OK, now this has got people outraged because what this
little guy will do next is going to cause big problems.
For a certain group of people. If there was one creature in the
animal Kingdom that causes evolutionists to question their
entire theory, it would be the Bombardier beetle.
How can I make such a massive claim?
Well, you will too when you see what's inside these beetles.
Fix your. Eyes on this.
The Bombardier Beetle contains a masterpiece of engine
engineering design. It has glands in its belly that
produce two safe chemicals when kept apart, hydroquinone and
hydrogen peroxide. But get this.
The beetle then sends these chemicals into a sort of storage
tank where it keeps them for a rainy day.
So let's see what happens when the Bombardier beetle spots
trouble ahead. Once unhappy, the beetle, using
a complex valve system, sends these two chemicals into another
uniquely designed chamber. And from there the beetle
secrets a special catalyst of enzymes which, when mixed with
the two chemicals, creates an overpowering spray, which is
100°C. Right.
So now we have this scalding hot spray.
It's ready. So the bomber Beer Beetle.
He sizes up his he twists his lower body and then rotates the
two nozzles at his tail end. And with precise accuracy, he
erupts his insane combination at anyone who dares to mess with
him. And the craziest thing of all is
the Bombardier Beetle. Let's out not just one, not just
two booms, but. 500 booms. Per second to ensure that he is
nobody's lunch today. So come on, let's ask the
obvious question here. Why does this leave the
evolutionist speechless? I'll tell you why.
When you look at this incredibly complex system and you know that
this is inside every single Bombardier beetle, you have to
admit that this system must be carefully designed.
Because any system involving combustion and the fusion of two
powerful chemicals must have a mind behind it.
Why? Because anyone Who?
Works with combustion. Knows that many things can go
easily wrong. I mean, think about it.
If evolution is step by step, gradual, unguided changes over
millions of years, that means that at some points in the
Bombardier beetles history, it had no chemical spray.
So what happened the first time that it mixed these two
chemicals when it didn't have any storage tank and it didn't
have anywhere to hold it? How would it store this 100°
mixture and how did it manage to eject and release this spray if
it hadn't yet evolved these two nozzles as its tail end?
And then the other thing that's got me thinking is what about
the storage chambers when they were evolving?
How did the first storage chambers have the durability,
the thickness not to melt whilst holding this red hot fusion?
Come on guys, you know as well as I do that if left a chance
without all of these parts fully made and fully functioning
together, this beetle would burst into 1000 pieces the first
time it ever attempted to make its own rocket fuel.
It is kind of obvious, isn't it, that such a fragile combustion
system must require an intelligent designer?
Because if you remove any part of the system, it would be
impossible for the Bombardier beetle to survive, as it would
either destroy itself or it wouldn't have the tools to
protect itself from any bigger animals and thus would not
survive and would not pass on its genes.
And we would not have Bombardier beetles today.
But I can hear exactly what you're saying right now.
Big deal, Joe. So there's this one beetle which
throws A curveball into the theory of evolution.
That does not prove that intelligent design happened by a
creator. Well, what if I told you that
there are examples of what famously has been called
irreducible complexity throughout the entire animal
Kingdom? And I'm going to show show you
some of these examples. But first let's hear from the
man himself, Charles Darwin, the author of evolution.
He said if it could be demonstrated that any complex
organ existed which could not possibly have been formed by
numerous successive slight modifications.
My. Theory would absolutely break
down. I wonder what goes through your
mind. If you hear that that in other
words, the evolution daddy himself is saying that if there
is one Organism which can be proved that it does not evolved
by tiny slight modifications, then everything I've ever said
is 1 big fat lie. Well, did you know that there's
not just one Organism which is irreducibly complex, but there
are many throughout the entire animal Kingdom.
But come on, Joe, you keep using this term irreducibly complex.
What does it even mean? And just put it simply to me,
please. OK, irreducible complexity is
the argument that there is life, there are systems which have
multiple parts which interact together.
And if you just one of these parts, the entire system would
not function. This obviously debunks evolution
instantly, as according to the evolutionist, all life comes
from a simple life form and by small modifications.
More complex systems can be gradually built by natural
selection. But when a system is irreducibly
complex, it needs every part to be fully developed for the
system to work. Which of course points away from
an unguided process of millions of years, but points more
towards towards the purposeful arrangements of all of the parts
by an intelligent creator God. If he's still a little confused,
don't worry. Because I.
Want you to meet Michael Behe. He is the man who actually came
up with this term irreducibly complex and he also has a very,
very easy to understand illustration And once you see
this, everything will become clearer.
The same applies to this rather complex drill.
It has some cool add-ons, but I could take off this battery
gauge or this LED light or a few other gadgets and I'd still have
a working drill. But how far can I reduce its
complexity and not ruin it? I don't want to take apart my
drill, so let me move to another example, this mouse trap.
The complexity of this machine entails 5 parts.
The platform, the spring, the hammer, the holding bar and the
catch. Now if I reduce the number of
parts from 5:00 to 4:00, if I take away the holding bar or the
spring or any other part, it wouldn't work.
Every part is essential. I call this irreducible
complexity. Now this, as you can imagine,
has received quite a bit of criticism, even surprisingly,
from other theists. I'm wearing a tie clip that
looks like it's composed of a mouse trap.
Now, it's not very elegant, but it does keep my tie in place.
But what you'll see when I take this out is that this is a mouse
trap from which I've removed two of the parts.
I've removed the catch and the base holder.
You can't catch any mice with this, but these three parts of
the five part mouse trap are perfectly functional in a
different context, and one context would be holding my tie
on. Another context would be serving
as a large paper clip. They might be able to criticize
be he's mousetrap illustration, but very few have struggled to
explain just how the phlegm motor evolved.
I think the best, well the most visually striking example of
design is something called the bacterial flagellum.
Now this is a figure of a bacterial flagellum taken from a
textbook which is widely used in colleges and universities around
the country. The bacterial flagellum is quite
literally an outboard motor that bacteria use to swim, and in
order to accomplish that function it has a number of
parts which are ordered to that effect.
Now this part here, which is labeled the filament, is
actually the propeller of the bacterial flagellum.
The motor is actually a Rotary motor.
Most people who see this and have the function explained to
them quickly realize that these parts are ordered for a purpose
and therefore bespeak design. The idea is that there are
certain aspects of life, perhaps the organisms or organs or even
cells, that in a sense could only have come about as a whole.
In other words, it was very unlikely they could have come
about through just a kind of contingent combination of parts
over even millions or billions of years, but rather in a sense
had to be created whole cloth altogether at once, because
everything fits together so well that to remove one part the
thing wouldn't function. Let's.
Examine a much larger system, the giraffe.
Giraffes are actually very strong evidence that animals did
not gradually evolve over millions of years.
You already know that giraffes have 6 foot long necks, but did
you know that every time a giraffe does this it could be
potentially over for our long necked friends?
If and the big if is they were not designed by an intelligent
designer. The fact is.
This each Giraffe. Has a 25 LB heart.
Why is it so big? Well the giraffe's heart has a
very trying job to do. It has to pump a huge amount of
blood all the way up the neck towards the head whilst working
against gravity. Here is the problem with step by
step evolutionary modifications. Because if the giraffe's Mega
Heart is constantly pumping large amounts of blood to the
head, what happens when the giraffe?
Bends its. It's neck right down to drink
from a water hole suddenly all. Of that power.
Would of course rush an insane amount of blood and pressure to
the giraffe's brain, which would cause the giraffe at best to
pass out and at worst Well, it doesn't bear thinking about
because fortunately the giraffe was intelligently designed to be
able to cope with this dilemma. Inside every giraffe is an
irreducibly complex system. The giraffe's blood vessels are
unique in that they have reinforced walls with bypass
valves, and these valves are instructed exactly when to open
and when to close by sensor signals, which tell the giraffe
whether to restrict the blood flow to the brain or to release
it. But here's.
The real fingerprints. Of a creator on the giraffe.
Supposing that these moderating blood vessels let a little bit
too much blood through the bypass valves, what happens
then? Well, I'm glad you asked,
because inside of the giraffe's head is a genius sponge like
design which absorbs too much blood and then releases the
exact amount of the brain until the giraffe's blood pressure
equalizes. Oh, and by the way, just a
little throwaway comment here. Once the giraffe has refreshed
its palate and lifts its head up, this complex system knows
exactly how to work in reverse. So then you don't get problems.
With too much. Blood then rushing away from the
head. So if you're an atheist, can I
love him? Ask you a question?
If these systems were somehow the product of random, unguided
evolution, how many giraffes do you think passed out until these
features somehow knew to evolve? The obvious answer is that the
very first giraffe must have had these complex features already
wired inside it, or they wouldn't have been able to
survive and pass on their genes and still be here today.
I'm going to choose my. Words carefully now because as I
said in my Missing Link video, it is not my goal in any way to
try and come across as smug or arrogant or to try and win an
argument. No, I just very gently want to
try and get people to think whether you believe in.
Evolution or Not? If you're totally honest with me
right now, you've got to agree that it does make sense.
For these complex. Systems to have.
An intelligent mind behind them. The eye has a superior auto
focusing system, more so than the best DSR camera.
That you can. Buy in any.
Shop. And yet how?
Many of you would believe that a camera could build itself.
Even the technology. That we all have today that
right now we're a little. Bit fearful.
Of this technology, yes, it knows how to recreate itself.
But it first had to be designed. It first had to be instructed.
It first had to be fed information by an intelligent
human mind, or else it wouldn't be here today.
So why is it we are told to believe?
That our eight. Billion minds, Smart thinking
minds came from no minds. Why are we told to believe that?
Our. Conscious mind came.
From the unconscious, these are serious questions that I believe
every atheist must have an answer for.
Because if they are wrong, well, the Bible is clear, they will
one day meet the God that they have rejected and they will bow
to his son. But my dear friends, listen to
me because anyone who can hear my voice right now is not
without hope. There is no one who is too far
gone. Why?
Because God the Father came up with a wonderful salvation plan
which is irreducibly complex. I've been thinking about this
because if you. Think.
About our salvation. If any.
Part of it was removed any of these.
Interacting parts came. Away, then the plan would not
work. So everyone, take this into your
mind. And stop me if I get.
Something wrong? Because you.
And I have messed up. We have tried to run the show
ourselves. We have broken God's laws, and
therefore we have accumulated a huge debt of sins which we.
Cannot pay off. So the first thing we need is
someone to pay off our sins. That's the first part.
However, it's no good having any old Joe to write off our debts.
This person has to be perfect. They have to be without sin.
Otherwise they would first have to pay off their own sins before
they could save any of us. And that is the second part.
Now, according to the scripture, for us to be forgiven, blood has
to be spilled. The Bible says for the wages of
sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ
Jesus our Lord. It also says, and according to
the law, almost all things are purified with blood, and without
shedding of blood there is no remission.
So someone had to shed their blood, to wash away, to scrub
away our guilty stains of sin. That's the third part.
OK, but what good is forgiveness if we just die, if there is no
paradise after this life? So what do we need now?
Well, we need someone who can empty our grave and give us
eternal life. Someone who has the power to
conquer death and not only raise themselves from the dead, but
everyone who trusts in him. That's the 4th part.
But friends, here's another thing for us to consider in our
irreducibly complex salvation plan.
How do we? Get to heaven.
When we are down here on earth, we need heaven to come down to
us. We need this risen one to come
back like a groom meets his bride.
We need this person to rescue us, to deal with all those who
hate him and hate his words. We need this person to come and
collect himself for people, for himself and to bring us before
the throne of God where we will worship, ship the Father and
work for him in all of eternity. That is the 5th part.
So. Come on now.
Here's the moment of truth. Who is this one?
Who is the only one who can weave together this irreducibly
complex salvation plan? It is none other than the Lord
Jesus Christ who died on a cross for wretched sinners like me for
a wretched. Sinner.
Like you, who on the cross paid the price for our sins, took all
of our debts in his body, who was then put in a tomb, but on
the third day rose from the dead.
After raising himself back to life, he went and ascended, and
now he is at the right hand of God.
But one day he's coming back to collect for himself a people, a
bride for himself that will worship him in spirit and in
truth. For all of eternity there is
none other than the man Jesus Christ, who we must worship, and
he alone can save us. But there is a final part to
this irreducibly complex salvation plan, and it involves
you. You yourself have to be a
willing participant. As the old saying goes, God only
helps those who want to help themselves.
And if you don't want this salvation plan, well, God will
not push it on you. No, God gently draws people to
himself, but if you say no, he'll respect your wishes.
So can I ask you a question that perhaps you've never, ever
thought about? Do you actually want to be
saved? Do you actually want your sins
to be forgiven? Do you actually want to to turn
away from all these false gods that you've trusted in and now
trust in the Lord Jesus Christ? Do you actually want eternal
life? Because whether you want eternal
life or not, you'll get it. You'll either get it with the
Evil One for all of eternity in hell, or you'll get it with the
Lord Jesus Christ for all of eternity in heaven.
Oh, my dear friends, whatever your thoughts are on evolution,
this is not a salvation issue, but there is an issue of your
soul and your sin, and that is no fairy tale.
Whether you think all of these things in the Bible are fairy
tales, your sin is not a fairy tale and you need it dealing
with right now. So please turn to God in faith
and repentance and let him wash away all of your sins and give
you eternal life and give you hope beyond the grave under
normal circumstances. At this point in the video I
would address those who are saved and I would say if you're
a Christian, please subscribe to my YouTube.
Channel now. Yes, if you.
Are one. Please do consider joining our
Off the Curb family, but right now there's something far more
important than that, I believe. There are still some atheists
watching my video. Right now, and you're still
unconvinced, you're saying to me, okay Joe, you want to say
that this world had a designer and it was all created, but the
big question needs to be asked. Who created God then?
Well, if you want an answer to that question, you probably
should check this out right away.