Have you ever considered
how it could be
that our bodies sense
and our eyes see?
We listen, smell, taste,
and somehow we think
to bring them together
in sensory link.
How is it we know,
in spite of the lack
when color is swallowed,
which is given back?
And when did the eyes
find the perfect design
to capture reflections,
invert and combine?
And how do we taste
what the nose perceives,
tangled with texture
between tongue and teeth,
or absorb sound
suspended in air
with the pressure of motion
we don't know is there?
By what stretch of knowledge
did our blood
find the pressure and pattern
to network our food
to both feet and brain
as the lungs press in air
while the rest of the body
expects that it's there?
How did the tendrils of nerves
find a way
to register temperature
from day to day,
sensing touch with precision
where needed the most,
without overwhelming
the minds of their hosts?
Accidental development
just can't explain
the interdependency
our bodies claim,
a mystery thousands
who search can't design;
neither science nor art
can its framework define.
And if, in the trillions
of ways things might be,
the odds are still none
without zeros flung free
to make the equation
seem possible, then
perhaps it was God
who designed and made men?
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Hmmm... it can't help but look like I consider God to be the Creator of the universe. In fact, you might note I believe he was hands-on about the design, down to the smallest detail. You could infer that I believe he is still so involved that it is by his direct command that the galaxies remain in their places, the planets circle the sun, the world continues to turn, the tides continue to flow, the rocks retain their stability, sound keeps its pattern, lightning builds and releases, bees carry pollen, minds retain thought, blood carries nutrients, and love is possible between people.
I came very close to believing God might use evolution to create the world due to the peer-pressure of those who don't believe in him, but wish to explain everything anyway, but then it occurred to me that there are too many discrepancies in that thought process, unless I also wish to eliminate him from the equation.
Why would God use death to create life, then use death to punish sin? Why, if he were all powerful, and the designer and the will behind the structures and processes of life, would he need to be slow and distant, somehow activating a whole lot of accidents and exceptions to bump things into place? Rube Goldberg was a man;... why would God imitate him? Why would God claim to have specially crafted man and woman by hand, after speaking the rest into existence in a more casual but still awe-inspiring manner?
Yes, God could have used evolution because he's powerful enough to do it that way too, but it doesn't fit the story of his interaction with humanity or his claims about who he is and why he bothers to interact with us. If, when I die, God tells me evolution really did happen, I'm not going to lose faith in him. But, for now, I chose to believe that he really did speak a word and make his will exist physically, and I think if you're going to admit God exists and is Creator, then the evidence can easily be seen to follow this assumption without adding new probabilities just to make it sound possible.
He says Jesus is his Word, who was present at creation, become human flesh, and doesn't that mean more if his Word is so powerful?
What if he is the password ...
*warning*
Random personal thought progressions follow after this point... I could have made a separate post, but you might find this interesting, even if it is long, and I really don't want to spend more posts on this concept, since it's a blip on my thought radar, and not a consuming obsession for which I will fling myself in front of cars or despise those who disagree. *grin* Just sayin'...
Imagine:
God spoke a universal, fully interactive hardware and system into existence, then programmed everything, from how molecules would interact with each other to how sight becomes thought, in a continually changing if-then scenario with unlimited exploration within set parameters (i.e. no changing the rules of the system). He then designed independent beings with the ability to perform anything within the defined parameters, including a possibility of destroying their environment and relationships by misapplying the possible interactions.
To prevent this, he gave them complete access to the system limits and possibilities through an open communications channel with himself, and warned them if they were to go independent and experiment without referencing him, an action codenamed "sin," that the "death" anti-virus would activate, a security feature integral to the entire system's design, which depends on constant interaction with its creator to maintain integrity. They promptly trashed the manual and the communications system, choosing to experiment independently, thus activating the sin=death program. To slow the speed of the destruction he activated safety mode, a rougher, more durable planet system that would resist random experiments and proceeded with his rescue plan.
He permitted them time to see for themselves how destructive their choices were to the world and themselves, intervening from time to time to prevent complete system failure. He chose individuals through whom he communicated his plan for restoration and explained the basics of system maintenance, though they couldn't even get that much right. Even then, belief in his promised word was a guarantee of protection from complete destruction.
Eventually, as planned, he entered his universe as a human, conceived within a woman by the word of his presence. He knew the system-wide program he had engineered demanded full death for every act outside the system design, without exception, so after living a life of unbroken connection to the original plan and ensuring that records of this example would be maintained within primitive human communications, he filled the sin=death program requirements in order to install the protective shield whose boundaries permeate past and future, and formed the promised shelter within which his people could find protection and reconnection.
With the reconnection complete, he returned to explain the access requirements before temporarily removing his avatar until a future date when he will directly control the final backups before reformatting the entire system. Now we can link to the invisible connection through the master-password who fulfilled the required conditions in order to restore life and make it possible for us to interact with the system the way it was designed.
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Okay, I know I stretched and probably broke a great many points in the above digression, but it was interesting. And now you can debate to your heart's content and I won't hold it against you ... though I might ignore you if you're mean.
Enjoy the rabbits! Sketching my bunny was my favorite part of this task. Here are some photos of him posing....
