Examples of Design in Nature (8 of 14 notes)

Part Three
Theology Proper: 16 PHILOSOPHICAL ARGUMENTS FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD
A DISPENSATIONAL THEOLOGY
By Charles F Baker

The combined organs which make up the animal organism. Not only can we see purposeful design in the individual organs of the body, but we see further design in the way all of these organs function together for the common good of the individual. Take the cat family for example. The cat’s stomach and short intestinal tract are specially suited to the digestion of meat. It would have been too bad for the cat if it had been endowed with a trunk like an elephant, or the teeth of a cow, or the hoofs of a pig. Instead, the cat has claws, sharp teeth, paws and limbs suited to stalking its prey. If birds had the heavy bones of some animals they could never get off the ground. Instead, God designed them with hollow bones. Think of the different kinds of bills which birds possess. Birds that are fitted to live in the water have bills for scooping up fish, as well as some having long legs for wading in shallow water. Birds that live on seeds have strong mandibles for cracking the toughest seed covers; others have long, sharp bills for boring into trees for food; still others have cross-bills for opening pine cones. Volumes could be written to show how each species is equipped with a system of organs which function together to fit it to fulfill its function in life, but perhaps the words of Paul illustrate this truth as well as any we can find.

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