My wife and I share a common ancestor. My dog and I do not.

Some evolutionary scientists embrace a theory they call “convergent evolution”. This is where complex capabilities might be found in unrelated organisms but not in their so-called “evolutionary ancestors”. These scientists say a “common need caused identical complexities to evolve”.

So, that proves a common ancestor. Right?

Not so fast.

Let’s consider, for a moment, three little bones. (just as I wrote that I thought of Bob Marley’s song “Three Little Birds”…but I digress) The three little bones I’m talking about are found in the ears of mammals. They’re called the stapes, incus, and malleus. These little bones are arranged in a complex way with a precise fit, and they give mammals the ability to hear a wide range of sounds.

One explanation for this could be the evolutionary scientists’ perspective…they evolved from the bones in a reptile’s jaw. OK…if that’s true, then it must have happened at least twice. And there should be transitional fossils found in the fossil records, but so far none have been found or presented. Also, if there was some sort of transition from reptile jaw bones to complex bones found in the ears of mammals, how did any transitional organisms hear during the millions of years of transition?

Huh? Speak up!

Without the ability to hear…or hear well…survival would have been virtually impossible. It would have taken some sort of miracle. And to believe that sort of “miracle” could happen more than once? Well, that would require a common designer…not a common “need”. Hey, you gotta put your faith somewhere. My faith isn’t blind. It’s based on where the evidence leads. The similarities of design in different organisms implies a common designer. I call that designer God. In fact, I call Him Lord.

You can have your accidental convergence.

But I’ll take purposeful intelligent design.

In Faith, Hope, and Love…