The human body is an amazing thing but, as we are all aware, it does have its flaws. Some of the flaws in humans and all biological organisms are used as arguments against the Divine Design of life on earth. After all, in Psalm 139, the Bible claims, “For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.”
Atheists like Richard Dawkins and the late Stephen Jay Gould claim that if God is so good and so smart, then he would have done a better job of designing the world around us. Gould’s book, “The Panda’s Thumb” criticizes the design of the panda’s thumb as a case of poor engineering. Mean time in “The Blind Watchmaker” Dawkins takes issue with the design of the human eye.
Dr. Brad Sargent is a designer of medical devices. He believes that critics like Dawkins use the wrong criteria to decide what is and is not a good design. But Sargent says it is interesting to see how many supposed examples of bad design in nature turn out to be better than initially thought.
Dr. Sargent explains that the panda’s thumb and the human eye are prime examples of misunderstood designs. The more we study them, the more they exhibit good design. For example, the panda’s thumb doesn’t have the versatility and capability of the human thumb, says Dr. Sargent, but it works well for the repetitive motion of stripping bamboo leaves. The human thumb couldn’t take that kind of constant stress, says Dr. Sargent. Tomorrow I’ll tell you what he has to say about the design of the human eye and how it points to an Intelligent Creator.
This is Carl Ramsey and that’s Another View of the News.
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