It seems self-evident that such a sophisticated structure and mechanism could only be so ingeniously designed by a super-intelligent Creator.
When we see a well-made Rolex watch or a motorcar, we know that each had to be designed by intelligent and specialized designers. The mitochondria are much more complex than a Rolex watch!
Evolution is supposed to proceed from simpler to more complex via mutations adding new functions to existing simpler organisms.
--Mutations are accidental changes to the existing DNA code, the inherited information that each generation receives from the preceding one.
--We do see mutations happening from time to time, but they lead to diseases and death—they don’t produce new structures or cellular pathways or ‘super humans’ with endless energy.
To sum up, a random change (mutation) in the genetics of mitochondria causes disastrous consequences, resulting in physical and psychological suffering.
--Other than in comic books, mutations have not created more powerful or indestructible human beings. Rather, they have produced degeneration, disease, misery, and suffering in this real, fallen world (For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. Romans 8:22,23)."
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