The scientific community has had a lack of openmindedness toward all factors and possibilities of an intelligent agent acting to create and intervene in man's creation and well-being.

The intelligent design movement is an affront to evolutionary theories in two ways. Philosophically, it argues that because of this closed attitude toward anything other than natural explanations for life and universe, it is therefore biased against any (even remote) posibility for divine intervention. And secondly, it argues against evolutionary evidence through natural processes.

The drive forward has left itself very broad and encompasses scientists who take many views and perspectives on man's origin but having intelligent design that strings all of them together. On one hand we have scientists who believe that earth is several thousand years old, and that man came from one common ancestor to any number of other concepts from God's deelopement of human raace through an evolutionary process. Regardless all agree that there is a supernatural force, which many believe to be God, active in development of human life.

Much research is being undertaken to establish academic credibility for intelligent design by publishing their findings. Their argument is that science should at least teach controversy, giving another option to flawed and unproven theory of evolution. As more and more people become sceptical over ability of random mutation and natural selection to account for complexity of life, and wary of believing that biological systems can advance from simple to complex, they realise that if these were true their lives would be void and empty, with no reason for laws, or in fact for any precedent for moral behaviour.

Many intelligent design sicentists have no problem with microevolution, small changes within species over time. Many do find problems believing in macroevolution, transformation of reptiles to birds for example, as being full of assumptions and speculation.

It is an intriguing argument and many will find it necessary to discuss options available to human beings to seek out their origins, either in divine action or natural selection. After all if we don't start right we won't end right.

Man today is faced with two incredible choices, to believe that life's complexity can be explained through chance and natural selection, which is in itself a form of faith, religion of naturalism. Or to believe that diversity and complexity of life is a result of a divine God who created world in seven days and is consistantly and constantly involved in it's development and redemption, Christian faith.

I believe that our Heavenly Father invented man because he was disappointed in monkey. - Mark Twain

A naturalist took eggs of a nightingale to a cold country, and hoped that when they hatched birds would regard that country as their home and remain there. But they came out, and, after summer, they flew away to their native home, and never came back. Similarly, though born in this world, we are not for this world. As soon as time comes for us to leave body, we shall move away into our eternal home.

From "The Real Pearl" by Sadhu Sundar Singh, CLS Madras 1966.

Who is really blind? If a blind man comes down street onus is on person who can see to draw aside so as to avoid collision, and if by chance they collide he should not mind but rather beg blind man's pardon and help him. If he should get annoyed that would only be proof that blind man is really not less but more clear-sighted than he is, because he is blind with regard to both sympathy and intelligence. So if anyone opposes and persecutes us because we follow truth, instead of taking it ill we must forgive, love and pray for him (Mat. 5:44, 45), and if he still does not repent and desist we are not losers, because we ought to do this for Truth, who gave us sight and is Himself is our reward.

From "The Real Pearl" by Sadhu Sundar Singh, CLS Madras 1966.

The Reality of Living Christ We see medicine for our eyes. It is in a bottle, but when it is in our eyes we cannot see it. The medicine cleans eyes and still eyes cannot see it. They feel presence of medicine. You say: "I have medicine in my eyes". So when Christ was in Palestine, in physical body, many people could see Him, but now when He is living in our hearts we cannot see Him. Like medicine. He is cleaning our spiritual eyes from all kinds of sins. We are being saved though we cannot see Him. We feel His presence. (I don't mean by "feeling" a kind of physical sensation, this "feeling" is not an emotion either.) By "feeling" I mean we realise reality of living Christ and shall be able to bear witness for Him and to say: "Now we are in Kingdom of God and Kingdom of God is within us".

From "Life in Abundance", CLS, 1986

Taste and see.... About four years ago I was talking to a very learned man. He said: "It is very useful to know all about Bible, and also to analyse every part of it". Then, as an illustration, he took a cup of milk: he was a chemist. "Now, is it not so much sugar, and so many other things in milk?" He made everything separate. I said: "It is very interesting, I cannot go against it, but I should say that your little child of three years of age is better than you. This child cannot analyse milk, but he drinks it and knows from experience that it is sweet, and in doing so, gets stronger every day. He does not know how many things it is made of, but he knows two important things: first, that milk is sweet; second, that by it he is getting stronger. You have analysed it, and in doing so have derived no benefit, and you have spoiled milk." There are many chemists who can analyse Word of God. They say: "This part belongs to Palestine, this to Greece." They can explain many things about it in different ways, but they never drink spiritual milk. They analyse Word of God but never drink it, they have not strength enough to overcome temptation; that is why there is great danger in criticism, and our Lord knew about these things when He took a little child and said: "Of such is Kingdom of Heaven". You must be like a child who takes and drinks.

From "Life in Abundance", CLS, 1986

Sandalwood and axe * The good and spiritual man will always endure suffering in world (2 Tim. 2:12), because people cannot understand him; and as their conscience and their feelings, by means of which they should find truth and value it, are desensitized and deadened through sin, whenever they come across a good man they discover that his nature and his ways are incompatible with theirs, and so are compelled to persecute him. But those whose spiritual sensitivity and conscience are alive and alert uphold rut, and are influenced by upright man's fragrant and winsome life. The life of a true Christian is like sandalwood - instead of harming in any way axe that cuts, it imparts its own fragrance to it.

The Rose and its thorns As long as we are in this world we have to undergo both joy and sorrow. The bee not only gathers honey; to serve a particular purpose it also carries a sting. It is not without reason that beautiful fragrant roses are accompanied by thorns; and Paul's 'thorn in flesh' too (2 Cor. 12:7- 10) contributed to fulfilment of a lofty objective. In same way it is absolutely necessary for us too to go through such experiences for fulfilment of a final and eternal purpose.

Worse than Ox Many live their lives like beasts of field. They have tongues, but no power of speech, and are dumb as animals, with no message for themselves or for others. Animals indeed have tongues, but have no ability to speak, because they have nothing to talk about beyond usual animal feelings, which they express by sounds and movements. Those without spiritual life are like animals; but in a sense they are worse, for ox knoweth its owner, and ass its master's crib: but man, who is crown of creation, does not know his Creator (Isaiah 1:3). His tongue is very swift to utter falsehood, but is slow to speak truth because he does not know Lord his God (Jer. 9:3).

Suffering and being revived As in world, night lasts in some places for only a few hours, and in other places for several months, so there are always seasons of joy and of sorrow to be found in our lives, and all of us must at last pass through 'valley of shadow of death'. Those who in their lives bear Cross may truly say 'We die but behold we live' (II Cor. 6:9), and as tree which in winter loses its leaves and seems to be dying, in spring is infused again with new life and once more shoots out its leaves, so Christians in time of persecution seem to be ready to die, but again and yet again do their lives revive. In spite of all their sufferings 'their lives are hid with Christ in God'. As Gulf Stream flowing up from warm waters of tropics saves coast of Europe from rigour of a bitter winter, so God's Spirit flowing through lives of true Christians keeps them always in glow of spiritual health and happiness.br> to read more great articles...www.god-life.com