[Sam Cree]

I see by checking the dictionary that the word "random" implies not just being unplanned and without purpose, but also carries the meaning of having no specific pattern. And clearly, DNA/RNA etc. follow specific patterns, and thus are not random by definition. Only thing is, everything follows the laws of physics, so in that sense, nothing is random.

"Random" and "un-planned" are two different concepts. An avalanche may be unplanned, but it is definitely not random -- the debris heads in pretty much the same direction. Throwing a die generates a random number, but the act of throwing it makes it "planned."

Well just as the planned throwing of the die produced a random number, so to could a random event have set off the avalanche, which would then follow a fairly specific pattern.

[Junior]

And clearly, DNA/RNA etc. follow specific patterns, and thus are not random by definition.

I do not remember anyone saying, nor even implying, they were. Patterns are found in nature all the time.