Smithson's Theory of Special CreationSmithson, Noble
Religion
Smithson's Theory of Special Creation
Smithson, Noble
Creation
What are we to infer from these facts? Can we believe that the
functions of the heart and other involuntary muscles do their work,
automatically, without the aid of any extraneous psychic force? Can
we believe that the mysterious spermatozoön, and ovum are produced in
the genital organs of the male and female, without their knowledge
and without the aid of any psychic or creative force, whatever? Is
it possible for the atoms of which each spermatozoön is composed, to
assemble and group themselves, automatically into it without the aid
of a supernatural psychic and creative force? In another section of
this work, I have argued that each spermatozoön is a new, direct and
special creation. The same is true of each ovum. I believe that the
same psychic and creative force which generates, guides and controls the
forces, that build up the body of the embryo, continues to generate,
guide and control many of the forces which affect the human body during
its whole life. I believe that the same force determines the growth and
waste of cells; and by this means fixes the size of each normal body.
Why does an elephant grow larger than a mouse; an ox larger than a man;
an eagle larger than a humming bird? How does it happen that all men,
elephants, mice, eagles, etc., are of substantially the same size?
It is clear that neither man nor an other animal, has any control over
the growth of cells in his body, nor over his own size. The cells
of which these bodies are built up, have no intellect, memory nor
will-power. It would be impossible for them to know when a sufficient
number of cells have been made to bring these bodies to their proper
sizes. The cells have no power to control their production nor their
waste. It follows that the Creator must govern and control the forces,
which produce the cells in each animal body; and that he fixes within
certain limits, the form and size of each body.
Sec. 9. Human Body is Constructed on a Definite and Specific Plan
Every bone, joint, process, muscle, nerve, artery, vein and part has
its own chemical composition, form, size, structure and position in the
body. Each normal human body has the same tissues, organs and parts,
that every other such body has; the form, structure, organs and parts
of all normal bodies being identically the same.
If the so-called factors of evolution were at work in every age and in
every part of the earth, as maintained by the evolutionist, we would
surely find variations and diversities in the form and structure of the
bodies of men in different ages and countries; for we know that the
environments of the different varieties of man differ very greatly in
time and space. For example, the eskimos live all their lives in the
frozen regions at the North, while the inhabitants of the tropics spend
their lives under a blazing sun; yet there is no anatomical difference
between the body of an Eskimo and that of a Cuban.
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