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Belief in God Is It Reasonable In This Scientific Age? Belief in God: Is It Reasonable In This Scientific Age? Gen. 1:26-27 – Let us make man in our image … Ps. 139:14 – I am fearfully and wonderfully made; … Belief in God: Is It Reasonable In This Scientific Age? Rom. 1:20 - His invisible attributes … understood by the things that are made His Eternal Power His Divine Nature (Godhead) Darwin on Complex Organs “If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ existed, which could not possibly have been formed by numerous successive, slight modifications, my theory would absolutely break down.” Origin of Species, p. 219 Darwin on the Eye “To suppose that the eye, with all its inimitable contrivances for adjusting the focus to different distances, for admitting different amounts of light, and for the correction of spherical and chromatic aberration, could have been formed by natural selection, seems, I freely confess, absurd in the highest possible degree.” Origin of Species, p. 217 A Ditch A Wider Ditch An Even Wider Ditch Biochemistry of Vision NeuralLayerof theHumanRetina Closer Viewof theNeural Layer Light The Brain and the Neurological System Can store between 100,000,000,000 and 280,000,000,000,000,000 bits of information 3 pounds of matter Protected by bony armor Cushioned by fluid Serviced by a complex network of blood vessels The Brain and the Neurological System Sorting stimuli Body is covered with sensory receptors constantly sending messages to the brain. 3,000,000,000 signals per millisecond 1000 X 60 X 60 X 24 milliseconds per day 259,200,000,000,000,000 signals per day The Brain and the Neurological System The neurological system could be compared to a complex switchboard: The direction for messages is very specific. Neurons for vision from eye to visual cortex for hearing from ear to auditory region for smell from nose to olfactory region for fingers to motor region Compared to connecting 1,000,000 trunk lines from Boston t