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To: fortheDeclaration
Biologists currently estimate that the smallest life form as we know it would have needed about 256 genes. (See Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Volume 93, Number 19, pp. 10268-10273 at http://journals.at-home.com/get_doc/1854083/8551). A gene is typically 1000 or more base pairs long, and there is some space in between, so 256 genes would amount to about 300,000 bases of DNA. The deoxyribose in the DNA ``backbone'' determines the direction in which it will spiral. Since organic molecules can be generated in both forms, the chance of obtaining all one form or another in 300,000 bases is one in two to the 300,000 power. This is about one in 10 to the 90,000 power. It seems to be necessary for life that all of these bases spiral in the same direction. Now, if we imagine many, many DNA molecules being formed in the early history of the earth, we might have say 10 100 molecules altogether (which is really much too high).

Relentless, loony-tunes strawmanning. BTW, when you cut and paste relentless, loony-tunes creationist strawmanning on stupid models of DNA jumping together all at once, you have to go into the HTML and superscript the numbers like 10 100 to say 10 100. That makes a base with an exponent and gives the text some meaning even if the logic is spurious.

Anyway, only creationists think DNA or a man jumped together all at once one day, which is what your model is modeling. You've just debunked the Genesis account. Way to go!

Nobody but you thinks you get a man from dirt in one day, OK? Nobody but you. You're the one. Got it?

The model is everything. Strawman model: garbage out.

305 posted on 09/01/2005 7:24:41 AM PDT by VadeRetro (Liberalism is a cancer on society. Creationism is a cancer on conservatism.)
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To: VadeRetro
Relentless, loony-tunes strawmanning. BTW, when you cut and paste relentless, loony-tunes creationist strawmanning on stupid models of DNA jumping together all at once, you have to go into the HTML and superscript the numbers like 10 100 to say 10 100. That makes a base with an exponent and gives the text some meaning even if the logic is spurious. Anyway, only creationists think DNA or a man jumped together all at once one day, which is what your model is modeling. You've just debunked the Genesis account. Way to go! Nobody but you thinks you get a man from dirt in one day, OK? Nobody but you. You're the one. Got it? The model is everything. Strawman model: garbage out.

At least my model makes sense.

The only question is which is the impossible model, God creating everything, or it just happening.

Come to the wrong conclusion and you will have 'billions and billions' of years to regret it.

306 posted on 09/01/2005 12:42:03 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Gal.4:16)
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