March 11, 2004

• Fingerprint of God

  

  I took a passion assessment this weekend and was reminded of my
  fascination with design and creation. There is something about a truly
  excellent design that just appeals deeply to me -- the efficiency, the
  purpose of every little detail, the elegance. ooohhhhhhhoooo .... The
  demographics of my fellowship in Minnesota (T4C)
  were quite typical of chinese grps, half the grp were doctors, interns,
  residents, or somehow related to medicine and the other half were
  engineers. As I got to know people better, I realized that many of my
  doctor-friends struggled greatly with this whole question of evolution
  and creation while this was clearly a non-issue for my engneering
  friends. Engineers design stuff for a living and simply recognize
  design. Even the simplest of things like an IKEA chair may have
  involved many months of design, development, manufacturing, usability
  studies, etc ... engineers recognize that even something this simple
  requires hours of thought and pouring over through minute details.
  Questions an engineer might ask include: what is the maximum vertical
  load that this chair can support? where are the greatest stress
  concentrations located? What is the stability of this chair? How can I
  design this for ease of assembly (and ensure that parts align to the
  proper tolerances)? which design will be cheapest to manufacture? ...
  this IKEA chair was obviously designed. Everything about it screams out
  "DESIGN"!

  All of creation points to the glory of our God and bear the
  fingerprint of God. Our universe points to a designer, not haphazard
  chance. My pastor pointed out that what many evolution advocates
  don't realize is that only because we were created can our lives
  possibly have purpose. I hope you enjoy these photos from the hubble telescope set to some funky space music.

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