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To: BroJoeK

So then you must also be familiar the Shannon’s Theory of Information? Whereby all code indicates a designer and conversely no code can write nor alter itself at random and be successful without an outside intelligence directing same.

I know my programs would not survive spontaneous unguided accidental changes without quickly being found useless and I see much scientific research on biological mutations doing the same ~ afterall 99.9% of all living ‘kinds’ are no more.


58 posted on 06/23/2013 4:25:13 PM PDT by BrandtMichaels
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To: BrandtMichaels
BrandtMichaels: "So then you must also be familiar the Shannon’s Theory of Information?
Whereby all code indicates a designer and conversely no code can write nor alter itself at random and be successful without an outside intelligence directing same."

So we're clear: I believe an "Intelligent Designer" created the Universe, and science tells us the tools He used to form life as we see today include processes described by basic evolution theory.

Basic evolution hypothesis rises from two confirmed observations (aka: facts), namely 1) Descent with Modifications and 2) Natural Selection.
The hypothesis is confirmed -- making it a theory -- by many other findings, including geological strata, fossil records, radio-metric dating, increasingly sophisticated DNA analysis, astronomical dating for time-scales, and all of basic biology.

Have some people decried alleged "flaws" or "holes" in evolution theory?
Sure, but nearly all with a particular theological ax to grind, none confirmed scientifically as "overthrowing" evolution and none recognized as supporting some other scientific hypothesis.

It's important to remember that basic evolution theory does not address the question of life's first origin on Earth.
For that, several hypotheses have been proposed, ranging from abiogenesis to panspermia, and many scientists are working (to date less than successfully) to confirm their own favorite hypothesis.

Therefore so far: evolution begins with something that is clearly recognized as living, and including some form of primitive DNA.
Once these are in place, then Descent with Modifications and Natural Selection are certain to follow, resulting in some increasingly complex organisms.

Of course, in my own opinion, the Intelligent Designer is responsible for both Descent with Modifications and Natural Selection along with everything else in the Natural Realm.

But science, by definition, only encompasses natural explanations for natural processes, and therefore cannot refer to the Supernatural Creator of everything, including evolution.

60 posted on 06/24/2013 8:47:57 AM PDT by BroJoeK (a little historical perspective....)
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