Intelligent Design - Tony Alapatt Jos

We live in a beautiful planet, earth; that sustains our lives and gives all that it has to offer. The soft glow of the moon and the twinkling stars, the sun which is though millions of miles away gives us the adequate amount of heat and light, the birds that fly in the air, fish in the sea, the vast expanse of the sky, the seasons, fruits, the color and pattern of the flowers, ice-capped mountains, tall trees, etc,. It makes me wonder with awe when I think about our earth. It is so intricate to comprehend about this make-up of this world, which is, yet, so wonderfully designed.

A stroll in the countryside and listening to the chirping of the birds will roll away our pensive mood and really brings us cheer and joy. We are busy these days with the Internet and mobile phones, and we are missing out the social life with the world. Though these inventions have made the world smaller by length and breath, we are missing a significant portion of our life with this world. There are many breathtaking places that makes us think that there is an intelligent creator behind this. From what I could perceive this world, I can consciously say there is a master-worker behind this creation of earth.

McDowell Forest Preserve, Naperville, IL

- Tony Alapatt Jos

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Visibly Invisible

                 I am a great admirer of the NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). It is a branch of the US government, which explores the space and spends billions of dollars for its space research program. The greatest landmark of the NASA was when astronauts landed on moon in 1969. It is a great feat for the whole of mankind. The pictures and videos of the moon with crates, the orange-colored mars, the halo around the Saturn, etc., always made me wonder about the creation. But of late, something else woke me up and stirred my awareness – the microorganisms.

              My microbiology subject that I am taking this fall made me understand what are microorganisms and its role. The study of these microscopic organisms pushed me to the edge. In the book, there were pictures of our earth covered almost by water, and, of course, that is what we see from space because of the fact that three-fourths of the earth is covered with water. But pictures, on the microbiology book, taken from space showed some swirls of green blanket covering half of the earth. Yes, they were phytoplankton – a term used for these aquatic plants, which uses the sunlight to produce energy and oxygen. The green color is because of the presence of chloroplast, an enzyme, present in them. These enzymes trap the sunlight and produce energy and release oxygen to the atmosphere that is essential for survival for any life forms including us. These microorganisms are so tiny that we need a light microscope to see these organisms, hence, the name microorganisms.

             Microbiology helped me to understand their significant role in this universe. Microorganisms help us in more ways than one. They help the earth in many ways. These invisible creatures, though invisible to our naked eyes, are responsible for “biodegradation” – cleaning up the decomposed matter, giving out oxygen and energy, in producing medicines etc,. If not for these tiny creatures, we are prone to get air‑borne diseases from decayed matter. They also help us to stabilize our ecosystem. But, they are also harmful in some ways like they cause infectious diseases which, if left uncared, could be fatal. When we compare the uses of it, the good things of the microbes far outweigh the harmful nature of it. Like a pre‑programmed creatures, they do the vital job for us and all these years we do not see them work. Does an average person know that these invisible creatures are doing so many good things useful for mankind and for our very own survival?

                                                                                                  - Tony Alapatt