Developmental Biology and You

It is truly amazing to consider how a human life can grow, first from something imperceptible, then through stages until adulthood. It is also amazing that each part of us has to develop and grow. Not just get bigger, but in certain patterns.

Francis Crick, co-discoverer of the structure of DNA, said, "Biologists must constantly keep in mind that what they see was not designed, but rather evolved." That is like a mantra, old son. Evolutionists are to keep brainwashing themselves, otherwise, they would see that there is a Master Engineer.

Unborn child illustration, MorgueFile / Yoel (modified at PhotoFunia)

If you study on it a spell, something like developmental biology can very well prompt someone to realize that there is a great deal of specified, irreducible complexity. Living things were engineered, and that was done by the Creator (Rom. 1:12-18). Some may be stirred to praise him instead of Papa Darwin, and the secular science industry cannot have that.

Developmental biology is one of the most awesome biological disciplines to display the glory of God and the immeasurable value of human life.

Think about this. You might be 5'10" today, but you were once a mere 100 microns in diameter, smaller than the dot above an i. . . . Consider further, your body is composed of tens of trillions of cells (about 10,000 times earth’s population), all originating from that tiny cell created at conception. Your more than 200 cell types came from that cell containing all the information necessary to direct the development and organization of the tens of trillions of cells into integrated systems. . . . The sheer scale of this developmental process and its output is a witness to God’s wisdom and power.

To read the full article or listen to the audio version, head on over to "Life’s Hidden Marvel." Also of interest is "Human embryos before implantation — Are they alive? Are they human persons?"