Underwater Plants

Let's look at underwater plants. It is beneficial for underwater plants to be a little bit lighter in weight than water. This means that the water will provide buoyant support to the plant, requiring less stem strength to enable the plant to reach up to the sunlight entering the water, since all plants depend on sunlight. The other main difference between aquatic and land plants is the lack of leaves on those underwater because light is scattered and diffuse underwater while it is very directional on land.

But if aquatic plants benefit from buoyant support if they are lighter than water, what happens when they die? If dead plants on the bottoms of ponds and lakes broke apart and floated to the surface as they decayed after death, it would block sunlight from reaching the plants that were still alive. Underwater plants are disadvantaged to begin with in obtaining sunlight in comparison with land plants, what would it be like for them if there was always a layer of dead plant matter floating on the surface blocking light. In addition, flotation of dead plant matter would seriously hinder the circulation of nutrients in the body of water. Since fish depend on underwater plants to survive, this would mean the end of all aquatic life.

Fortunately, this does not occur. Underwater plants are designed so that they do not float to the surface and block sunlight when they die. This cannot be explained by evolutionary theory because the only object for both plant and animal is to survive long enough to pass on it's genes. The many different species of plants underwater could not possibly "agree" to evolve in such a way as to avoid blocking each other's vital sunlight upon death. It can only be explained by the fact that God created life and nature and intended it to function as a whole.