Posted on 03/09/2005 1:46:32 PM PST by metacognative
Re: your banter with Mongeaux,
Apparently he has no problem with Judism or Christianity as long as you don't really believe any of it.
666's New Year's resolution was to only post when sober, but it's March now
"The chances of 200 amino acids just happening to get together in a way that could be considered life is 1 in 200! (read 200 factoral) and is calculated by multiplying 1 times 2 times 3 ... times 199 times 200. Yse your Windows calculator to verify the result. It is 1 chance in 7.886578e+374 (374 zeros after the decimal). And we know that to form even the most simple lifeform requires a much longer chain of amino acids and protiens. Any mathmetician will tell you that this chance is the equivalent of zero."
How can you argue with that?
You convinced me: the Big Guy sitting in a cloud is a more reasonable explanation for the creation of the Universe than Evolution. The Math proves it!
Gee those ancient tribal nomads sure had it on the ball, huh? They were right and modern science is wrong
There are hundreds of observed speciations. I guess that makes your whole notion about science completely wrong.
Doh!
"I have no idea what's going on right now."
lots of people like that, but it's a classic case of a superiority complex masking their insecurity
"I have no idea what's going on right now."
Me either - have a drink. They're fighting about God or something.
So instead I should believe that human beings came from dirt and rocks and mud and water and air? Should I also expect a tornado in a junkyard to produce a box full of Swiss watches and a brand new Porsche Boxter?
Let me guess, you buy lottery tickets twice a week and are honestly surprised when you don't win.
P.S. He is not "the Big Guy". He is God. The entity who created everything yet he still would like YOU to come and talk to Him.
What a bunch of flapdoodle! LOL
"So instead I should believe that human beings came from dirt and rocks and mud and water and air?"
Sure, why not? Add sunlight and that stuff produces wheat from which we make bread which we feed our kids so they grow. It's the circle of life - didn't you see "the Lion King"?
"What you are ignorant of is that science has NOT found a mechanism for evolution"
Science has found several mechanisms that drive evolution. Natural selection is the main one.
"Genetic drift combined with random mutation leading to evolution is a theory, not a demonstarted mechanism for evolution."
Genetic drift is a mechanism of evolution, described in the Theory of Evolution. A theory in science is a description of principles explaining an observed phenomenon.
Evolution is a fact and the theory of evolution explains that fact.
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/evolution-fact.html
Evolution isn't random. Try to use references other than creationist crapsites so you will learn real stuff instead of made up nonsense.
Why not? Because living things do not come from non-living things no matter how long you wait.
Or Volvox
"Genetic drift is a mechanism of evolution, described in the Theory of Evolution. A theory in science is a description of principles explaining an observed phenomenon.
Evolution is a fact and the theory of evolution explains that fact. "
You betcha Shubi! Keep trying, but I think when given the choice between comforting supersitions and the unnerving truth, some people will opt for the former. But you're doing great...got me convinced!
You know That Merlot that comes in the Box isn't bad at all.
"Why not? Because living things do not come from non-living things no matter how long you wait."
You have obviously never shared a kitchen with three other guys. Leave non-living matter in the fridge long enough and then look at it: see how your theory holds up.
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