A philosopher once voiced this opinion about the life of man. “Man is Nothing; but fat enough for seven bars of soap, iron enough for one medium sized nail, sugar enough to fill seven cups of tea, lime enough to whitewash one chicken coop, phosphorous enough to tip 2200 matches, magnesium enough for one dose of salts, potash enough to explode one toy crane, and sulphur enough to rid one dog of fleas!” – Now, surely there must be more to life than this! Are we simply nothing more than a complex mix of minerals and compounds, a chance coming together of raw inorganic matter?

R. Ian Seymour, Empowered Personal Evangelism, Weybridge: New Wine Press (2014), p.35