Walking in the woods you come upon a sports car. The sports car has a powerful working motor, which upon testing can be used to propel the vehicle to great speeds. Now, who in their right mind would believe that the powerful motor, let alone the car, had come to be by chance? Everyone would conclude that the engine was designed to propel the car.
The Rossman (T4) Motor is a powerful molecular machine that packages DNA into the head segment of some viruses during their assembly. According to Michael Rossman, its discoverer, parts of the motor move in sequence like the pistons in a car's engine, progressively drawing genetic material into the virus' head. This motor is proportionally two times as powerful as an automotive engine. Like an automotive engine it is a complex machine that works for a particular purpose, packaging DNA.
In many ways the Rossman motor is like the automotive engine of a sleek Sports Car found in the forest. It thus seems reasonable to conclude that the Rossman motor, like the automotive engine found in the forest, was designed to fulfill its function.
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