Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: alconservative
So they are saying I'm 'supposed' to believe this.

Believe them or don't. Or better yet, pursue it further independently. Learn why biologists think it is a compelling piece of evidence. Become learned in genetics yourself and pursue a career that explores genetic relationships and search for the elusive organism that shares no genetic history with any other organism on Earth. You'd be famous.

150 posted on 10/02/2005 10:07:21 AM PDT by Antonello
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 148 | View Replies ]


To: Antonello

Just because many biologists think it is "compelling" (meaning that I'm "supposed" to believe it) evidence doesn't show that all organisms share a single common ancestor.

"organism that shares no genetic history with any other organism on Earth"

That's not what we are discussing.

There's a problem with the single common ancestor idea. Life is found all over the earth, from the ocean floors to very deep underground. How did life spread from a single location to all these locations? Isn't that just a bit iffy?
And what precludes life forming multiple times in a similar way?

So there's similarities in DNA. On what basis then is the 'conclusion' that there was a single common ancestor? What is the logical reasoning leading up to this conclusion? And don't say, go research it, no, you answer the question.



185 posted on 10/02/2005 7:23:21 PM PDT by alconservative (argument from authority and not addressing my point)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 150 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson