Posted on 11/15/2009 6:52:24 PM PST by GodGunsGuts
Knockout strategies have demonstrated that the function of many genes cannot be studied by disrupting them in model organisms because the inactivation of these genes does not lead to a phenotypic effect. For living systems, this peculiar phenomenon of genetic redundancy seems to be the rule rather than the exception. Genetic redundancy is now defined as the situation in which the disruption of a gene is selectively neutral. Biology shows us that 1) two or more genes in an organism can often substitute for each other, 2) some genes are just there in a silent state. Inactivation of such redundant genes does not jeopardize the individual’s reproductive success and has no effect on survival of the species. Genetic redundancy is the big surprise of modern biology. Because there is no association between redundant genes and genetic duplications, and because redundant genes do not mutate faster than essential genes, redundancy therefore brings down more than one pillar of contemporary evolutionary thinking...
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Just ask him!
==How about we start with your idiotic contention (endlessly restated) that the Earth is 6,000 years old?
First, I usually say 6-10,000 years old. Second, I really believe it, so how can it be a lie?
==Or how about how Catholics or others of faith that do not agree with that stupidity should not be regarded as Christian because they fail to adhere to your juvenile and hopelessly ignorant views?
Where have I ever said this? Link please.
PS Just the other day, one of your fellow evo-atheists tried to accuse me of the same thing, and wouldn’t you know it, I didn’t have to lift a finger to defend myself because a number of Catholics who I had never heard of before said they had been following my threads, and completely defended me against the charge. I must say, it was a very satisfying experience indeed :o)
See #22
Are Catholics Christian?
I don’t believe anybody is automatically a Christian, no matter what church they belong to. If you genuinely accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, then you are a Christian. If you don’t accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, no church can save you.
At a very minimum, you have to believe what the Bible says about the person of Jesus Christ...His life, His death, His ressurection, that He is the second person in the Trinity, and that He has the power to forgive your sins.
It’s great to watch a hate-filled troll stewing in his juices!
It seems all they have is “you’re a liar” and “you think Catholics aren’t Chrisitians”...yada, yada, yada.
Yep.
How much long will the insult binge continue, I wonder.
I find that the more the evos are threatened by creation science, the longer the insults last.
Not according to the Bible. But what does that have to do with the question of salvation?
So the Pope is damned?
3. an inaccurate or false statement.
Why do you think the Pope is damned?
I am the first one to point out when GGG deviates from the truth, but as a Catholic I can say that he has never called into question the faith or legitimacy of Catholics or the Catholic Church. He only disagrees with about 10% of Catholic dogma and adheres to the old Catholic view of Young Earth creation.
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