Blood Clotting is Complex and Intelligently Designed
by Owen Borville
July 19, 2020
Biology
A blood clot occurs when a clump of blood changes from a liquid state to a semi-solid gel-like state for the purpose of blocking blood from leaving the body by way of a cut or wound to the skin and blood vessels. Blood clotting occurs to prevent excessive bleeding when a blood vessel, vein, or artery is torn or damaged and has been described as Irreducibly Complex and Intelligently Designed.
A special type of blood cell called a platelet and proteins in the blood plasma join forces to stop bleeding by creating a clot over the torn location. The blood clot is naturally dissolved after the cut has healed. Sometimes blood clots form when they are not supposed to and this requires medical treatment to resolve. When a blood clot forms when it is not supposed to inside a vein or artery, this can block the flow of blood from and away from the heart, which is a serious medical condition and can cause swelling and pain, a heart attack or stroke. Sometimes the blood clot won't dissolve and will travel freely through the blood vessels until it becomes stuck and blocks blood flow. However, most of the time blood clotting works correctly to stop excessive bleeding from a wound without blocking the flow of blood. This capability of the body's ability to blood clot to stop excessive bleeding without harm to the body is a product of irreducible complexity and Intelligent Design.
Therefore, blood must flow throughout the body, the blood vessels and arteries, but also the blood must somehow stop flowing when there is a cut or wound to the body to prevent too much blood loss. How could this intelligently designed system have evolved over millions of years? Animals and humans would have bled to death before blood clotting could have evolved. Blood clotting must have been installed in humans and animals at the original creation week event and could not have evolved slowly over millions of years.
The special blood cells, or the platelets must identify a cut or wound and form a "plug" and signal and attract more platelets to come to the wound location to help form the plug. Proteins in the blood cells cause the clot to grow and become tougher. In addition, the clot grows just enough to stop the bleeding wound and not to much (most of the time). The platelets and proteins are intelligently designed to know where and when to grow and when to stop growing. After the wound heals, the clot is designed to dissolve and the special platelets and proteins are removed from the former wound location.
Some medications are used to stop the unnecessary blood clotting process to prevent heart attacks and strokes. Our bodies are not perfect, at least since the Fall from the Garden of Eden and these conditions can arise, just like many other diseases that can form in the body. The body was immune to these diseases before the Fall, and one day in Heaven these medical conditions will be a thing of the past.
Some animals have simpler blood clotting systems and evolutionists claim that this fact proves the evolution of the blood clotting system. However, creationists assert that each animal has its own unique blood clotting system that was given during a special creation event. Each blood clotting system in each animal was specially designed for that animal's needs and was not the product of evolution over long periods of time.
Despite the fact that blood clots form sometimes when not needed and cause heart attacks, strokes, excessive swelling and other serious medical conditions, blood clotting works most of the time to prevent excessive bleeding from cuts and wounds, which is its primary function. Therefore blood clotting is healthy most of the time and helps save the lives of humans and animals. The body of humans and animals was designed to have this blood clotting ability from the beginning of creation and did not evolve over millions of years.
by Owen Borville
July 19, 2020
Biology
A blood clot occurs when a clump of blood changes from a liquid state to a semi-solid gel-like state for the purpose of blocking blood from leaving the body by way of a cut or wound to the skin and blood vessels. Blood clotting occurs to prevent excessive bleeding when a blood vessel, vein, or artery is torn or damaged and has been described as Irreducibly Complex and Intelligently Designed.
A special type of blood cell called a platelet and proteins in the blood plasma join forces to stop bleeding by creating a clot over the torn location. The blood clot is naturally dissolved after the cut has healed. Sometimes blood clots form when they are not supposed to and this requires medical treatment to resolve. When a blood clot forms when it is not supposed to inside a vein or artery, this can block the flow of blood from and away from the heart, which is a serious medical condition and can cause swelling and pain, a heart attack or stroke. Sometimes the blood clot won't dissolve and will travel freely through the blood vessels until it becomes stuck and blocks blood flow. However, most of the time blood clotting works correctly to stop excessive bleeding from a wound without blocking the flow of blood. This capability of the body's ability to blood clot to stop excessive bleeding without harm to the body is a product of irreducible complexity and Intelligent Design.
Therefore, blood must flow throughout the body, the blood vessels and arteries, but also the blood must somehow stop flowing when there is a cut or wound to the body to prevent too much blood loss. How could this intelligently designed system have evolved over millions of years? Animals and humans would have bled to death before blood clotting could have evolved. Blood clotting must have been installed in humans and animals at the original creation week event and could not have evolved slowly over millions of years.
The special blood cells, or the platelets must identify a cut or wound and form a "plug" and signal and attract more platelets to come to the wound location to help form the plug. Proteins in the blood cells cause the clot to grow and become tougher. In addition, the clot grows just enough to stop the bleeding wound and not to much (most of the time). The platelets and proteins are intelligently designed to know where and when to grow and when to stop growing. After the wound heals, the clot is designed to dissolve and the special platelets and proteins are removed from the former wound location.
Some medications are used to stop the unnecessary blood clotting process to prevent heart attacks and strokes. Our bodies are not perfect, at least since the Fall from the Garden of Eden and these conditions can arise, just like many other diseases that can form in the body. The body was immune to these diseases before the Fall, and one day in Heaven these medical conditions will be a thing of the past.
Some animals have simpler blood clotting systems and evolutionists claim that this fact proves the evolution of the blood clotting system. However, creationists assert that each animal has its own unique blood clotting system that was given during a special creation event. Each blood clotting system in each animal was specially designed for that animal's needs and was not the product of evolution over long periods of time.
Despite the fact that blood clots form sometimes when not needed and cause heart attacks, strokes, excessive swelling and other serious medical conditions, blood clotting works most of the time to prevent excessive bleeding from cuts and wounds, which is its primary function. Therefore blood clotting is healthy most of the time and helps save the lives of humans and animals. The body of humans and animals was designed to have this blood clotting ability from the beginning of creation and did not evolve over millions of years.
