RE: Intelligent Design
January 6, 2016 at 10:38 pm
(This post was last modified: January 6, 2016 at 10:40 pm by God of Mr. Hanky.)
(January 6, 2016 at 6:52 pm)Esquilax Wrote:(January 6, 2016 at 6:30 pm)AAA Wrote: Molecules to man evolution is not fact.
Ohh, gosh, do I even want to do this? Okay, I hope I'm not wasting my time: "molecules to man evolution," is a simplistic, dishonest creationist ploy to strawman a complex interdependent set of topics that constitute real evolution, but I will say that common ancestry is the best possible conclusion we can reach based on the available evidence, and no amount of desperate twisting will change that.
Quote: If you want to believe in evolution, you have to have a natural way to increase the complexity of a living system over time.
That's called mutation, though apparently you knew this and have a terrible understanding of what mutation is, judging from what you've written here.
Quote: Studies show mutations to be harmful and degrade the genetic information.
Firstly: what is "genetic information," and why is it relevant to biological evolution?
Secondly, not all mutations are harmful. Many are completely benign, or actively positive, and they'd have to be: humans have at least sixty mutations from the moment they're born. If you want some examples of positive mutations, assuming you're entering this discussion in good faith and actually want to learn, I would suggest looking up Nylonase, the new digestive structures that arose in Italian Wall Lizards, and tetrachromia in humans. All of them are directly beneficial mutations with no downside at all.
Quote:These mutations in our originally good genome are what cause these diseases that you are complaining about. There are cellular mechanisms (indicating design) that prevent mutations, but there is only so much it can do when the people in our society fill ourselves with mutagenic chemicals instead of the nutritious fruits and vegetables we were intended to eat. This suffering from diseases is almost entirely due to poor lifestyle or inherited mutations from ancestors with poor lifestyles. It is not the fault of the design or the designer.
So, do you have, like, any education at all in biology, or are you just cribbing everything from creationist resources?
You know we aren't wasting time if we do this for the benefit of the non-troll observers.
Chances are this clown has a Ph.D. in Anti-Science, the esteemed art of destroying scientific progress in society through the muddling of known facts and the deliberate dissemination of misinformation. The effects of its practice in the US is so profoundly strong that I'm sure there must be a program for this specific field at some of the Liberal Arts colleges in this country.
As they once said proudly, having no idea what it would later mean, "Only in America!"
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