No Designer

It is often argued that life is so complex that at the start there must have been a creator, I disagree.

Let’s look at a simple naturally occurring chemical reaction:

O2 + photon (light) --> 2O
O2 + O --> O3 (ozone)

As the oxygen rises to the atmosphere it is bombarded by photons. These photons provide the energy to break O2 up into 2O. These 2O combine with a single O and ozone is created (O3). My point in mentioning this is the reaction is completely random, the oxygen raises and at a point it is randomly struck by photons leading eventually to the formation of ozone. There is no hand forcing this to occur, it is completely natural and random.

In terms of life a similar thing happened. One chemical met another chemical and bang life was formed. Now that’s a bit simplified but hopefully you can see my point. Reactions occur randomly each day so why is it so inconceivable to believe life, another reaction, needed a creator or a spark from that creator. The probability of the life reaction occurring is very low but it is not impossible nor can it be impossible since I’m sitting here typing this.

The components we’re made up of are present in many other things. Carbon, the main thing we’re composed of can be found in graphite and diamond. Hydrogen can be found in water and every acid out there. These elements are able to combine to form different things, why it is then so hard to believe these elements couldn’t combine and form life alone (without the hand of a creator) is beyond me. The process would have been long and complex but it’s possible since we’re here today.

Bacteria dived so fast that the likelihood of a mutation is much greater then in a larger organism. These mutations involve an addition, deletion or substitution of one or more amino acids. This leads to the tertiary structure of the eventual protein to be different. Now to make it clear, A can attach to a receptor site on C and kill C. But C undergoes a mutation that changes the shape of the receptor site A is able to attach to. A can no longer attach to C and hence C is immune from A. That’s in basic terms what happens when bacteria become immune to antibiotics. I’m trying to point out that since living organisms can undergo these mutations which can lead to desirable changes on there own today, why is it then so hard to believe that over many years (millions) the simple chemical meeting chemical could evolve into these great organisms we see today.

I think there’s a fear that life was just a mistake with this theory but the word mistake invokes the idea that someone was responsible, I’d rather say life was random. There’s still a purpose to our existence and each of us can define that purpose for ourselves.