RE: Is 'faith' really a 'great cop-out'?
November 1, 2008 at 4:05 pm
(This post was last modified: November 1, 2008 at 4:06 pm by leo-rcc.)
Hi Catherine,
Well if you can convince me that DNA or RNA is a code I'd be mighty surprised. The patterns in the chains that get formed can vary, that is how natural selection gets its diversity. But to make that out as a code, you would be looking in semantics. Some biologists refer to DNA patterns as DNA code and of course the genetic code, I personally think that is wrong since it often leads to the analogy with computer code which in turn gives theists the notion "well if there is code there must be a coder/programmer". And that is exactly not how DNA and RNA works.
But I am curious what you come up with.
Well if you can convince me that DNA or RNA is a code I'd be mighty surprised. The patterns in the chains that get formed can vary, that is how natural selection gets its diversity. But to make that out as a code, you would be looking in semantics. Some biologists refer to DNA patterns as DNA code and of course the genetic code, I personally think that is wrong since it often leads to the analogy with computer code which in turn gives theists the notion "well if there is code there must be a coder/programmer". And that is exactly not how DNA and RNA works.
But I am curious what you come up with.
Best regards,
Leo van Miert
Horsepower is how hard you hit the wall --Torque is how far you take the wall with you
Leo van Miert
Horsepower is how hard you hit the wall --Torque is how far you take the wall with you
