Did We Really "Just Happen"?

Did We Really "Just Happen"?

You are walking in the country far from the "noise" of civilization. There are no cars, no telephone poles, no houses ... nothing to indicate that any human being is around you, nothing to indicate that a human has even been here for some time.

As you are walking along a reflection from something on the ground strikes your eye. You wonder what that could be out here in the country so you bend down and see a watch lying there. Mmmm, you wonder, how in the world did this get here? You have two options. One, sometime in history, many years ago, maybe even millions of years ago, a bunch of dust somehow settled in this very spot. Then some pollen settled on it. Then some more dust. Then a light drizzle of rain. And then it happened, during a storm lightening struck this very spot and "Poof!", here was the watch. Somehow, the right particles collected on this spot, the temperature was just right, the moisture content was just right, and then lightening struck just right, and a watch was produced.

You would conclude that, wouldn’t you?

But, of course, there is another option. You turn the watch over and read the back. There you see, "Made in China." The watch even provides the name of the watchmaker. So now you conclude, someone, somewhere, made this watch. A designer meticulously and deliberately measured the amounts of metals to be used, made forms to pour the metals into, gauged the temperature, and in other ways supervised the whole operation. And after a carefully crafted process, a watch was produced. Later, that watch was shipped to the U.S. where a person bought it, wore it, and lost it when they were walking out here in the country.

Here are two possible explanations for how that watch got out here, way out here, in the middle of the country. Which one makes more sense to you?

Here is another scenario. You wake up early one morning, look outside, and see a BEAUTIFUL sunrise. It takes your breath away! The beautiful bright colors streaming across the sky. The vividness and contrast of the colors. It is amazing. And you wonder, how could that beauty get there in the sky? Again, you have two options. Somehow, somewhere, millions of years ago, maybe tens of millions of years ago, lightening struck some dust in the sky ... anyway ... you now how that one concludes. Your other option is, just like there is a grand designer for the watch, is it at least possible there is another grand designer who planned that sunrise?

One more scenario. Your wife says, "Honey, its time, lets go!" Nervously you grab your bags and head for the car. The hospital is 30 minutes away, and you fret and worry the whole time. But everything goes well, and four hours later the doctor places your baby son or your baby daughter in your arms and says, "Congratulations, dad." "Unbelievable!" you whisper to your wife, your baby, and yourself. "I can see your chin and your eyebrows on her. I can see my nose and forehead. Can you believe how beautiful she is!"

And two possible explanations for how this beautiful baby got into your arms come into your head. One time, many years ago, even tens of millions of years ago, a collection of dust, pollen and moisture were struck by lightening ... But something doesn’t seem right about that explanation. If a watch requires a watchmaker, a designer, does your baby require any less? Is he or she really nothing more than a chance of nature,

a freak occurrence of eons of time? Is the ape or gorilla really the ancestor of your child? Do you put pictures of monkeys in your family album?

As you look at that beautiful baby boy or girl another possible explanation cries for recognition: God said, "Let us make man and woman in our image."

Warren Baldwin