[allmendream]

I am a Christian and do believe the universe was created. I just don't believe for a second that God created a stupid universe where living systems are incapable of the adaptation that we so obviously see.

So you admit that it is IMPOSSIBLE for a genetically identical population to derive from a single organism.

Was nylonase a variation of existing information? Seems that it was NEW useful information (how to break down nylon)derived from OLD less useful information (how to break down an ester).

Why do you assume that variation of existing data cannot produce new data?

[MrB]

We might be arguing the same thing... hmmm... humorous.

I have no problem with variations of old information providing new useful functions. This supports the viewpoint that organisms were created with the innate ability to adapt. But these changes in no way support the extrapolation that single cell organisms (wherever they came from!) can ADD information to the point that eventually you get a human.
I DO support the idea that God created living systems capable of adaptation, we see that all the time. I mean, where did that stupid looking poodle come from, and whose idea was that?

I’d request clarification of your “population derived from a single organism”. You don’t mean a SINGLE organism... right? It takes two to “tango” - sexual reproduction is required for genetic variances to propagate...