One of the greatest scientific discoveries of the 20th century was that life is fundamentally based on information. In 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick revealed the double-helix structure of DNA, showing that the molecule carries coded instructions essential for building and sustaining life. This discovery transformed biology from the study of organisms to the study of information.
For naturalism, this raises a profound challenge: how did such information originate without a mind? Random mutations and natural selection may explain variations within existing genomes, but they do not account for the origin of the first information itself. As Stephen Meyer and others argue, the most logical inference is design. Scripture long affirmed this truth: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” (John 1:1). Just as DNA operates like a word-based code, the Bible points to the divine Word as the source of life.
This podcast explores the nature of DNA, the problem of naturalistic explanations, and how information points unmistakably to a Creator.