God’s Writing 1: Creation
At the root of the mysteries of the human body lies an amazing chemical called DNA. It is the stuff genes are made of, its sequence coding for the protein building blocks of our bodies. DNA itself is composed of four molecules called nucleotides and the sequence these appear in determines which protein is built. In other words, there is a sequence in the DNA which codes for a specific protein sequence. This microscopic assembly line is truly amazing and it parallels our experience of human communication. DNA is like a language, with nucleotides combining to code for proteins, which represent a pattern for complex organs and systems, just as letters combine in a written language to code for words, which represent ideas which can be realised in the physical world. At the basis of life, then, is information which is intelligible and useful. Of course, this information is only useful if the apparatus in the cell that is necessary for produc...