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To: Junior
Apparently you know me since you have made some observations about how much I know about the subject. However, you are correct; but, I happen to be a computer programmer and can appreciate the DNA progamming in a single cell.

It has been estimated by scientists that the DNA programming in a cell's nucleous, which is invisible to the naked eye, were to be printed out it would take 600 one-thousand-page volumes to contain the information.

Therefore, the odds of a design of this magnitude to just happen by accident are totally out of the realm of chance. It cannot happen.

Besides, where are all the unfit specimens that should have evolved and survived because they had unique circumstances?

Why do we have two eyes? Why do we have two ears? Why do we have a sense of smell? Why do we have a sense of touch? Why do we have hands? Why do we have feet? Why do we have organs that work interdependently with each other? Why are these organs placed logically within the body? Why do we have hair primarily on our heads? Why did sex evolve? How did life pro-create before sex evolved? Why do our joints have cartilage cushions? Why are bird's bones hollow and light weight compared to non-flying life forms? Why do we have emotions? How did an accident create our brains so complex and so small that we have been unable to duplicate its' power?


I could ask billions of questions because there are billions of variations in life form designs. However, I'm really just wasting time, because people believe what they want to believe regardless of evidence to the contrary and the statistical odds against their belief.


Two final thoughts...

I'm certain Darwin has met his creator and has it all sorted out now and realizes how stupid his ideas were. And, just because a person does NOT believe God exists does not make Him non-existent.
53 posted on 12/04/2002 5:10:06 PM PST by Tom Thomson
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To: Tom Thomson
Isn't bilateral symmetry a common trait throughout the higher order of animals? I read somewhere that the earth's magnetic field, with two poles, has something to do with that as the zygotic transformation occurs. Also, the magnetic field and gravitational field appear to illicit plant growth and cycling in a symmetry of sorts, though not bilateral in nature, rather as preference for direction of cellular activity (as in roots go down and limbs for light collection go up ... or toward the light in zero-g field).

I don't know about how complexity must necessitate an intervention beyond original design, because the way DNA duplicates, many erroneous pairs are generated as the process repeats over a long time period. Perhaps, the replication process has randomly devised useful pairings that were not vital in the original strand. Even this random generation doesn't preclude design in the original creation, though. If one assumes the Creator would have long vision (time as a panorama, rather than a closed door opened one door, one moment of present at a time), to see how the original design would work itself out might have have directed selection at the beginning, as if choosing an originating pathway being able to 'see' what would eventually occur.

54 posted on 12/04/2002 5:47:08 PM PST by MHGinTN
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To: Tom Thomson
Why do we have the genes for tails?
55 posted on 12/04/2002 6:01:51 PM PST by Junior
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To: Tom Thomson
It has been estimated by scientists that the DNA programming in a cell's nucleous, which is invisible to the naked eye, were to be printed out it would take 600 one-thousand-page volumes to contain the information.

Six hundred thousand pages? Single spaced at 6LPI (take an inch off for the perf), 56 lines per page, that's thirty-three million, six hundred thousand lines. Do you have a source for this?

Therefore, the odds of a design of this magnitude to just happen by accident are totally out of the realm of chance. It cannot happen.

The odds against your own existence are in similar territory. So what?

Besides, where are all the unfit specimens that should have evolved and survived because they had unique circumstances?

Say that again?

Why do we have two eyes?

Because binocular vision has more survival value than one eye in a large animal.

Why do we have two ears?

"All the better to hear you with," said the big bad wolf. And to pinpoint the source of a sound, to avoid predators.

Why do we have a sense of smell?

So we don't eat things that smell bad.

Why do we have a sense of touch?

So we can move away from things that will damage us (fire, thorns, teeth, etc.).

Why do we have hands?

To grab food, climb, hold weapons, throw dice, count to ten, etc.

Why do we have feet?

To walk, run, dance, and wear stylish shoes.

Why do we have organs that work interdependently with each other?

Because they developed as a system, like the interdependent programs you write.

Why are these organs placed logically within the body?

They're not. Form follows function, not logic.

Why do we have hair primarily on our heads?

Insulation -- you lose a very large volume of heat through the top of your head.

Why did sex evolve?

To give your wife a means of getting you to do her "honey-do" list instead of watching television on saturday.

How did life pro-create before sex evolved?

Painfully. Ever watch an amoeba split in two? Sex is more fun.

Why do our joints have cartilage cushions?

So they stay joints. Take the cartilage out and they fuse.

Why are bird's bones hollow and light weight compared to non-flying life forms?

You really don't know?

Why do we have emotions?

To cry at weddings.

How did an accident create our brains so complex and so small that we have been unable to duplicate its' power?

Give us time, we're working on it. The Intel Pentium 1000 will blow you away.

I could ask billions of questions because there are billions of variations in life form designs.

That's what that amazing brain is for.

However, I'm really just wasting time, because people believe what they want to believe regardless of evidence to the contrary and the statistical odds against their belief.

I believe Simon and Garfunkel said it best: "...all lies and jest, because a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest."

Two final thoughts...

What a long, strange journey it's been.

I'm certain Darwin has met his creator and has it all sorted out now and realizes how stupid his ideas were.

I'm certain that Darwin is dead. The rest is speculation.

And, just because a person does NOT believe God exists does not make Him non-existent.

I absolutely agree.

56 posted on 12/04/2002 6:18:48 PM PST by forsnax5
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