If DNA is a perfect replicator like a conventional computer program, how come we don’t look alike?
Your putting words in my mouth - never said DNA is a perfect replicator.
But one could compare favorably software defects with biological mutations. Please understand that God allows both mutations [errors] and natural selection for His own purposes. Natural selection [thanks to the research of Mendel] multiplies the different character traits to choose from several prior generations [excluding the 1st several early generations of course] of both male and female types when a new living organism is conceived.
Side note - 1st generation of DNA would most resemble our Creators’ original declaration of perfection in Genesis reviewing 1st week of work “It is good”.
While no one cares for these physical defects they may serve a purpose in both humility and recognition of sin. The wages of sin bringing death and destruction.
Of course, God can perfect the DNA code [the hope of Heaven], after all He created it from approx a half billion lines of code in the smallest to 3 billion for man and approaching 50 billion for the most complex life forms found on Earth [see Paris Japonis - recently replaced the Marbled Lungfish].
This at least I choose to believe over a long series of accidents and random changes resulting in the extreme bio-diversity we see in nature. For my soul this enlightenment shouts there has to be an Awesome Creator/Originator who authored all of this just like He declares in the Bible but ymmv.
Your putting words in my mouth - never said DNA is a perfect replicator.
But one could compare favorably software defects with biological mutations. Please understand that God allows both mutations [errors] and natural selection for His own purposes. Natural selection [thanks to the research of Mendel] multiplies the different character traits to choose from several prior generations [excluding the 1st several early generations of course] of both male and female types when a new living organism is conceived.
Side note - 1st generation of DNA would most resemble our Creators’ original declaration of perfection in Genesis reviewing 1st week of work “It is good”.
While no one cares for these physical defects they may serve a purpose in both humility and recognition of sin. The wages of sin bringing death and destruction.
Of course, God can perfect the DNA code [the hope of Heaven], after all He created it from approx a half billion lines of code in the smallest to 3 billion for man and approaching 50 billion for the most complex life forms found on Earth [see Paris Japonis - recently replaced the Marbled Lungfish].
This at least I choose to believe over a long series of accidents and random changes resulting in the extreme bio-diversity we see in nature. For my soul this enlightenment shouts there has to be an Awesome Creator/Originator who authored all of this just like He declares in the Bible but ymmv.
from my fr homepage [you might like the links too]...
The complexities encoded in DNA alone affirm a super-natural knowledge implanted in every living creature far superior to all of the computer code generated by mankind. Every living cell contains DNA, with only a few exceptions i.e. when red-blood cells shed their nucleus. DNA contains the estimated equivalence of 3 billion coded-letter sequences of A C T & G. If recorded in books, this code would form a stack equal to the height of the Washington Monument. It has been estimated that the number of messages communicated between the brain, spinal column, and nervous system numbers into the hundreds of trillions per second.
This awesome computer-like DNA code is:
1) distinctly crafted for reproducing each created kind,
2) self-correcting with a wide variety of healing processes,
3) a natural clock indicative of a young earth,
4) highly-integrated, multi-faceted, inter-leaved, & redundant logic to minimize and/or eliminate copy errors,
5) unique for each kind and unique again amongst each copied kind due to gene selection/regression, variation, mutation, and adaptation,
6) pre-programmed with internal intelligence for maturation, survivability, & adaptability regarding most every environmental variation [consider the navigating abilities for migratory birds],
7) AND on display with all lifeforms throughout all natural history [consider the complexities of all the inter and intra-dependent kinds and the many varied eco-systems supporting them] bearing witness to the awesome power of God!!! How could this not possibly bear witness to the logic-filled ~ Logos and the super-natural life-breathed ~ Rhema also described in the Bible? If/when the modern-day science ‘experts’ ever succeed in crafting their own 3 billion lines of code, how will they ever duplicate God’s breath of life?
BTW don’t know how you got your handle but my 1st sports car was nicknamed the ‘pocket rocket’ for it’s ferocious horsepower to weight ratio - the Mazda RX7.