine the possibility of creating such highly advanced technology that we could begin to replicate identically the matter of the earth. Yet somehow, I think not. Is it because I am biased? A lover of God who gives credit where credit is due? Certainly! But also, I think not because of Darwin’s Archilles Heel. Darwin pre-supposed that his theory of evolution could be proven once technology caught up. He supposed that the smaller and lifeforms (that couldn’t be examined with the naked eye, amoebas and so on) would be ‘simpler’ (less cellularly complex than a larger, more “evolved” creature, such as 4 legged beings). It went along with his whole “we evolved [aka: became more complex and adapted to our environments] from a pile of ooze” foundationHe made it quite plain in his published works that it was only a matter of time before science would catch up and be able to prove his theory. So what happened?

Well, microscopes are so advanced today that the electron miscroscope can examine individual ATOMS up close and personal. Single celled creatures are no problem to examine close up. Interestingly enough, scientists discovered that single celled creatures were not so simple after all. In fact, it was like discovering a universe within a universe! The infinitesimal complexity and specific design within these “simple” cellular organisms blew the scientists away. They discovered what Darwin had no way of knowing at his time: that smaller doesn’t mean simpler. The intricacy and specific order of design within the tiniest creatures is such that one cannot honestly state that life evolved from ‘simpler’ life forms. They aren’t simple! And they are so specifically arranged that the process of evolution would’ve destroyed them. It’s like a mousetrap. It only works when all the required parts (spring, cheese, board, catch, etc) are all in place at the same time! If you remove one part, it doesn’t work! You can’t have a “mousetrap in the making”. It ceases to be a mousetrap and is simply a pile or disordered miscellaneous parts.
The second part of Darwin’s Archilles Heel falls in the realm of archeology. He asserted that archeology would catch up after his time and unearth all the ‘missing links” required to fill in his theories. The ‘inbetween’ creatures that prove all the evolutionary changes undergone from single cell life forms to greater complexity and finally to present day humans. Well, archeology has come along way since the 1800’s and what have we discovered? Lots and lots of fossilized creatures buried in layers of sediment (many buried in such a manner and it seems they were caught off guard, as if sudden disaster struck), but no ‘inbetween’ ‘missing links’. You know, fishes with legs or some other clearly in between creature. Claims have been made, and hoaxes have been refuted, but the volume of supposed inbetween creatures has yet to appear. It’s clear that many creatures that no longer exist today once existed. But no amount of sufficient evidence has been found to come near proving what Charles Darwin KNEW was the clincher of his theory. He admitted this was the “make or break” aspect of his theory and confidently awaited science to discover that which he didn’t have the technology to prove himself. Well Charlie, we’re still waiting. And any honest scientist has to admit that the evidence disproves your theory. And that’s just a tiny beginning of examining the evidence! (reader, if you’re interested in reading more, an excellent site that is very user friendly is www.answersingenesis.org)
So as I watched the movie, I thought, hmmm, nice idea. Too bad it’s already been debunked. Could humans develop technology capable of reproducing creation? Everytime we try, it’s a sad attempt. Art only imitates…God creates. I don’t wanna ruin the movie for you just in case you want to see it, but in the end, let me just say that IF if humanity is the product of a series of unplanned and unguided convenient cellular coincidences, then the ultimate answer the question of life, the universe and everything, not only doesn’t make any sense, but is cold, empty and utterly pointless.

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