FIG 15: Monkey Business. Evolutionists believe that life originated and developed through a purely accidental and aimless natural process. The probability of life arising in such a manner is comparable to the probability of a monkey typing a perfect unabridged dictionary.

down in numerical order from 1 to 20 is 1 in 2,432,902,008,176,640,000! This huge number is known as 20 factorial (20!)  and can be calculated easily by multiplying together all the numbers from 1 to 20.

The probability of accidentally generating Genesis 1:1 - "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth" - is 1 chance in (26) ^44 trials. This is equivalent to 1 chance in 1.81479392 x(10)^62 trials. In other words, the chance of randomly producing the first verse of the Bible is 1 in 181, 479, 392,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.

Obviously, as the number of components increases, the probability of getting the desired result decreases rapidly. For example, let us consider the chance development of a very simple system composed of only 200 integrated parts (simple compared with living systems). The probability of forming such an ordered system is 1 in 200 factorial, or 1 chance in approximately 1,000,000, 000,000,000, 000,000,000, 000,000,000, 000,000,000, 000,000,000, 000,000,000, 000,000,000, 000,000,000, 000,000,000, 000,000,000, 000,000,000, 000,000,000, 000,000,000, 000,000,000, 000,000,000, 000,000,000, 000,000,000, 000,000,000, 000,000,000, 000,000,000, 000,000,000, 000,000,000, 000,000,000, 000,0d0,000, 000,000,000, 000,000,000, 000,000,000, 000,000,000, 000,000,000, 000,000,000, 000,000,000, 000,000,000, 000,000,000, 000,000,000, 000,000,000, 000,000,000, 000,000,000, 000,000,000, 000,000,000, 000,000,000, 000,000,000. This colossal number can be written more simply as 10³⁷⁵.Thus, there is only 1 chance out of 10³⁷⁵ of selecting the proper arrangement for a 200-part integrated system on the first trial. But what if we keep on trying different combinations over and over again? Won't we eventually achieve the desired result? Well, to begin with, there are only 10 $o electrons in the universe. Assuming this to be the maximum number of parts available to work with, only 1 X 10⁸⁰ / 2 X 10² = 5 X 10⁷⁷ groups of 200 parts each could be formed at any one given time. But we have to form 10³⁷⁵ such groups to be certain of getting the correct one. Assuming that none of the first trial groups work, let us continue trying over and over again at a generous rate of 1 billion (10⁹) trials per second. Furthermore, to give the evolutionists every possible advantage, let us keep on trying for a period of 30 billion years (10¹⁸seconds) since this is the presumed age of the universe. But even granting such liberal concessions, we find that the maximum number of trial combinations which could be attempted is still only (5 X 10 ⁷⁷⁾ (10⁹) (10¹⁸) = 5 X 10¹⁰⁴. This is far too short of the needed  10³⁷⁵ trial combinations required for success. And so, even after all this, the chance that 1 of these 5 X 10¹⁰⁴ attempts would yield the desired result of a 200-part system is only 1 out of 1 X 10 ^375/ 5 X 10¹⁰⁴ = 2 X 10¹⁷⁰. Simply stated, the chance that a system composed of 200 integrated parts could develop by mere chance is for all practical purposes, non-existent.

And yet a 200-part system is ridiculously primitive compared with living systems. Modern research by NASA has demonstrated that the most basic type of protein molecule that could be classified living is composed of at least 400 linked amino acids. Each amino acid, in turn, is made up of a specific arrangement of four or five chemical elements, and each chemical element is itself a unique combination of protons, neutrons, and electrons! Golay has demonstrated that the chance formation of even the simplest replicating protein molecule is 1 in 10⁴⁵⁰. Wysong has calculated the probability of forming the proteins and DNA for the smallest self-replicating entity to be 1 in 10^167,626, even when granting astronomically generous amounts of time and reagents! Can you imagine what the chance formation of a more complex structure or organ such as the cerebral cortex in the human brain would be? It contains over 10,000,000,000 cells each of which is carefully arranged according to a specific design, and each of which is fantastically complex in itself!

For his defense, the evolutionist might move for a mistrial on the basis of being misunderstood. Rather than suggesting that our 200-part integrated system be suddenly organized all at once, he is proposing that it develops gradually through a step-by-step mutation/natural selection process. Unfortunately for the evolutionist, this argument only serves to make matters worse for his cause. The probability of organizing a 200-part system by this step-by-step process is 1 out of the number represented by the series 2! + 3! + 4! +,..+ 200! (the symbol "!" represents factorial). Obviously, this number is much larger than 200 factorial and the chance of our 200-part system developing by this step-by-step mechanism is far less than its chance of developing all at once which was, for all practical purposes, a zero probability.

Someone has stated that the probability of life arising by mere chance is comparable to the probability of a monkey typing a perfect unabridged dictionary. If we concern ourselves with letters only (disregard punctuation, accent marks, numbers, spaces, capitalization, etc.) we find that we need to accidentally select about 35 million letters in the correct sequence.

Thus, we find that it is mathematically impossible for even the most elementary form of life to have arisen by mere chance. Life is no accident. It is not even something which brilliant scientists can synthesize. The bewildering complexity of even the most basic organic molecules completely rules out the chance of life originating apart from super-intelligent design and planning. The most logical and reasonable conclusion which can be reached based on mathematical analysis is that complex, ordered systems, which so characterize the world in which we live, never happened by mere chance but are the handiwork of our Creator, Almighty God. "Great is our Lord, and of great power: His understanding is infinite." (Psalm 147:5)

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