WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.419 Chapter 3. Breaking news, DNA just wrote itself. 00:00:03.879 --> 00:00:06.839 Scientists have just announced the greatest discovery 00:00:06.839 --> 00:00:10.500 in history. A fully functioning, self -replicating, 00:00:10.500 --> 00:00:13.580 highly structured genetic code just poofed into 00:00:13.580 --> 00:00:18.379 existence. No coder, no programmer, no instruction 00:00:18.379 --> 00:00:21.539 manual, and certainly no intelligence required. 00:00:22.179 --> 00:00:25.359 Yep, folks. You are the product of accidental 00:00:25.359 --> 00:00:28.160 letters magically arranging themselves into a 00:00:28.160 --> 00:00:30.980 meaningful language, just like a monkey banging 00:00:30.980 --> 00:00:33.960 on a keyboard and randomly typing out an entire 00:00:33.960 --> 00:00:37.320 Shakespearean play. Let's break it down, because 00:00:37.320 --> 00:00:40.960 science won't. Step one, the totally scientific 00:00:40.960 --> 00:00:44.640 fairy tale. Here's how the experts explain it. 00:00:44.799 --> 00:00:47.520 One, a bunch of dumb, lifeless chemicals were 00:00:47.520 --> 00:00:51.299 floating in some cosmic soup, an imaginary, never 00:00:51.299 --> 00:00:55.049 -observed pool of magical goo. 2. Then, through 00:00:55.049 --> 00:00:58.189 an unexplained, never -before -seen, but totally 00:00:58.189 --> 00:01:02.950 real process, bam! 3. A fully functional, self 00:01:02.950 --> 00:01:05.590 -replicating genetic code suddenly appeared. 00:01:05.950 --> 00:01:08.730 4. And of course, all of this happened without 00:01:08.730 --> 00:01:11.469 a guiding intelligence, because randomness always 00:01:11.469 --> 00:01:14.950 creates order, right? Before you ask, has anyone 00:01:14.950 --> 00:01:19.269 ever seen this happen? The answer is, no. But 00:01:19.269 --> 00:01:22.500 don't worry, that doesn't matter. What really 00:01:22.500 --> 00:01:26.079 matters is that we all nod our heads, say, science 00:01:26.079 --> 00:01:29.239 says so, and pretend this is actual science. 00:01:29.500 --> 00:01:32.900 Just trust the science, even if it's not science. 00:01:33.140 --> 00:01:36.060 Now let's address those annoying little questions 00:01:36.060 --> 00:01:39.400 that skeptics love asking. Observed in a lab, 00:01:39.560 --> 00:01:42.719 never. No one has ever seen raw chemicals assemble 00:01:42.719 --> 00:01:45.319 themselves into a self -replicating language. 00:01:45.739 --> 00:01:50.200 Not in nature, not in a lab, not even in an atheist's 00:01:50.200 --> 00:01:55.500 imagination. Logical explanation? None. But hey, 00:01:55.659 --> 00:01:58.760 if you doubt it, you just don't understand science. 00:01:59.299 --> 00:02:03.879 Scientific papers? Full of speculation. But don't 00:02:03.879 --> 00:02:06.060 worry, they promise they'll figure it out someday, 00:02:06.340 --> 00:02:09.419 right after they get more grant money. What even 00:02:09.419 --> 00:02:12.750 is a genetic code? Now, let's take a closer look 00:02:12.750 --> 00:02:16.189 at what DNA actually is, since some people seem 00:02:16.189 --> 00:02:19.710 to think it's just a lucky accident. 1. DNA is 00:02:19.710 --> 00:02:22.330 a highly structured, information -driven, language 00:02:22.330 --> 00:02:25.509 -like computer code, but infinitely more advanced. 00:02:25.830 --> 00:02:30.770 2. It follows rules, syntax, and grammar. Yes, 00:02:30.889 --> 00:02:34.610 just like English or math, except more precise. 00:02:36.039 --> 00:02:38.560 It contains complete instructions to build and 00:02:38.560 --> 00:02:42.020 operate every single cell in your body. 4. It 00:02:42.020 --> 00:02:44.879 has built -in error correction mechanisms to 00:02:44.879 --> 00:02:48.020 prevent mistakes in copying, because even DNA 00:02:48.020 --> 00:02:51.979 knows that typos are bad. 5. It stores information 00:02:51.979 --> 00:02:55.180 more efficiently than any human -made technology, 00:02:55.560 --> 00:02:59.539 sorry. Google, you're outclassed. So let's ask 00:02:59.539 --> 00:03:03.379 a simple question. Did it happen? Science says. 00:03:03.620 --> 00:03:07.240 It just happened, bro. All right, let's have 00:03:07.240 --> 00:03:09.939 some fun with a totally scientific thought experiment. 00:03:10.379 --> 00:03:13.000 All right, folks, let's put this brilliant idea 00:03:13.000 --> 00:03:16.400 to the test with a real -world analogy. Imagine 00:03:16.400 --> 00:03:18.939 you walk into your kitchen one morning and you 00:03:18.939 --> 00:03:22.000 see your toaster sitting on the counter. Now 00:03:22.000 --> 00:03:25.560 you leave it alone for a few billion years because, 00:03:25.819 --> 00:03:28.979 you know, time magically fixes everything. One 00:03:28.979 --> 00:03:32.919 day you walk back in and boom! Your toaster spontaneously 00:03:32.919 --> 00:03:37.469 evolved into Iron Man. Yes, it grew wires, circuits, 00:03:37.750 --> 00:03:41.810 a nuclear reactor, AI intelligence, and jet thrusters, 00:03:41.870 --> 00:03:46.069 all by random chance. How did this happen? According 00:03:46.069 --> 00:03:49.870 to science. First, some random screws and metal 00:03:49.870 --> 00:03:52.430 pieces accidentally fell into the right shape. 00:03:52.669 --> 00:03:56.169 Then, some unguided electrical sparks created 00:03:56.169 --> 00:03:58.789 a motherboard with a perfect operating system. 00:03:59.210 --> 00:04:02.259 Completely bug -free, of course. Over millions 00:04:02.259 --> 00:04:04.780 of years, the toaster naturally selected the 00:04:04.780 --> 00:04:07.599 most useful parts to develop a fully functional 00:04:07.599 --> 00:04:11.159 exosuit, because survival of the fittest, right? 00:04:11.319 --> 00:04:14.539 One day, the final piece of software just wrote 00:04:14.539 --> 00:04:18.319 itself, and your brand new Iron Man suit booted 00:04:18.319 --> 00:04:21.620 up, complete with a working AI, self -repair 00:04:21.620 --> 00:04:25.639 systems, and Bluetooth. Congratulations, you 00:04:25.639 --> 00:04:28.379 just witnessed the miracle of random evolution. 00:04:28.980 --> 00:04:32.420 Oh, wait, what's that? You're saying that's completely 00:04:32.420 --> 00:04:36.319 ridiculous? So is the idea that a bunch of mindless, 00:04:36.319 --> 00:04:39.339 lifeless chemicals magically assembled themselves 00:04:39.339 --> 00:04:42.459 into a fully functional, information -driven 00:04:42.459 --> 00:04:45.800 genetic code. Why this is impossible in both 00:04:45.800 --> 00:04:48.759 cases. Complex systems don't build themselves. 00:04:49.279 --> 00:04:52.500 Programming requires a programmer. Randomness 00:04:52.500 --> 00:04:54.939 never produces ordered, functional information. 00:04:55.680 --> 00:04:58.920 DNA is a thousand times more complex than anything 00:04:58.920 --> 00:05:01.980 humans have ever designed. So if you laugh at 00:05:01.980 --> 00:05:05.079 the toaster -turned -iron -man scenario but still 00:05:05.079 --> 00:05:08.680 believe random chemicals wrote DNA, congratulations. 00:05:09.459 --> 00:05:12.899 You've just proven that blind faith isn't exclusive 00:05:12.899 --> 00:05:16.920 to religion. Randomness versus order. Pick one. 00:05:17.180 --> 00:05:20.339 Here's where atheist scientists get really funny. 00:05:20.810 --> 00:05:23.910 They depend on order, logic, and structure to 00:05:23.910 --> 00:05:26.589 do their jobs. But when it comes to explaining 00:05:26.589 --> 00:05:29.290 how life started, they tell us it all happened 00:05:29.290 --> 00:05:33.490 by random chaos. Let's take a moment to appreciate 00:05:33.490 --> 00:05:37.009 the contradiction. They trust information, data, 00:05:37.149 --> 00:05:40.389 and language, but tell us DNA isn't really a 00:05:40.389 --> 00:05:43.910 language. They depend on logical structure for 00:05:43.910 --> 00:05:46.930 experiments, but claim nature structured itself 00:05:46.930 --> 00:05:51.009 randomly. They mock the idea of intelligent design, 00:05:51.310 --> 00:05:53.970 but spend their careers trying to intelligently 00:05:53.970 --> 00:05:57.170 design artificial life in labs. So which is it? 00:05:57.290 --> 00:06:00.189 You can't depend on order to do science while 00:06:00.189 --> 00:06:02.889 preaching that randomness is the source of everything. 00:06:03.209 --> 00:06:06.410 The Bible had it right the whole time. While 00:06:06.410 --> 00:06:09.310 atheists are busy writing textbooks about self 00:06:09.310 --> 00:06:12.250 -writing molecules, the Bible has had the answer 00:06:12.250 --> 00:06:16.000 from the very beginning. Genesis 1 .1. In the 00:06:16.000 --> 00:06:18.500 beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 00:06:18.680 --> 00:06:23.480 Not randomness, but a creator. Colossians 1 .16 00:06:23.480 --> 00:06:28.000 -17. By him all things were created, and in him 00:06:28.000 --> 00:06:31.639 all things hold together. That includes your 00:06:31.639 --> 00:06:36.399 DNA. Hebrews 11 .3. By faith we understand that 00:06:36.399 --> 00:06:39.000 the universe was created by the word of God, 00:06:39.199 --> 00:06:43.139 not by a cosmic typo. Meanwhile, science says, 00:06:43.610 --> 00:06:46.689 Bro, trust us. Letters arrange themselves into 00:06:46.689 --> 00:06:50.389 a book by accident. Yeah, no thanks. Final thoughts. 00:06:50.870 --> 00:06:54.110 Who's really trusting science? Let's sum this 00:06:54.110 --> 00:06:57.750 up. One, science depends on information, order, 00:06:57.930 --> 00:07:01.250 and structure. Two, evolutionary scientists preach 00:07:01.250 --> 00:07:05.110 randomness, accidents, and chaos. Three, but 00:07:05.110 --> 00:07:07.430 they still need order to run their experiments. 00:07:07.870 --> 00:07:11.139 Four. and they want you to believe randomness 00:07:11.139 --> 00:07:13.639 so they can sell you textbooks and cash their 00:07:13.639 --> 00:07:16.459 grant checks. So tell me again, who's really 00:07:16.459 --> 00:07:19.360 trusting science here? If you trust language, 00:07:19.439 --> 00:07:22.860 design, and structure, guess what? You just admitted 00:07:22.860 --> 00:07:26.279 DNA was intelligently designed. But don't worry, 00:07:26.480 --> 00:07:29.720 the atheists will be back tomorrow using organized 00:07:29.720 --> 00:07:32.480 scientific principles to prove that disorder 00:07:32.480 --> 00:07:36.279 created order while cashing their research grants.