The bombardier beetle is too complex to have evolved (Talk.Origins)

Claim CB310:

The bombardier beetle cannot be explained by evolution. It must have been designed. Source:
 * AIG, 1990. The amazing bombardier beetle. Creation Ex Nihilo 12(1): 29.
 * Gish, Duane T., 1977. Dinosaurs: Those Terrible Lizards. El Cajon, CA: Master Book, pp. 51-55.

CreationWiki response:


 * 1) This is not an argument from incredulity but rather an understanding that organized complexity cannot arise from natural processes.  A flamethrower clearly has a creator and designer, as does a car.  It is perfectly scientific to conclude that these had a creator, and it is perfectly scientific to deduce that the bombadier beetle had a creator.
 * 2) The alleged inaccurate description is actually a misrepresentation of what the sources actually said.
 * 3) Being able to invent a story about how an event could happen does not make it possible. Any good science fiction writer can come up with a plausible sounding description of an impossible event. Imagination does not equal reality.

True but T.O is merely assuming the pre-existence of the quinones and thus the explanation as to how this evolved is not included. How would these chemicals evolve in the correct location to correctly function?

Nothing requires a designer to use similar forms for similar functions, particularly if he desires to create some degree of variety. Furthermore, while general functions may be the same, the variety often provides differences in ability.

Assuming they really have no function, rather than an undiscovered one, the most this shows is that bombardier beetles originally could fly, but lost the ability due to mutations. This would be a clear case of degeneration.

This is simply what it uses this system for currently, in our fallen world. It is not necessarily a reflection of what it was given this ability for in the first place. As another example, spiders may have originally been given the ability to spin webs to catch high-protein seeds, blown by the wind, whereas these seeds and plants were perhaps lost during the flood, and thus the spiders have to look elsewhere for proper nourishment. Something has changed radically from the past as some present day plants are found in the fossil record in enormous sizes, indicative of this radical change.