Resistance of living organisms to the degenerating effects called for by the second law of thermodynamics is considered. Discussion is approached from the avenues of classical and irreversible thermodynamics. Whether a living system is considered as open or as a steady state, eventually the effects of the second law will destroy it. The methodology of thermodynamics is not advanced enough as yet to be applied quantitatively to life. However, it is felt that the complexity of living systems is a result initially of creative acts by God and not a result of evolutionary processes.