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To: PatrickHenry
Not quite a validation of intelligent design,

Sure it is. When God created Adam and Eve, they lived for hundreds of years. Over time, due to sin, genetics deteriorated and shortened our life spans. There's no evidence here of accidental improvement in life span.

6 posted on 11/18/2005 6:24:20 AM PST by aimhigh
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To: aimhigh
When God created Adam and Eve, they lived for hundreds of years.

Why, is there evidence that the SIR 2 gene wasn't present in ancient humans?

Over time, due to sin, genetics deteriorated and shortened our life spans.

Genes don't just deteriorate. Mutations can be benificial or detrimental - and genetic complexity can increase in subsequent generations.

There's no evidence here of accidental improvement in life span.

Accidental, no. Do to better health practices, nutrition, sanitation, vaccinations, etc. our lifespan is longer than at any time in recorded history.

7 posted on 11/18/2005 7:17:28 AM PST by Quark2005 (Science aims to elucidate. Pseudoscience aims to obfuscate.)
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To: aimhigh
There's no evidence here of accidental improvement in life span.

Conversely, there's no evidence of an intentional improvement in life span as well.

8 posted on 11/18/2005 7:49:49 AM PST by elbucko
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To: aimhigh
Not quite a validation of intelligent design . . .

Sure it is. When God created Adam and Eve, they lived for hundreds of years. Over time, due to sin, genetics deteriorated and shortened our life spans. There's no evidence here of accidental improvement in life span.

Oh please. The Bible is not a scientific paper. The Old Testament was written approximately 2500 years ago. There is no mention of evolution, airplanes, computers, or football. As Krauthammer wrote today, why do some people create a conflict between science and religion, when none need exist?

34 posted on 11/18/2005 11:34:31 PM PST by Maynerd
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To: aimhigh
Sure it is. When God created Adam and Eve, they lived for hundreds of years. Over time, due to sin, genetics deteriorated and shortened our life spans.

Okay, I'll bite: How did "genetic deterioration" *add* a gene?

For that matter, how does "sin" cause "genetic deterioration"?

And how did "sin" add this same gene to most (perhaps all) eukaryotic organisms? Does "genetic deterioration" add the same gene to millions of life forms at the same time?

I think your thesis needs work.

36 posted on 11/20/2005 12:00:50 PM PST by Ichneumon
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