[balch3]

Cyanide is a deadly poison gas, but somehow the Darwinists think this is evidence of "life."

[dread78645]

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[Aracelis]

Cyanide is a deadly poison gas, but somehow the Darwinists think this is evidence of "life."

The article explained how these gases are precursors to DNA:

Acetylene and hydrogen cyanide link up together in the presence of water to form some of the chemical units of life's most essential compounds, DNA and protein. These chemical units are several of the 20 amino acids that make up protein and one of the four chemical bases that make up DNA.

[Lurker]

Actually, oxygen is a metabolic poison as well.

But don't let that little fact get in your way.

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[Thermalseeker]

Cyanide is a deadly poison gas, but somehow the Darwinists think this is evidence of "life."

Dihydrogen Monoxide, aka water, is a deadly poison in sufficient amounts. I take it chemistry isn't your strong suit?

[mad_as_he$$]

I don't know about evo guys, but cyanide is part of the soup you need to get proteins and amino acids going - at least in an Earth lab. It's like the people that cook meth use 6 or 7 chemicals in all kinds of strange forms and mix the stuff together and cook it and then reduce it and wash it and get meth. It's more complex than most people do even in college chemistry. Yes the evo people will jump all over it. Is proof only that the stuff is out there. Quantity and other catalyst items and proper sequencing would be needed to get something going.