lecture # 5

Lecture # 5The Human Body

Accident or Design

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•THEHUMAN BODY accident or design?

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Without the Bible

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You can believe in a

Creator

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:

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TheHuman Body Accident or design?

Are we Fearfully & Wonderfully Made?

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Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully Made? Where there is design, there is a designer

An Answer to Evolutionist

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“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

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• What is Evolution?–“A gradual process in which something changes into a different and usually more complex or better form

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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.”

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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)

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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!

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• 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.

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• The Bible Says God Created Us – W.E. Vines

•Fearfully – to be afraid and stand in awe

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•Wonderfully – Expressing actions that are beyond the bounds of human powers or expectations (Vines)

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•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.

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•Curiously wrought -

•Skill involved to bring about the complex and intricate formation

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• 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.

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• Christ Affirms it - Matt. 19:6 • Have ye not read, that he who made

them from the beginning made them male and female,

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• 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:

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• Made = Maker• Created = Creator• Design = Designer

– Law of Teleology –•Where there is design there must be a designer.

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–Design – •An Arrangement of individual components within an object so as to accomplish a functional or artistic purpose.

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TheHuman Body Accident or design?

Are we Fearfully & Wonderfully Made?

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•This study will give just a few detailed facts about the

•Human Body

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•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

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• Ten Body Systems:• Skin System• Skeletal System• Muscular System• Digestive System• Circulatory System

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Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully Made? Where there is Design, there is a designer

• Nervous System• Respiratory System• Waste System• Hormone System• Reproductive System

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• 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

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• 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.

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• –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:

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• 1. Nucleus SINGLE CELL• 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 100 Trillion cells• 16. Cytoplasm • 17. Cell membrane 31


• NERVE CELL• Long Thin

Extension to Transmit Messages

• Compare to Phone, e-mail or fax. Did those message devises have a designer?

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• Nucleus of Cell contains DNA DNA is the CODE to our Genetic makeup.

• Compared to a computer program. Did Microsoft Windows have a designer?

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•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:

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–Let’s observe three Systems–Skin –Muscles–Bones

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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?

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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.

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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

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• 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

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• 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?

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• 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

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• Human skin is a vital Organ

• The skin is a protective fortification which keeps harmful bacteria from entering the human system

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Are We Fearfully & Wonderfully Made? Where there is Design, there is a Design


• It is a waterproof wall which holds in the fluids of the body

• Our bodies are about 75% fluid

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• 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

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• The skin’s many nerve endings make it sensitive to touch, cold, heat, pain and pressure

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• The sweat glands help eliminate waste and also function in cooling the skin

• The whole body has between 2-5 million sweat glands

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• The oil glands lubricate the skin and keep it soft – at the same time, waterproofing it.

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• 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

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• Thus the skin is a radiator system• Does a radiator happen by accident?

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• 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

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• Design In Human Tissues• The Muscles System

Muscles are made up of muscle fibers

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•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!

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• 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

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• 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?

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•The Muscle System:• Muscles are classified as:• Voluntary–Legs, arms, neck• Involuntary–Heart, Intestines

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• Each muscle has its own stored supply of high-grade fuel, especially sugar which the body has manufactured from food that has been consumed

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• In the automobile engine, the spark ignites vaporized gasoline, the pistons move, and keeps moving in response to a series of explosions

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• 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

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• 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?

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• 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.

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• About 28 muscles are used in making various facial expressions

• Anger, surprise, perplexity, amusement, joy, etc

• Only human beings are able to smile

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• Design in the Skeletal System

• Protection of the body

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– “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?”

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• Design In the Skeletal System • Arch

in the human Foot

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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.

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•Skeletal System• Average adult has 206 bones• Infants have 350, many fused

during the growth process

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•Skeletal System

• Bones serve several functions

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• Skeletal System

• Designed to be rigid support for the organs and tissues

• Bones are like the interior framework of a house

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• 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?

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• 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

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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

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• 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)

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• 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.

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• Skeletal System• Bones have a metabolic

function • Recent studies revealed that

the bones are constantly being remodeled

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• 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.

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• 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

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• 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.

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• Incredibly, when a bone is broken it immediately begins to repair itself, and after the repair, it will be even stronger.

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• 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

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• The Human Body is a masterpiece of design that only a Creator – God could have made.

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• 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

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• Lets now answer some question many people have.

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• “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

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• Gen 6:4; Num 13:33 - Giants• Isa. 18:1-2 – Difference in Skin• Gen 5:27 – Methuselah 969 years old

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– It has been documented that the human face slowly protrudes outward at the passing of time. Compare a child’s face to a grandfathers

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–Also a harder diet will strengthen the jaw and brow muscles which increases the bone

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–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.

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• There are difference in cultures today.

– The “Bush” people (African tribe avg. 4 feet tall)

– The “Zulu” people (African tribe avg. 7 feet tall)

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• “What about Neanderthals?”

–Neanderthals have been proven to be humans that mated in their own gene pool like the Zulu tribe.

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•“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

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• 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,

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• What have we learned?– Where there is Design, there is a

Designer!

– It is not an unguided accident as evolution teaches.

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The Human Body, accident or design ?Without a doubt:

Design

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Without the Bible

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You can believe in a

Creator

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:

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