The Butterfly's Message

 

The two photos above were taken by Mark Corbett at Bantimurung National Park, Indonesia

Here I share a poem I wrote that was inspired by butterflies, intelligent design theory, and Paul’s theology of natural revelation and the attempts of people to suppress it. I share it in both plain text form and in a JPEG form. Feel free to copy and share it with others with these caveats:

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The Butterfly’s Message

 

It lands close by and a child spies -- a butterfly, a work of art,

Then intuitions, deeply planted, spring to life in mind and heart:

“Someone made this, Someone Who must be very great and wise!”

The butterfly’s message has been delivered unto the child’s eyes!

 

Children grow and off to school and university they go;

There tenebrific evolutionary tales authoritative professors sow.

Doubts trouble minds that with wonder had once been glad and bright;

The butterfly’s message  begins to fade into a moonless night.

 

But science itself is not the villain of this truth-battle story;

Rightly used, science is a hero that uncovers the hidden glory.

For the butterfly holds microscopic wonders that Darwin could not know;

New discoveries, to the butterfly’s message, new depth and strength bestow.

 

Molecular machines and coded information -- naturalism is impotent to explain;

And layers of irreducible complexity make evolutionary tales burdensome to maintain.

As evidence is piled up, intelligent design increasingly is acknowledged and confessed,

When finally seen in reason’s light, the butterfly’s message is not so easily suppressed.

 

by Mark Corbett,

https://parresiazomai.blogspot.com/2021/07/marks-resources-on-scientific-evidence.html

 

 

About the sources of inspiration for “The Butterfly’s Message”

Although the above poem is short, a wide range of sources contributed to its formation in my mind. Here are some of those sources:

* When we (my wife Hope and our daughter Joy with myself) were living in Indonesia on the tropical island of Sulawesi, we sometimes visited Bantimurung national park. The park is known mainly for waterfalls and butterflies. On one occasion, when Joy was at just the right age for maximal wonder, a butterfly landed first on Hope’s finger then on a nearby rock (see photos above). Joy gazed at it with wonder and delight. The butterfly was excelling at its appointed job as it delivered a message about its Creator’s skill and wisdom.

* While Joy has never struggled with her faith because of the misleading claims of naturalism, I’ve read and heard accounts of other students who have and this has often been a major factor in deconstruction.

* A number of books from the truth-battle heroes of the Discovery Institute contributed to the poem’s theme and some details in the poem. Specifically, Doug Axe’s insightful Undeniable, explains that the universal tendency of children to ascribe nature to a Creator is actually supported by a right understanding of science. Of course, the concept of “irreducible complexity” was introduced to us by Behe’s paradigm defining work, Darwin’s Black Box, and Stephen Meyer explained the foundational role of information in all of life in his outstanding book, Signature in the Cell.

* I learned the word “tenebrific” yesterday while reading a blog post from the website “Uncommon Decent.” There, as in the poem, it was applied to the influence of the Darwinian myth factory. That set off a cascade in my mind that resulted in the poem.

* The ideas related to the truth about our Creator being seen in nature and yet being suppressed by people comes form a more ancient and authoritative source: the Apostle Paul writing in Romans. I recently published a short video on this topic: The Suppression of Truth and What We Can Do About It.

* Finally, and above all, anything good here is ultimately due to the Creator of butterflies, our God who is the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

 

For Further Reading on Related Topics see:  Mark’s Resources on Scientific Evidence for God and Devotions Inspired by God’s Creation

 

To God be the glory!

 

Hebrews 13:16 And do not forget to do good and to share with others . . .

 

Butterfly drawings credit:

Image by OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay