Design

I love hearing how my children are growing in reason and logic. Their brains are maturing and developing, and as I try to guide them, it is such a wonder to hear how they put things together. Here were some of our thoughts on the creation/evolution debate.

We wondered how the scientists and inventors of our time would feel if their discoveries were downplayed as something that would have eventually evolved over time?

We thought about the computer and how many years of discovery it took to put us in a place where we can hold one in the palm of our hand. To suggest that one of the original models would eventually morph into something better is absurd.

Yet, isn't that precisely what evolution claims? Life formed and progressed on its own. Does there exist such an ability in nature for life to change and evolve on its own? And if so, how do so many animals have lifecycles or migratory patterns that are more complex than a human could ever design? Could random chance really be superior intellectually to human beings? And if so, why are things not happening randomly around us all the time? Where does the order come from? And how do we fit the order of nature with the randomness of evolution?

This controversy is way beyond my scope of ability to debate... but in homeschooling, I hope to at least address and analyze all topics no matter how difficult or broad the debate. To me, the truth of Creation resonates in Psalm 8!

Psalm 8
O Lord, Our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!
You have set your glory above the heavens.
From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise
because of your enemeies, to silence the foe and the avenger.

When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers.
the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,
what is man that you are mindful of him,
the son of man that you care for him?

You made him a lettle lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor.
You made him ruler over the works of your hands; you put everything under his feet;
all flocks and herds and the beasts of the field, the birds of the air,
and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.
O Lord, Our Lord
How majestic is your name in all the earth!