God is, always has been, and always will be. His greatness and power can be seen in everything around us, from nature to the way our bodies work. However, I was not always a Christian. I did not grow up in a household that believed in God or even talked about Him as if He were real. Because of this, I went through my teenage years and even into my early twenties without any real belief or faith.
It wasn’t until I was jailed that my perspective began to change. During that time, I started to seriously think about life, purpose, and whether God might actually exist. Interestingly, I did not begin by reading the Bible. Instead, I started by reading books about a concept called irreducible complexity.
Irreducible complexity is the idea that some biological systems are made up of many parts that all work together at the same time. If even one part is missing, the whole system stops working completely. Because of this, some people argue that these systems could not have developed slowly over time through evolution. Their reasoning is that any “in-between” stage would not function properly unless all the parts were already there and working together.
One example of this idea can be seen in the human body. The respiratory system, which helps us breathe, depends heavily on the circulatory system, which moves oxygen through the body. If any major part of either system fails, the entire body is affected and can eventually die. Another example is the human eye. The eye is extremely complex, with many different parts that all have to work together perfectly in order for us to see. Because of this, many people believe that such systems must have been designed by a creator who intentionally put everything together in a complete and functional way.
Learning about these ideas really opened my mind. It made me start to see things differently and consider the possibility that there is a designer behind everything. I began to believe in a creator. At the same time, I knew that many scientists teach that the universe began with the Big Bang. But I started asking myself a simple question: have I ever seen an explosion create order?
For example, imagine setting off a bomb in a junkyard. After the explosion, would you expect to see a fully built, perfect car like a Jaguar sitting there? Of course not. No matter how many times you repeat the explosion, it would never create something so organized and detailed. A car requires a designer who carefully puts all the parts together.
Another example would be throwing spaghetti at a wall. When the spaghetti hits the wall, it splatters randomly and then falls to the ground. It does not rearrange itself into something meaningful. It just stays where it landed. Now think about a detailed painting like the Mona Lisa. Do you think random spaghetti splatter could ever form something that precise and intentional? The answer is no.
From this, I concluded that random, uncontrolled events do not create the kind of order and detail we see in the world. Instead, they create chaos. In order for something complex and meaningful to exist, there must be a creative force behind it. Just like the spaghetti would need someone to pick it up and use it to create art, the universe would need a creator to bring order and purpose.
Because of all this, I came to believe that the order and design we see in the universe point to the existence of God. To me, it makes more sense that a creator designed everything with purpose rather than everything forming by chance. These ideas helped lead me to faith and changed the way I see the world.