And God said, Let the earth bring forth the....creeping thing,..
Genesis 1:24
"Many creatures make their own light from a chemical process.
Called bioluminescence, it occurs in a variety of organisms...Bioluminescence requires a light-emitting pigment, known as a luciferin; the chemical reaction that turns energy into light is aided by an enzyme called luciferase (Latin lucifer, ‘light-bearer’).
The best-known bioluminescent animals are fireflies or lightning bugs (Lampyridae).
These beetles use specific light pulse patterns to communicate and locate their mates. The delay after the male’s last flash and the beginning of the female’s response is precisely timed, and is species-specific, so courtship is disrupted when this timing is off.
Some female fireflies can imitate the patterns of other firefly species and will then attract males of these species—to prey on them!
Sometimes, they will coordinate their light pulses while flying, leading to a spectacular display of precisely synchronized light flashes.
The patterns of occurrence cause evolutionists to propose that bioluminescence evolved at least three times in fireflies. --Supposedly, the larvae glowed first (as a deterrent to indicate bad taste and toxicity of the larvae)
--and the adults only retained the glow later.
--Subsequently, the glow transitioned from its function as a deterrent to its function in mating.
But the development of communication codes, such as the male/female communication in fireflies or light-based
communication in fish, seems impossible to explain by evolution. Both a code generation and interpretation system must exist simultaneously in the male and female in order to improve mating and so give a selective advantage.
But the deeper question is, how did any such mechanism come about on its own?
Bioluminescence involves both an enzyme and a luciferin, plus a control mechanism integrated with an organism’s nervous system, as well as genetic information to control both the development and the operation of light-emitting organs.
Evolutionists have not plausibly explained how this extremely complex mechanism could emerge in a step-wise process, since each stage would have to be fully functional in order to be preserved by natural selection.
Bioluminescence came into existence independently dozens of times, over a long geological timeframe, in completely different phyla and under very different circumstances, yet leading to similar light-generation mechanisms, i.e. ‘convergence’. This is in effect an admission that it is not possible to reconstruct any coherent evolutionary history for it.
Rather, it is consistent with the evidence to hold that these features were specially created, part of the original design of many species—some of which may have subsequently lost such abilities."
CMI
Genesis 1:24
"Many creatures make their own light from a chemical process.
Called bioluminescence, it occurs in a variety of organisms...Bioluminescence requires a light-emitting pigment, known as a luciferin; the chemical reaction that turns energy into light is aided by an enzyme called luciferase (Latin lucifer, ‘light-bearer’).
The best-known bioluminescent animals are fireflies or lightning bugs (Lampyridae).
These beetles use specific light pulse patterns to communicate and locate their mates. The delay after the male’s last flash and the beginning of the female’s response is precisely timed, and is species-specific, so courtship is disrupted when this timing is off.
Some female fireflies can imitate the patterns of other firefly species and will then attract males of these species—to prey on them!
Sometimes, they will coordinate their light pulses while flying, leading to a spectacular display of precisely synchronized light flashes.
The patterns of occurrence cause evolutionists to propose that bioluminescence evolved at least three times in fireflies. --Supposedly, the larvae glowed first (as a deterrent to indicate bad taste and toxicity of the larvae)
--and the adults only retained the glow later.
--Subsequently, the glow transitioned from its function as a deterrent to its function in mating.
But the development of communication codes, such as the male/female communication in fireflies or light-based
But the deeper question is, how did any such mechanism come about on its own?
Bioluminescence involves both an enzyme and a luciferin, plus a control mechanism integrated with an organism’s nervous system, as well as genetic information to control both the development and the operation of light-emitting organs.
Evolutionists have not plausibly explained how this extremely complex mechanism could emerge in a step-wise process, since each stage would have to be fully functional in order to be preserved by natural selection.
Bioluminescence came into existence independently dozens of times, over a long geological timeframe, in completely different phyla and under very different circumstances, yet leading to similar light-generation mechanisms, i.e. ‘convergence’. This is in effect an admission that it is not possible to reconstruct any coherent evolutionary history for it.
Rather, it is consistent with the evidence to hold that these features were specially created, part of the original design of many species—some of which may have subsequently lost such abilities."
CMI