Lecture # 5
The Human Body
Accident or Design
1
A MUST BUY BOOK
• THE
HUMAN BODY
accident or design?
• By: Wayne Jackson
Christian Courier
2
3
Without the Bible
You can
believe in a
Creator
4
ROMANS 1:20
For the invisible things of him from the
creation of the world are clearly seen,
being understood by the things that are
made, even his eternal power and
Godhead; so that they are
without excuse:
5
The
Human Body
Accident or design?
Are we Fearfully &
Wonderfully Made?
Thank You:
Steve Monts - Steven J Wallace
Wayne
Jackson Christian Courier Apologetics Press
6
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully Made?
Where there is design, there is a designer
An Answer to Evolutionist
7
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully Made?
Where there is design, there is a designer
“If you meet somebody who
claims not to believe in
evolution, that person is
ignorant, stupid, or insane
(or wicked, but I’d rather not
consider that).”
Richard Dawkins, Oxford University
8
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully Made?
Where there is design, there is a designer
• What is Evolution?
–“A gradual process in which
something changes into a
different and usually more
complex or better form
9
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully Made?
Where there is Design, there is a Designer
• When I speak of evolution today I
am talking strictly about the theory
that says “all biological life arose
from a common ancestor from a
single cell.”
•
10
Why the Need for this
lesson?
• Student Survey in 2000
– Elementary-school years (8-10)
were exclusively creationists,
whereas the oldest children
(10-12) were almost exclusively
evolutionists with a small number
being creationists
(Evans, 2000)
11
Why the Need for this
lesson?
• Some say,
“Christians should address only
where they are going, not
where they came from”
• Theistic Evolution
• The consequence of Evolution
makes God and Christ liars!
12
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully
Made? Where there is Design, there is a Designer
• The Bible Says God Created Us Ps 139:13-15
For you did form my inward parts: You
did cover me in my mother's womb. I
will give thanks unto thee; For I am
fearfully and wonderfully made:
Wonderful are your works; And that my
soul knows right well. My frame was
not hidden from thee, When I was made
in secret, And curiously wrought in the
lowest parts of the earth.
13
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully Made?
Where there is Design, there is a Designer
• The Bible Says God Created Us
– W.E. Vines
•Fearfully –
to be afraid and stand in awe
•
14
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully Made?
Where there is Design, there is a Designer
•Wonderfully –
Expressing actions that are
beyond the bounds of
human powers or
expectations (Vines)
15
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully Made?
Where there is Design, there is a Designer
• Curiously wrought
Same Hebrew word
• Exodus 26:36 (KJV)
And thou shalt make an hanging for
the door of the tent, of blue, and
purple, and scarlet, and fine twined
linen, wrought with needlework.
16
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully Made?
Where there is Design, there is a Designer
•Curiously wrought •Skill involved to bring about the
complex and intricate formation
17
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully Made?
Where there is Design, there is a Designer
• The Bible Says God Created Us
– In The Beginning…Gen. 1:26-27
•And God said, Let us make man in our
image, after our likeness And God
created man in his own image, in the
image of God created he him; male and
female created he them.
18
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully Made?
Where there is Design, there is a Designer
• Christ Affirms it - Matt. 19:6
• Have ye not read, that he who made
them from the beginning made them
male and female,
19
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully Made?
Where there is Design, there is a Designer
• Romans 1:20 (KJV)
For the invisible things of him from
the creation of the world are clearly
seen, being understood by the things
that are made, even his eternal
power and Godhead; so that they are
without excuse:
20
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully Made?
Where there is Design, there is a Designer
• Made = Maker
• Created = Creator
• Design = Designer
–Law of Teleology –
•Where there is design
there must be a designer.
21
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully Made?
Where there is Design, there is a Designer
–Design –
•An Arrangement of individual
components within an object
so as to accomplish a
functional or artistic purpose.
22
•
The
Human Body
Accident or
design?
Are we Fearfully
& Wonderfully
Made?
23
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully Made?
Where there is Design, there is a Designer
• This study will give just a few
detailed facts about the
• Human Body
24
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully Made?
Where there is Design, there is a Designer
• The Body considered at 4 levels
– Cell (white blood, Nerve, etc.)
– Tissue (group of cells, etc.)
– Organ (group of tissue, liver, etc.)
– System (group of organs)
– There are ten Body Systems
25
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully Made?
Where there is Design, there is a Designer
• Ten Body Systems:
• Skin System
• Skeletal System
• Muscular System
• Digestive System
• Circulatory System
26
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully Made?
Where there is Design, there is a designer
• Nervous System
• Respiratory System
• Waste System
• Hormone System
• Reproductive System
27
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully Made?
Where there is Design, there is a designer
• All Ten Systems Must Work Together
• Skin System
Nervous System
• Skeletal System
Respiratory System
• Muscular System Waste System
• Digestive System Hormone System
• Circulatory System Reproductive System
28
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully Made?
Where there is Design, there is a Designer
• Design In Human Cells
– Design proves a Designer!
– Hebrews 11:1-3 (KJV)
1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for,
the evidence of things not seen.
2 For by it the elders obtained a good report.
3 Through faith we understand that the worlds
were framed by the word of God, so that things
which are seen were not made of things which do
appear.
29
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully Made?
Where there is Design, there is a Designer
•
–Romans 1:20 (KJV)
For the invisible things of
him from the creation of
the world are clearly seen,
being understood by the
things that are made,
even his eternal power and
Godhead; so that they are
without excuse:
30
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully Made?
Where there is Design, there is a Designer
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
1. Nucleus
2. Nuclear envelope
3. Nucleolus
4. RNA and protiens
5. Nucleoli
6. Chromatin
7. DNA packaged in chromosomes
8. Rough endoplasmic reticulum
9. Ribosomes
10. Smooth endoplasmic reticulum
11. Mitochondria
12. Peroxisome
13. Centrioles
14. Golgi
15. Lysosomes
16. Cytoplasm
17. Cell membrane
SINGLE CELL
100 Trillion cells
31
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully Made?
Where there is Design, there is a Designer
• NERVE CELL
• Long Thin
Extension to
Transmit
Messages
• Compare to Phone,
e-mail or fax.
Did those message
devises have a
designer?
32
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully Made?
Where there is Design, there is a Designer
• Nucleus of Cell
contains DNA
DNA is the CODE
to our Genetic
makeup.
• Compared to a
computer
program.
Did Microsoft
Windows have a
designer?
33
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully Made?
Where there is Design, there is a Designer
•Design In Human Tissues!
–Design proves a
Designer!
– Romans 1:20 (KJV)
For the invisible things of him from
the creation of the world are clearly
seen, being understood by the
things that are made, even his
eternal power and Godhead; so
that they are without excuse:
34
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully Made?
Where there is Design, there is a Designer
– Let’s observe three Systems
– Skin
– Muscles
– Bones
–
35
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully Made?
Where there is Design there is a designer
• Design In Human Tissues
• Skin
Design of the Hand
•Tires have tread for grip
so do hands.
•How come one has a
designer and the other is
an accident?
36
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully Made?
Where there is Design there is a designer
• Design In Human Tissues
• Skin
–Eyelashes and Nose hair
•Protect eyes and filters air.
37
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully Made?
Where there is Design there is a Designer
•The Skin System
• Skin layers, hair and nails
• Skin is the largest organ
• Average 150 lb man
• 20 square feet and weighs 9 lbs
38
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully Made?
Where there is Design, there is a Designer
• A quarter size skin
contains:
• 1 yard of blood vessels
• 4 yards of nerves
• 25 nerve ends
• 100 sweat glands
• More than 3 million cells
39
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully
Made? Where there is Design, there is a Designer
• Skin has two major layers:
•
•
•
•
•
On average about 1/8 inch thick
The “Epidermis” is the top part
This layer is dead skin
It is being replaced by new cells
What man-made house replaces its
own covering?
40
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully
Made? Where there is Design, there is a Designer
• The underneath layer is “Dermis”
• Dermis contains two kinds of glands
• Sweat and Oil glands
• Hold on to you shower cap !!!!!!
• When you take a shower, the hot
water increases the bugs on your skin
that eat away your dead skin
41
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully
Made? Where there is Design, there is a Designer
• Human skin is a vital Organ
• The skin is a protective
fortification which keeps harmful
bacteria from entering the
human system
42
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully
Made? Where there is Design, there is a Design
• Human skin is a vital Organ
• It is a waterproof wall which
holds in the fluids of the body
• Our bodies are about 75% fluid
43
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully
Made? Where there is Design, there is a Designer
• Human skin is a vital Organ
• It protects the interior parts of
the body from cuts, bruises, etc
• With its pigment, it shields the
body from harmful rays of the
Sun
44
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully
Made? Where there is Design, there is a Designer
• Human skin is a vital Organ
• The skin’s many nerve endings
make it sensitive to touch, cold,
heat, pain and pressure
•
45
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully
Made? Where there is Design, there is a Designer
• Human skin is a vital Organ
• The sweat glands help eliminate
waste and also function in
cooling the skin
• The whole body has between
2-5 million sweat glands
46
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully
Made? Where there is Design, there is a Designer
• Human skin is a vital Organ
• The oil glands lubricate the skin
and keep it soft – at the same
time, waterproofing it.
47
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully
Made? Where there is Design, there is a Designer
• Human skin is a vital Organ
• About 1/3 of the body’s blood
circulates through the skin
• If your body temperature
increases 7-8 degrees and
remain for a long time, you can
die
48
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully
Made? Where there is Design, there is a Designer
• Human skin is a vital Organ
• Thus the skin is a radiator system
• Does a radiator happen by accident?
•
NO
49
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully
Made? Where there is Design, there is a Designer
• Human skin is a vital Organ
• The skin absorbs ultraviolet
rays from the Sun and uses
them to convert chemicals
into vitamin D
• The skin is literally a
chemical processing plant
50
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully
Made? Where there is Design, there is a Designer
• Design In Human Tissues
• The Muscles System
Muscles are made up of
muscle fibers
51
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully
Made? Where there is Design, there is a Designer
•Compare muscle strands to
suspension bridge cable.
It is stronger to have a cable
made up of smaller strands than
a solid cable of the same size.
But God knew that first!
52
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully
Made? Where there is Design, there is a Designer
• The Muscle System:
• More than 600 muscles in
our body
• Containing about 6 billion
muscle fibers, making up about
40% of the body’s weight
53
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully
Made? Where there is Design, there is a Designer
• The Muscle System:
• Dr. I. MacKay Murray says
• “The muscles are the ‘engines’ of
the body, providing the power for
movement”
• Do ‘engines’ develop accidentally?
54
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully
Made? Where there is Design, there is a Designer
• The Muscle System:
• Muscles are classified as:
• Voluntary–Legs, arms, neck
• Involuntary–Heart, Intestines
55
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully
Made? Where there is Design, there is a Designer
• Each muscle has its own stored
supply of high-grade fuel,
especially sugar which the body
has manufactured from food that
has been consumed
56
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully
Made? Where there is Design, there is a Designer
• In the automobile engine, the
spark ignites vaporized gasoline,
the pistons move, and keeps
moving in response to a series
of explosions
57
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully
Made? Where there is Design, there is a Designer
• A muscle cells performs the
functions of both spark plug and
the piston; the cell itself splits a
molecule of fuel and also exerts
the resulting physical power
58
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully
Made? Where there is Design, there is a Designer
• If it is clear that the automobile
engine was intelligently designed
• Why is it not reasonable to draw the
same conclusion with reference to
the muscles?
•
59
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully
Made? Where there is Design, there is a Designer
• Of all the creatures in the world, the
human being is endowed with the
most complex face to present to the
world. Our facial muscles provide us
with the most intricate system of
facial expressions.
60
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully
Made? Where there is Design, there is a Designer
• About 28 muscles are used in
making various facial expressions
• Anger, surprise, perplexity,
amusement, joy, etc
• Only human beings are able to
smile
61
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully
Made? Where there is Design, there is a Designer
• Design in the Skeletal System
•
Protection of the body
62
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully
Made? Where there is Design, there is a Designer
– “Perhaps an engineer will
someday develop a substance as
strong and light and efficient as
bone, but what engineer could
devise a substance that, like
bone, can grow continuously,
lubricate itself, require no
shutdown time, and repair itself
when damage occurs?”
63
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully
Made? Where there is Design, there is a Designer
• Design In the Skeletal System
•
Arch in the human Foot
64
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully
Made?
Where there is Design, there is a Designer
• Arch in Human Foot
Compare the design of a
bridge arch to a human foot.
This design is best for weight
distribution.
• Very important since the average
human walks 65,000 miles.
• Did the bridge have a designer?
65
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully
Made? Where there is Design, there is a Designer
• Skeletal System
• Average adult has 206 bones
• Infants have 350, many fused
during the growth process
66
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully
Made? Where there is Design, there is a Designer
• Skeletal System
• Bones serve several
functions
67
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully
Made? Where there is Design, there is a Designer
• Skeletal System
• Designed to be rigid support
for the organs and tissues
• Bones are like the interior
framework of a house
68
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully
Made? Where there is Design, there is a Designer
• Skeletal System
• The skeleton system is “something
of an engineering marvel, strong
enough to support weight and carry
burdens, yet flexible to cushion
shocks and allow for extraordinary
variety of motion.”
• (Miller & Goode) Evolutionist
• Who was the engineer?
69
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully
Made? Where there is Design, there is a Designer
• Skeletal System
• Bones function as protective
devises for soft parts of our
body
• The 12 pairs of ribs shield the
heart and lungs and other
parts
70
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully
Made? Where there is Design, thee is a Designer
• The backbone (Spinal column)
is made up of 33 block-like
bones which are ingeniously
designed to allow movement,
yet protect a major feature of
the nervous system –
the spinal cord
71
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully
Made? Where there is Design, there is a Designer
• The levers are the bones of the
body’s framework, fitted
together with the neatness of
jigsaw pieces and hinged by
joints that must win the
admiration of any mechanic”
• Miller and Goode (Evolutionist)
72
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully
Made? Where there is Design, there is a Designer
• Skeletal System
• Bones serve as levers
• “When our muscles move
about, they do it by a series of
articulated levers that make a
most efficient use of every
ounce of muscular motive
power.
73
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully
Made? Where there is Design, there is a Designer
• Skeletal System
• Bones have a metabolic
function
• Recent studies revealed that
the bones are constantly being
remodeled
74
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully
Made? Where there is Design, there is a Designer
• me·tab·o·lism
.
The chemical processes occurring
within a living cell or organism
that are necessary for the
maintenance of life. In metabolism
some substances are broken down
to yield energy for vital processes
while other substances, necessary
for life, are synthesized.
75
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully
Made? Where there is Design, there is a Designer
• Skeletal System
• The bones provide a reservoir
of essential minerals
• 99% of the calcium
• 88% of the phosphorus
• All of these must be rebuilt
continuously
76
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully
Made? Where there is Design, there is a Designer
• Consider this:
• Without calcium, impulses could
not travel along the nerves, and
blood would not clot
• Also, red blood cells
(180 million die each minute)
certain white blood cell, and
platelets arise in the marrow of
the bones.
77
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully
Made? Where there is Design, there is a Designer
• Incredibly, when a bone is
broken it immediately begins to
repair itself, and after the
repair, it will be even stronger.
78
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully
Made? Where there is Design, there is a Designer
• The Human Body,
accident or design ?
• After looking at only 3 of
the 10 body System
• Our answer is obvious !!!!!
• Where there is Design,
there is a Designer
79
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully
Made? Where there is Design, there is a Designer
• The Human Body is a
masterpiece of design
that only a Creator – God
could have made.
80
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully Made?
Where there is Design, there is a designer
• All Ten Systems Must Work Together
• Skin System
Nervous System
• Skeletal System
Respiratory System
• Muscular System Waste System
• Digestive System Hormone System
• Circulatory System Reproductive System
81
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully
Made? Where there is Design, there is a Designer
• Lets now answer some
question many people
have.
82
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully
Made? Where there is Design, there is a Designer
• “Well what about the skeletal
findings in the rocks?
• Just because we find different
looking skeletons, does that
prove humans evolved?
– The Bible is the first to
admit that people are
different.
– Many of these have been
proven to not be human but
in fact ape
From Apologetic Press
83
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully
Made? Where there is Design, there is a Designer
• Gen 6:4; Num 13:33 - Giants
• Isa. 18:1-2 – Difference in Skin
• Gen 5:27 – Methuselah 969 years old
•
SO
84
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully
Made? Where there is Design, there is a Designer
– It has been documented that the
human face slowly protrudes
outward at the passing of time.
Compare a child’s face to a
grandfathers
85
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully
Made? Where there is Design, there is a Designer
–Also a harder diet will
strengthen the jaw and brow
muscles which increases the
bone
86
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully
Made? Where there is Design, there is a Designer
–The longer you live the bigger
the facial skull.
And we know that some in
the book of Genesis lived for
a long long time.
87
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully
Made? Where there is Design, there is a Designer
• There are difference in cultures today.
– The “Bush” people
(African tribe avg. 4 feet tall)
– The “Zulu” people
(African tribe avg. 7 feet tall)
88
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully
Made? Where there is Design, there is a Designer
• “What about Neanderthals?”
–Neanderthals have been
proven to be humans that
mated in their own gene pool
like the Zulu tribe.
89
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully
Made? Where there is Design, there is a Designer
• “What about Lucy?”
– No longer the supposed “missing
link”
– Lucy has been proven to be in the
chimp line.
• Further studies have shown that
her pelvis, arms, legs, teeth, and
rib cage all point to her being a
knuckle-walking animal
90
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully
Made? Where there is Design, there is a Designer
• Bias is what keeps this new info
quiet.
– The finder of Lucy in the National
Geographic in 1996, 22 years after Lucy
was discovered said,
– “Lucy has recently been dethroned”
– Face-to-Face with Lucy’s Family,
National Geographic
91
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully
Made? Where there is Design, there is a Designer
• What have we learned?
– Where there is Design, there is a
Designer!
– It is not an unguided accident as
evolution teaches.
92
Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully
Made? Where there is Design, there is a Designer
The Human Body,
accident or design ?
Without a doubt:
Design
93
Without the Bible
You can
believe in a
Creator
94
ROMANS 1:20
For the invisible things of him from the
creation of the world are clearly seen,
being understood by the things that are
made, even his eternal power and
Godhead; so that they are
without excuse:
95