Science Re-Captures a Glimpse of God

Special Creation (the belief that the origin of the universe and all of life came into being by divine decree) was a feature of the predominant worldview in the time when some of our great scientists of the past lived.

For example, Sir Isaac Newton in writing about the planetary system said, "Though these bodies may indeed continue in their orbits by the mere laws of gravity, yet they could by no means have at first derived the regular position of the orbits themselves from those laws. Thus, this most beautiful system of the sun, planets, and comets, could only proceed from the council and dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being." 
(note the capital B)

Biologists also, before Darwin that is, thought that the study of life gave the appearance of having been purposefully designed.

But Darwin caused the whole discipline to change direction.
Darwin's famous "Origin of Species" was a long argument against creation by design, promoting the theory that all living things were produced by unguided natural forces from a common source. 
In fact he was quoted as saying, "I would give absolutely nothing for my theory of natural selection, if it require miraculous additions at any one stage of descent." 

Typical modern Biology textbooks include statements like "By coupling the undirected, purposeless variations to the blind, uncaring process of natural selection, Darwin made the theological or spiritual explanations of the life processes superfluous. 
(Douglas Futuyma's "Evolutionary Biology" College Text)

However, science is beginning to show signs of realising the limits of space-time based explorations.

In 1953, the discovery of DNA opened some eyes.
Not only does DNA contain information, but functional information not dissimilar to computer software code.
BIll Gates, Microsoft pioneer, said that "DNA is like a computer program, but far, far more advanced than any software we've ever created".

In 1996, Michael Behe, a university biochemist, published a book titled "Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution" which focused on biological systems which are 'irreducibly complex' at the molecular level and could not have been developed slowly over long periods of time.

Even modern neo-Darwinists admit that undirected natural selection and random mutation can produce organs and structures that give 'the appearance' of having been designed.

The Center for Science and Culture in Seattle, Washington was founded in 1990 and describes itself as "the institutional hub for scientists, educators, and inquiring minds who think that nature supplies compelling evidence of intelligent design".

Dr Stephen Meyer, philosopher of science and director of Discovery Institute's Center for Science & Culture, publicly claims that Intelligent Design is detectable by science, and has written two books, "Signature in the Cell: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design: and "Darwin's Doubt: The Explosive Origin of Animal Life and the Case for Intelligent Design" to advance his argument.

However, let's be clear.
The sort of evolution that is being challenged by most proponents of Intelligent Design is Darwinianism, not the 'small changes over time' type of evolution, nor the small adaptations due to environmental changes (microevolution), nor even the production of new species from a common ancestor (macroevolution).

But Darwinianism, chance macroevolution, which asserts that all organisms, including mankind, descended from a common ancestor without any input, either at its beginning or on the journey, from an intelligent source.

Such is the fleeting glimpse of God currently being seen: there's still a long way to go to get back to the view of our great scientists of the past. 

However if scientists continue to be brave enough to be honest about what they see in the science they explore, especially at the molecular level, their influence might spread widely...

For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities - his eternal power and divine nature - have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made. so that people are without excuse.
[Romans 1 : 20  NIV]

Of course, I have omitted mentioning the many Creation Scientists who have either never been Darwinianists, or have transferred from that camp as they became Bible-believing Christians during their careers. 
Creation Ministries International is staffed by several of these men and women and https://creation.com is a great website to visit and explore evidence and arguments for special creation.

Blessings, Barry