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"rather than the Creator"

Romans 1:25

So recently I was reading a magazine that's about animals and people and the world we live in.  You know it well.  It's interesting and informative and there are amazing pictures.  I learn a lot about science and nature; animals and fish and birds I never heard of.  Countries and islands and peoples I'd like to visit someday.  

But not long ago, I read a fascinating article about biomimicry.  Biomimicry is the practice of scientists trying to copy things they see in nature, to improve medicine or technology.  For instance, sharks never have barnacles on them like whales do.  Turns out sharkskin has a texture that prevents algae and barnacles from sticking to it.  And, scientists have discovered, bacteria can't adhere either.  So they are trying to mimic sharkskin in hospitals, to cut down on the number of germs that can attach themselves to hospital equipment.

Another example is the gecko.  Geckos can walk on walls and ceilings without falling off.  So scientists are trying to imitate the characteristics of their feet, for military or law enforcement purposes. 

The article was so interesting, and I love the idea of making lives better, but I was so aware that the article was completely without any mention of God.  All credit for any wonderful innovations or characteristics that a creature might have, were attributed to "nature" or "evolution" as if those inanimate nouns were behind it all.  Now, I have no problem with the concept of evolution as it relates to animals' features adapting to their environments.  In fact, I believe that God designed them to evolve.  But praising evolution and not the Creator, is like praising the heart for coming up with the idea to pump blood throughout the body. 

And then the same day I read this article, I came into the room to find our cat asking for food.  Now, our cat asks for food the same way she asks to go outside and sit in the sunshine.  When she wants to go out, she sits by the back door meowing at anyone who comes near; but she also paws at the door.  You never saw anything sillier in your life.  And there she was, hoping to accomplish food in her bowl, the same way.  Her paw silently and uselessly sliding down the wall by her food bowl, waiting for the wall to respond. 

Now, of course, you know that the reason she paws at the door is because it opens ~ eventually ~ when we notice her pitifully pawing.  She doesn't make the connection that it's we who are making the door open.  And apparently, she's thinks the wall is the one to talk to about her food. 

To me, there was an interesting comparison there.  Those who would give credit to sharks for their skin are as short-sighted as my kitty, who gives credit to the door for opening.

And it makes me sad.  Not my cat.  Her brain is at a disadvantage.  But those who appreciate the beauty and wonder of nature are missing something.  There is so much more joy in not only loving all the majesty and whimsy and mystery of nature, but in loving Him who carefully and thoughtfully created it all.

~ "they did not glorify Him as God... 

worshiped and served the creature 

 rather than the Creator" ~

Romans 1:21,25