CAN THE
CLOTTING OF BLOOD BE
EXPLAINED BY EVOLUTION?
Commentary by Roger Oakland
Understand The Times International: Roger Oakland Ministries
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At one
time in my life, I was a
staunch believer in
Darwinian evolution. During
that period of my life, I
just accepted what I was
told by scientists without
thinking very much about the
claims they were imposing on
me. Eventually, I came to
the realization this was a
far too passive approach.
The traditional scientific
world teaches us to never
accept things by faith. For
this reason, I started to
see some holes in the
evolution argument and was
challenged to look at the
real facts for myself.
Biologists who study the
human body realize there are
many complex processes
essential for life that need
to be explained. Darwinian
evolution claims to provide
the answers. All that is
required are minute changes
in the genetic code,
environmental pressure,
natural selection, and
plenty of time—it is
believed.
Although it is easy enough
to say this formula worked
in the distant unobservable
past, it is much more
difficult to come up with a
step-by-step model to show
how natural processes
operating by chance can
produce the complexity of
life. For example, consider
what has to happen for blood
to clot so that one doesn’t
bleed to death. Everyone
knows when you cut yourself
with a sharp object, you
bleed. If the bleeding
continues unhindered, you
eventually lose all your
blood and die. Clotting is a
complex biochemical process
that prevents you from
bleeding to death. How did
this process evolve by
chance?
Without going into all the
detail describing numerous
biochemical reactions and an
explanation for the source
of a chain of essential
complex molecules, we can
recognize that the clotting
of blood is a very intricate
process. Ask yourself this
question: how could this
have happened by some chance
process requiring millions
of years of time? If the
evolutionary explanation can
be supported by science,
then we should demand to
have some answers based on
facts. How did the clotting
process evolve over time? If
one step in this complex
biochemical process fails,
the organism that hasn’t
evolved the ability to
prevent itself from bleeding
will bleed to death.
Obviously, the clotting
process must be precise and
isolated to the location
where the injury has
occurred. If a clot forms in
some other area of the body,
the end result can be death.
How could such a necessary
and precise process have
just happened by chance? It
seems as if the very nature
of the clotting of blood
requires intelligent
planning and design.
There are people today who
have ruled out God as their
Creator. They would rather
believe we exist because of
chance and that humans are
at the top of the
evolutionary pile. So, if
you are someone in this
category, I want you to stop
and think. Next time while
you are bleeding, take a few
moments and try and come up
with a reasonable
explanation for the clotting
of blood. Try and explain
the evolutionary mechanism
that brought about the
process that will save your
life.
The Bible states the
Creator, who designed the
clotting process, shed His
blood and died on a cross.
Accepting the sacrifice made
by Jesus Christ is of
paramount importance. The
decision you make will
determine where you spend
eternity.