God, the Creator

Genesis opens with the story of creation. The world and everything in it was created in six days – from light to man and everything in between. But have you really thought about how deep that is?

When we were kids, we built things with Legos and Play-Doh. I think a lot of us think of creation in the same way. God created each animal and each plant but it goes deeper than that.

He created everything in detail and knew each of His creations intimately. Take ostriches and zebras. Zebras have excellent senses of smell and hearing but poor eyesight, while ostriches have keen eyesight but poor hearing and smell. In the African Savannah, they have a symbiotic relationship. Both are prey for the same predators (lions, cheetahs, hyenas) where they warn each other of danger. Not only did God create them, but he put them together and allowed them to develop a symbiotic relationship with one another.

Think of the four seasons. Yes, God created them. He also created several kinds of birds that know when to migrate to the south and when to return up north. Not every tree but the certain trees are known to blossom in the spring and to lose their leaves in the fall as they prepare for winter.

God didn’t just randomly create anything. He did it all with purpose. He did it intentionally. He did it intelligently.

During creation, he created DNA, he created all the elements. He made the building blocks of everything people would need later. He knew what Edison would need to create the light bulb. He knew Marie Curie would discover polonium and radium. In fact, there are empty spaces on the periodic table for elements that haven’t been discovered yet. But God has already created them.

Think of all the species and types of animals, plants and even rocks He created. Think of all the relationships he created.

To me, the Big Bang doesn’t allow intelligent design. I’m supposed to believe that a random set of elements came together and BOOM everything was created! And not only the right elements but the right elements, in the right amounts.

Think not just of a lottery but an ingredient lottery combined with a number lottery. You need to pull flour, sugar, egg, vanilla, butter, baking soda, nutmeg, cinnamon, and salt. Not only would you have to pull those exact ingredients but then they have to be matched with the correct measurements. Not a cup of salt, but half a teaspoon. Not two cups of baking powder, but two cups of flour. What are the odds of pulling all the right ingredients in all the right quantities? What are the odds of winning two major lotteries at the same time?

What Big Bangers usually won’t admit is that it takes faith to believe what they believe. We are often mocked for having faith but to believe that the perfect union of elements and quantities takes just as much if not more faith.