The Problem with Christians
April 1, 2016 at 5:26 pm
(This post was last modified: April 1, 2016 at 5:29 pm by LadyForCamus.)
(April 1, 2016 at 5:01 pm)AAA Wrote:(April 1, 2016 at 4:13 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote: Okay...so...for abiogenesis we have preliminary (though speculative), observable, measurable data. For the Christian God we have...zilch. And some how you think this research detracts from the likelihood of abiogenesis and enhances the likelihood of God? ...What?!
No, there is not measurable data for abiogenesis for several reasons.
1. It occured in the past, and is therefore immeasurable/unobservable unless it is still occurring, which I don't think anyone believes to be true.
2. We were talking about the origin of glycolysis. And the measurable data were just that molecules changed from one type to another. This is hardly evidence for the origin of glycolysis, let alone abiogenesis.
I do not think that this research detracts from the likelihood of abiogenesis, and I do not think that it enhances the likelihood of God. I think it is pretty irrelevant to both. I was just responding to it because you seemed to think that glycolysis had been created in the lab by some sort of accident, which is incorrect.
They found a single pyruvate first...by accident; before conducting their experiment. Is one single pyruvate undeniable proof of anything? Of course not. But, the reason I brought it up was because you were going on about how improbable it would be for such intricate metabolic reactions to ever occur without DESIGN...intelligent, that is.
Nay_Sayer: “Nothing is impossible if you dream big enough, or in this case, nothing is impossible if you use a barrel of KY Jelly and a miniature horse.”
Wiser words were never spoken.
Wiser words were never spoken.