Apologetics and Evidence

Often called helicopters , by children and adults alike, the fruit of the maple tree is actually called a Samara . It seems that adults would call samaras helicopters because that is what they called them since they were children. In any event, the samara has intrigued everyone who has watched one gently sink to the ground in the breeze of a spring day. This seed vehicle seems to only break off of the tree when there is, at minimum, a small gust of wind, or at least a slight breeze. What will separate the dead seed from the twig that it barely clutches to, but wind that fills the sail of the samara, or a squirrel or a bird disturbing the twig? Nevertheless, it is easily deduced that the sail of the samara is meant to carry the seed to a place away from the tree, probably for the freshly germinated sapling to have its own sunlight, and not be under the shade of the tree from which it fell. The maple tree is of such an arrangement that consistently brings glory to God. Asi