The World's Smallest Computer
The cells of all living things are filled with highly detailed information. The incredible system that is used for storing this information makes our best computer information systems look like a child's simple slate board!
Believe it or not, it takes more information to make a complete human being than can be stored in the average city library. And all of this information is stored in less than a few thousand millionths of a gram of material within each of our cells. You have literally billions of copies of it! Our most sophisticated computer system cannot even come close to being able to store information like that.
It is estimated that one billion species of plants and animals have existed since creation. The information storage system within the cell is so compact that all of the information to make every one of those one billion species could be held in a teaspoon—with room left over to hold all the books ever written if they, too, were stored with the same efficient system. Even more amazing is that this information storage system is not only able to store information like a computer but, unlike a computer, it can also copy itself and correct errors if any creep into the information!
How could anyone believe that this brilliant information storage, copying and correction system could have come about by chance? To believe that this could be created by no one is certainly an act of faith. But it is clearly the wrong faith! And that highlights what the origins debate is really all about.
Exodus 15:11
"'Who is like You, O LORD, among the gods? Who is like You, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?'"
Prayer: Father; I believe in Your forgiving grace to me in Jesus Christ. For this reason, help me to abandon all trust in myself. For Jesus' sake. Amen.
Image: Plant cells under a microscope and a plant cell illustration.
Guest (Male): Learn about the world's smallest computer. Next, on today's Creation Moment.
And now, here's our Creation Moments host, Ian Taylor.
Ian T. Taylor: The cells of all living things are filled with highly detailed information. The incredible system which is used for storing this information makes our best computer information systems look like a child's simple slate board.
Believe it or not, it takes more information to make a complete human being than can be stored in the average city library. And all of this information is stored in less than a few thousand-millionths of a gram of material within each one of our cells.
It is estimated that a thousand million species of plants and animals have existed since creation. The information storage system within the cell is so compact that all of the information to make every one of those thousand million species could be held in a teaspoon, with room left over to hold all the books ever written if they, too, were stored with the same efficient system.
What is even more amazing is that this information storage system is not only able to store information like a computer, but unlike the computer, it can also copy itself and correct errors if any creep into the information.
How could anyone believe that this brilliant information storage, copying, and correction system could have come about by chance? To believe this, that this could be created by no one, is certainly an act of faith, but it is clearly the wrong faith, and that highlights what the origins debate is really all about.
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About Ian T. Taylor & Mark W. Cadwallader
Ian T. Taylor
For most people, Ian Taylor will always be the voice of Creation Moments. He was born in the UK and lived in Canada until his passing. We were honored and blessed to have such a wonderful and dedicated creationist as part our ministry for so many years. Even now, his radio broadcast programs endure to reach others with the message about the awesome and intricate creation of an awesome and loving God.
Mark W. Cadwallader
Mark is Board Chairman of Creation Moments and has served on the Board since 1996. He holds a Master of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Houston and has worked as an applied materials scientist and engineer in plastics, specialty chemicals, oil additives, and pollution control for over 30 years. Mark credits the ministry for opening his faith as a young man to the unerring credibility of the Bible in all areas including science, and thus helping to transform his life. Mark has published over 100 articles and conference papers in his scientific field of expertise as well as in Creation Science and apologetics. He writes the Creation Moments monthly newsletter as well as most of the blog articles posted on the ministry’s website. He has also authored books, including “Creation Spelled Out for Us All” and “The Beauty of Truth”.
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