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"I asked myself two questions: What is information? And: Can information ever come from a non-intelligent source?

It was a shocking moment for me because I had to confront the fact that DNA is information. If I remained an atheist, I would have to believe that all the intricate, detailed, complex information contained in DNA comes out of nowhere and nothing.

But I also knew that idea did not make sense. After all, I don’t look at billboards — which contain much simpler information than DNA — and think that wind and erosion created them. That wouldn’t be rational. Suddenly, I found that I was a very discomfited atheist."

So she made a major life decision based on grotesquely stupid creationist talking points. Awesome. You guys can have this one, we don't want her.

43 posted on 03/18/2009 3:39:17 PM PDT by oldmanreedy

So she made a major life decision based on grotesquely stupid creationist talking points.

Question: Can you make something from nothing?

44 posted on 03/18/2009 3:51:41 PM PDT by NYer ("Run from places of sin as from a plague." - St. John Climacus)

So she made a major life decision based on grotesquely stupid creationist talking points. Awesome. You guys can have this one, we don't want her.

Since only matter exists (matter with no purpose), there really can't be any such thing as a "major life decision," can there?

67 posted on 03/30/2009 8:34:48 PM PDT by Zionist Conspirator (Hinneh 'Anokhi sholeach lakhem 'et 'Eliyyah HaNavi'; lifney bo' Yom HaShem HaGadol veHaNora'.)

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