EVOLUTION - PART THREE

  EVOLUTION -            PART THREE

 (copied from Mark         Cahill's book "One       heartbeat away.")

Consider some of the amazing aspects of  design that are evident in our solar system.

(1)   The earth is positioned at just the 
         right distance from the sun, so that 
         we receive just the right amount of 
         heat to support life. The other 
         planets of our solar system are 
         either too close or to far (too cold) 
         to sustain life.

(2)   An appreciable change in the rate of 
        rotation of the earth would make life
        impossible. For example if the earth 
        were to rotate at one tenth its 
        present rate, all plant life would be
        burned to a crisp during the day or 
       frozen at night.

(3)   Temperature variations are kept at 
         reasonable levels, due to the nearly
         circular orbit of the earth around 
         the sun.

(4)   The moon revolves around the
        earth at a distance of around 
        240 000 miles, causing harmless
        tides on earth. If the moon were 
        located on fifth of this distance 
        away, the continents would be 
        submerged twice a day.

(5)   The thickness of the earth's crust
         and the depth of the oceans appear      
         to be carefully designed. Increases
         of thickness or depth of
        only a few feet would so drastically 
        alter the absorption of free oxygen 
        and carbon dioxide that plant and
        animal life could not exist.

(6)   The earth's axis is tilted 23 degrees 
        from the  perpendicular to the plane 
        of its orbit. This tilting  combined 
        with the earth's revolution,
        around the sun causes our seasons, 
        which are absolutely essential for
        the raising of food supplies.

(7)    The earth's atmosphere (especially 
          the ozone layer) serves as a 
          protective shield from lethal solar 
          ultraviolet radiation which would
          otherwise destroy all  life.

(8)    The earth's atmosphere also 
         serves to protect the earth, by 
         burning up  approximately
         20 million meteors  each day
         that enter it at a speed of 30 miles 
         per second ! Without this crucial 
         protection, the danger to life would
         be immense.

(9)    The two primary constituents of the 
         earth's atmosphere are nitrogen 
         (78%) and oxygen  (20%). This 
         delicate and critical ration essential 
         to all life forms.

(10)   The earth's magnetic field
           provides important protection 
           from harmful cosmic radiation.

All this happened by chance?   I think someone would have to commit intellectual suicide to believe that.  What does your logic say as you consider the evidence?

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