Foundations of Creation: Volume 16

Inside every cell of your body is a message — three billion letters of precisely arranged biological information that directs, regulates, and sustains life with a complexity that dwarfs the most advanced human technology. In this mind-expanding volume of Foundations of Creation, young readers explore the world of DNA and discover why the information encoded within it is one of the most powerful arguments for a Creator ever identified. Every code ever discovered by human beings has come from a mind — and DNA is no exception. Scientist John Sanford’s groundbreaking concept of “genetic entropy” is explained clearly: mutations accumulate in genomes over time like errors in a photocopied document, degrading genetic information rather than building it — a process that makes a hundreds-of-thousands-of-years human history genetically impossible. The celebrated examples of evolution in action — antibiotic resistance, blind cavefish, beak variation — are shown to involve the loss or modification of existing information, not the generation of new functional complexity. The ENCODE project’s demolition of the “junk DNA” myth is celebrated, and the emerging science of epigenetics reveals organisms pre-programmed with remarkable adaptive capacity. The study of created “kinds” — baraminology — explains how enormous variety within dog, cat, and other kinds arose rapidly after the Flood without any kind ever crossing into another. The greatest code in the universe had an Author.

What is Foundations of Creation Volume 16 about?

Volume 16 presents DNA as a coded information system and argues that codes come from minds, so the information in DNA is strong evidence for a Creator. It explains John Sanford’s concept of genetic entropy, in which mutations accumulate and degrade genetic information rather than build it, and argues this rules out a human history of hundreds of thousands of years. Antibiotic resistance, blind cavefish, and beak variation are examined as examples of loss or modification of existing information rather than new functional complexity. The book celebrates the ENCODE project’s findings as overturning the junk DNA idea, presents epigenetics as evidence that organisms were built with significant adaptive capacity, and introduces baraminology, the study of created kinds, arguing that the variety within kinds such as dogs and cats arose rapidly after the Flood. Its closing line is that the greatest code in the universe had an Author.

Who wrote Foundations of Creation Volume 16?

It was written by Alfred Basta, a professor, author, and musician.

What genre is Foundations of Creation Volume 16?

It is Christian apologetics written as a technical reference on genetics, which means it explains the science of DNA and then argues what that science implies about origins.

Who is Foundations of Creation Volume 16 for?

It is written for young readers, with no specific age range stated, and assumes no prior background in genetics.

Is Foundations of Creation Volume 16 part of a series?

Yes. It is Volume 16 of Foundations of Creation: An Encyclopedia Examining the Scientific Case for Biblical Accuracy, a 25-volume series. See the series on Amazon.

Where can I buy Foundations of Creation Volume 16?

Foundations of Creation Volume 16 is available in hardcover and Kindle editions. The hardcover ISBN-13 is 979-8197419668 (233 pages, published May 18, 2026).

Amazon (hardcover) | Amazon (Kindle) | Indigo (author page)

About the author: Alfred Basta is a professor, author of Ward No. 8 and The Malgrave Letters, and musician as The Bastas Project.

Last updated: October 12, 2026