Category: Biology

The Neuron and Evolution

[Posted on: 21 June 2025 by Richard Worsley]

The Neuron and Evolution

In thios video, Richard introduces an article about the neuron. This is the basic nerve cell used to store and process information in the brain, is by far one of the most complex cells in the body. The brain contains roughly 100 billion of these, linked together in a highly complex network, and this has actually been decribed as the most complex machine found in the known universe.

This, like many other things in biological systems, displays the attributes of irreducible complexity, namely that design had to be put in place before it could possibly come into being, thus ruling out the possibility of it being brought about by chance. This is yet another example of things that can only point us to God as creator and designer.

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Epigenetics

[Posted on: 17 June 2025 by Richard Worsley]

Epigenetics

In this article, Richard introduces an article on the subject of epigenetics. This is to do with the evidence we now have, that the behaviour of the genetic code can be affected by external control mechanisms, and that some of these can be influenced by the surrounding environment. If this is the case, then it is possible that adaptation to a given environment can be passed from one generation to another in this way, which means that such things do not necessarily need to be explained entirely in terms of mutuations. We now have evidence that there is in fact a built-in design mechanism that is far more complex than previously realised, pointing all the more to an intelligent designer and creator.

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Soft Tissue in Fossils (2)

[Posted on: 15 June 2025 by Richard Worsley]

Soft Tissue in Fossils (2)

This follows on a similar theme to the previous post Soft Tissue in Fossils (1). The ‘Watch (1)’ link is to the YouTube video in which Richard introduces the subject. The ‘Watch (2)’ link is to another video on the subject, about 10 minutes duration and well worth watching.

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Soft Tissue in Fossils (1)

[Posted on: 14 June 2025 by Richard Worsley]

Soft Tissue in Fossils (1)

In this vide, Richard introduces an article by Dr Brian Thomas on the subject of soft tissue in fossils. Starting with Dr Mary Schwitzer in 2005, a substantial number of scientific articles have been published, providing evidence that soft tissue has been found in fossils. The simple fact of the matter is that biological material cannot last more than a few thousand years, and yet the scientific community continues to try and explain it away, in order to fit the facts with a long evolutionary timescale. The article looks at arguments put forward to explain it away and comes to the conclusion that such arguments just do not work.

The only reasonable conclusion has got to be that the fossils are in fact the product of a recent worldwide flood as recorded in the Bible.

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The Cognitive Map

[Posted on: 12 June 2025 by Richard Worsley]

The Cognitive Map

In this video, Richard introduces an article about the cognitive map. This is a term given to the mechanism by which the brain draws a map of how the things around us are related to ourselves and how they are related to each other, thus creating an image of our physical environment. We now know that brain function is extremely complex, and yet at this stage have only scraped the surface of our understaning. We can however be certain that these mechanisms are irreducibly complex, i.e. would need to be fully in place before performing any useful function. This can only be yet more evidence that life is the product of intelligent design, rather than a random evolutionary process.

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God’s Protein Pump

[Posted on: 25 May 2025 by Richard Worsley]

God’s Protein Pump

This post is named after the associated article from the Institute for Creation Research. We now know that the cell is a highly complex piece of machinery, and textbooks describing cellular anatomy are now well in excess of 1400 pages. This complexity is still not fully understood, as more continues to be discovered. Much of the machinery is driven by proteins, which are themselves highly complex and highly organised molecular structures. The Apostle Paul stated that we are without excuse with all the visible evidence for creation, and this could not be more true than in recent decades, as major discoveries have been made in the field of molecular biology.

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DNA Detangling Motors

[Posted on: 22 May 2025 by Richard Worsley]

DNA Detangling Motors

This video and the related article look at the subject of the DNA detangling mechanism. DNA is an extremely long molecule, with two twisted strands intertwined. A DNA molecule is replicated by a process in which the two strands are unwound, and a matching strand built upon each of the two components. Because of the tightly twisted nature of a DNA molecule, this would not be possible without some sort of mechanism to protect the strands against getting tangled up during the process. The mechanism needed to carry this out effectively is extremely complex, and can only be the work of an intelligent designer.

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Review of ‘A Mousetrap for Darwin’

[Posted on: 19 May 2025 by Richard Worsley]

Review of ‘A Mousetrap for Darwin’

In this article, Richard refers to an article which reveiws the book ‘A Mousetrap for Darwin’ by Michael Behe. Professor Behe is a leading member of the Intelligent Design Movement, and this book is an update following his original book ‘Darwin’s Black Box’ from 25 years earlier. It addresses the issue of irreducible complexity, which is the idea that the design of a complex machine cannot evolve in phases, because all parts need to be functional for all the others to server any useful purpose. He uses the mousetrap as a simple illustration, as this is easier for the layman to understand than say, a complex protein molecule.

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The Bacterial Flagellum

[Posted on: 31 March 2025 by Richard Worsley]

Irreducible complexity – Bacterial Flagellum

This video and article, make reference to the work of Prof. Michael Behe, who back in the 1990s, introduced the concept of “irreducible complexity” in biological systems. This concept relates to the idea that working systems are so complex, that they have to be fully in place in order for any part of them to be of any use. One of the key examples used is that of the bacerial flagellum, which is the device used to propel and provide mobility to a bacterial cell. Given that many biological systems are irreducibly complex, the only reasonable conclusion is that they must be the work of an intelligent designer rather than via a process of evolution and random mutations.

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Evolution Impossible – Too Much Complexity

[Posted on: 15 March 2025 by Richard Worsley]

Evolution Impossible – Too Much Complexity

In this video, Richard introduces an article, which amongst others, demonstrates how the recent increase in understanding of the incredible complexity of biological systems across various cell types, can only serve to undermine the credibility of evolutionary theory based on the idea of random mutations.

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