"Evolution is based upon an ancient brew of acids getting struck by lightning."
My Dear Mrs. Mark,
Actually, the Theory of Evolution doesn't deal with the origins of life at all, so you're quite mistaken. There are scientists who study that, but it's not part of the Theory of Evolution.
In any case, your original statement remains nonsense. There is no theory which says what you claimed in your earlier message.
Really...if you are planning an assault on the Theory of Evolution, you will need better ammunition. The stuff you're using is very out of date and no longer fires. I recommend a beginning book on the Theory of Evolution. There are many fine such books. Or you can do some research on the internet, although that's somewhat more tedious.
I do suggest, though, that you skip this nonsense you've begun, right away. Life is not a "mish-mash of carbon," like you said. Nobody claims that it is, so you're arguing with nobody.
I know you can do better.
Sincerely yours,
MineralMan
My favorite scientific type books include one called the "Ascent of Man" by Jacob Bronowski. It was also a television series. I was really struck by the part where this old man in his suit and shoes walks into a pond, and talking about all the scientific achievements we have made, reaches down and pulls up a handful of mud, and says we still have to reach out and touch people. He was at a nazi prison camp. I took it to mean Science can not loose track of morals.
I don't think so.
MrsMark has made up her mind that this is all a "cultural war," I think because of a profound lack of understanding of science in general, a misconception of evolutionary science in particular and a propensity to confabulate a theory to fit her(?) viewpoint. To this viewpoint, the science of evolution is reduced to being no more valid than any other possible viewpoint.