Thursday, January 15, 2026

Evolution Needs a Miracle - Without a Creator

 

 Evolution Needs a Miracle — Without a Creator?


Inside every living cell are proteins folded into precise three-dimensional shapes that allow life to function. Even a “typical” protein is built from a specific sequence of amino acids, chosen from 20 different types, arranged in an exact order. The number of possible combinations is astronomically large.
Laboratory studies show that only a tiny fraction of random amino-acid sequences fold into stable, functional proteins. Most sequences simply don’t work. This raises an important scientific question: how did the first coordinated systems of proteins arise before life could replicate, adapt, or evolve?
What makes this challenge even more striking is that cells don’t rely on a single protein. Even the simplest known cells require hundreds of proteins working together at the same time—like parts in an integrated machine. Without all the essential components present and functioning, the system fails.
For comparison, physicists estimate the observable universe contains about 10⁸⁰ atoms. When biological probabilities are placed alongside physical limits, many researchers argue that blind chance alone struggles to account for life’s origin.
This doesn’t “disprove” evolution—but it does highlight a gap between what random processes can easily explain and what we actually observe in biology. The remarkable organization, information content, and coordination found in life continue to raise thoughtful questions about whether undirected processes are the whole story.


Curiosity, not dogma, is how science moves forward.


c/o The Intelligent Design
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