This series began in the Spring of 2004
and were fueled, in part,
by the writings of
physicist John C. Polkinghorne
1989 AD
astrophysicist Paul Davies 1995 AD
molecular biologist Michael
J. Denton 1988 AD
molecular biologist Michael
Behe 1996 AD
and Hebraic songwriter David 1000 BC.
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Water
Biologists and physicists are
discovering that
certain things are necessary to support
the kind of LIFE we see
on planet Earth. Without things being
JUST SO life would be
impossible.
Did you know that the way water is
engineered,
is "just right" for Life? The thickness or
thinness of water affects
the tiny life-forms that move through it. (For
example, think about
swimming in a pool of molasses. You would get
tired faster
from the heaviness of the liquid. That is why the
viscosity of
a liquid in important to the organisms within it.)
Consider this:
" If the
viscosity of water was higher,
the controlled movement of
large macromolecules
and particularly structures
such as mitochondria and
small organelles would be
impossible, as would
processes like cell division.
All the vital activities of the cell would be
effectively frozen, and
cellular life of any sort
remotely resembling that with
which we are familiar
would be impossible.
The development of higher organisms,
which is critically dependent
on the ability of cells
to move and crawl around
during embryogenesis,
would certainly be impossible
if the viscosity of water
was even slightly greater than
it is. "
zig zig.
Michael J. Denton
" Nature's Destiny: How the
Laws of Biology Reveal
Purpose in the Universe," Simon & Schuster, 1998
Statements like this one
make LIFE less ordinary
and more
wonderous.
Of
all the liquids that could have been chosen
in the far reaches of space, our common H2O
is the best liquid for life. Someone with
far greater
intelligence dreamed up this liquid. It is
he who gets my WOW.
" All things
remain to this day
because of your command.....
because they are all your servants."
zig
zig. Song of David Opus 119 line
91
" Give your WOW
to this One, wake up you sun and moon !
Shout
ZOWWY and COOL, pay attention you distant stars !
Beam your infared and microwave EXCITEMENT to this One,
yes, even to
the far reaches of expanding space.
Let the
supernovae DANCE for this One.
Nutrinos, dark
matter, gluton, and bosons SING with DELIGHT.
Great mysteries
beyond our radio telescopes SPEAK of him.
Their own
frequencies modulate his NAME.
At the
sound of his voice, they were created.
By his command
they were fixed in the spacetime continuum,
and they cannot
disobey. "
zig zig.
Twenty-first century version of Song of David Opus 148 lines 1-6
