Codes within the Cells
Codes used within the body are used for communication between different cells or from one part of a cell to another. There are numerous codes used by the body.
The DNA molecule is a nucleic acid molecule contained in the nucleus of cells; its only function is to record codes. It is the paper on which the code is written.
Each DNA molecule contains three billion instructions. These instructions are codes that direct the manufacture of approximately 100,000 different proteins that are used in the normal operation of our body.
Besides the obvious problem of concluding that three billion instructions simply happened over the course of time by a series of extremely fortunate accidents, there is another perhaps more difficult problem for evolutionists to overcome.
That problem is that the codes contained in the DNA molecule have no direct relationship whatever with the proteins that they are used to make. The "writing" in the DNA molecule is not a prototype for the proteins that are produced from it - it is a language, a digital code. It does not contain a "sample" of the protein that it produces; all it has are codes that are written with 24 specific letters formed by only four different kinds of molecules, codes that another portion of the same cell can understand. They communicate with a language.
Where did the language come from?
Imagine that 3 billion Aces, 3 billion Kings, 3 billion Queens and 3 billion Jacks are all arranged in 100,000 different groups. Imagine that all of these cards are in groups of four and that they are in one long line that is four cards thick and 3 billion cards long. Of course, this would take up a lot of space. If one assumes 3 inches per group, then the line of cards would circle the world approximately 6 times. This is sufficient information to spell out letter by letter the contents of 20 Encyclopedia Britannicas.
That is a representation of just one DNA molecule.
An evolutionist looks at this and says, "Isn't that amazing, the contents of 20 Encyclopedia Britannicas spelled out in groups of fours all arranged properly and in perfect order and circling the world 6 times. Now how did this happen? Well, I know that if anyone could figure out how this happened, it would certainly be me, and I have already decided that there is no one around smart enough to do it. Therefore, it must be accidental. Isn't that amazing, a series of billions of extremely fortunate accidents spelling out the contents of 20 encyclopedias"
Then someone else observes, "Well, you haven't seen anything yet. This whole thing has now been compressed into the size of a molecule. And now we have the contents of 20 encyclopedias compressed into a molecule. And not only that, it checks itself for accuracy, copies just the right portion of itself that it needs and uses it to create the proteins that we need to survive!"
"Wow!" says the evolutionist, 20 Encyclopedia Britannicas compressed into a molecule by accident and a molecular machine that can read it right there! It must have been Mother Nature!"
Mother Nature did it all by accidentally compressing the information of 20 encyclopedias into a molecule so that all of the animals with good encyclopedias lived and all of the animals with bad encyclopedias died. They just kept getting good ones and bad ones, you know, until the bad ones die off. Everybody knows that. That's why we have so many good ones and so few bad ones."
But do you believe that? You don't have to accept things that are irrational. In the end it is really up to you.
Do they really believe it?
Many don't. Because the cells also contain an extremely sophisticated mechanism for reversing the effects of mutations. So, they contain a mechanism that prevents evolution. It is a complicated mechanism for the repair of damage (lesions) that sometimes occur to DNA:
" ... lesions are eliminated with remarkable efficiency by the process of DNA repair. The various repair mechanisms all depend on the existence of two copies of the genetic information, one on each strand of the DNA double helix ... the altered portion of the damaged strand is recognized and removed by one set of enzymes and then replaced in its original form by another enzyme, DNA polymerase, which copies the information stored in the 'good' strand by means of complementary base-pairing. Finally, an enzyme called DNA ligase seals a nick that remains in the DNA helix to complete the restoration of an intact DNA strand."
Alberts, B, Bray, D, Lewis, J, Raff M., Roberts, K., and Watson, J, Molecular Biology of the Cell, Garland Publishing, 1983, p. 217.
So evolution created a mechanism to reverse the effects of evolution. Perhaps that explains why we don't see evolution happening.The mathematical probability of three billion instructions occurring in proper sequence by accident is one in a number derived by multiplying out 1 x 2 x 3 x 4, etc. all the way to three billion.
For an explanation of this formula, and the numbers that render it impossible click here.