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     Did God create man, or did man create God?  Scientific naturalism, the atheistic philosophy of contemporary natural science, declares that man created God — a figment of his imagination!  According to scientific naturalism, nature is a closed system of material that can not be influenced by some external force (God).  The education system and government have defined science as proceeding from naturalistic premises.  The scientific community has almost exclusive authority in our society to define objective reality.  This means scientific naturalism is effectively the established and government-sponsored religious philosophy of origin in America.  In short we have a self-causing and self-existent universe void of the activity or influence of a supreme being – God!

     The media is a willing accomplice in the propagation of scientific naturalism.  The Associated Press article, “Genome of sea squirt offers clues to evolution” (Argus Leader, Dec 13, 2002), focused on the successful assembling of 150 million DNA base pairs of the sea squirt’s genetics structure.  One researcher asserts that this gives a glimpse of evolution’s early history – the first evolutionary connection between invertebrates and vertebrates.  Is this scientist honest in his declaration?

     Rarely, if ever, does the scientific community acknowledge the possibility of a supreme creator.  On New Years 2000, a molecular biologist staying at a bed and breakfast and was interviewed by owner, George Caylor (J) (journalist for The Ledger, Lynchburg, VA).  Here is an excerpt from that interview regarding the biologist’s (B) DNA research.

J: “Do you believe that the information [JCM: DNA code] evolved?”
B: “George, nobody I know in my profession believes it evolved.  It was engineered by ‘genius beyond genius,’ and such information could not have been written any other way….”

J: “Have you ever stated that in a public lecture, or in any public writings?”
B: “No.  I just say it evolved.  To be a molecular biologist requires one to hold on to two insanities at all times.  One, it would be insane to believe in evolution when you can see the truth for yourself.  Two, it would be insane to say you don’t believe in evolution.  All government work, research grants, papers, big college lectures — everything would stop.  I’d be out of a job, or relegated to the outer fringes where I couldn’t earn a decent living.”

J: “I hate to say it, but that sounds intellectually dishonest.”
B: “The work I do in genetic research is honorable.  We will find the cures to many of mankind’s worst diseases.  But in the meantime, we have to live with the `elephant in the living room’.”

J: “What elephant?”
B: “Creation design!  It’s like an elephant in the living room.  It moves around, takes up an enormous amount of space, loudly trumpets, bumps into us, knocks things over, eats a ton of hay, and smells like an elephant.  And yet we have to swear it isn’t there!”

(By the way, by agreement the molecular biologist’s name was not revealed by G. Caylor so he would not lose his job).

     The more science understands DNA, the more it confirms a grand design and, implicitly that it was created by a super intelligent designer (God), but our atheistic-platformed scientific community does not declare it to the world.  Atheistic science is all about the money, not truth!

     However, the complexity of DNA has given rise to the Intelligent Design Movement, where among evolutionists themselves question how such a complex design as DNA could come into existence by random chance.   The Psalmist wrote “The fool has said in his heart ‘There is no God.’ They are corrupt,…” (Psalms 14:1); “I will praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made…. Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed,” (Psalms 139:14+16).  Mere chance or deliberate design by God?

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