(November 10, 2008 at 6:47 pm)CoxRox Wrote: I've found some information regarding the syringe from Miller himself:
'This means that a portion of the whip-like bacterial flagellum functions as the "syringe" that makes up the Type III secretory apparatus. In other words, a subset of the proteins of the flagellum is fully-functional in a completely different context – not motility, but the deadly delivery of toxins to a host cell. This observation falsifies the central claim of the biochemical argument from design – namely, that a subset of the parts of an irreducibly complex structure must be, "by definition nonfunctional."
http://www.millerandlevine.com/km/evol/d...ticle.html
I think I've established that this is an incorrect assumption by Miller regarding subsets having a function of their own.
CR, I'm mixing threads here but I need to ask you something.
You introduced yourself to the forum as a " doubting christian ".
On the " Is faith a cop-out " thread, given 3 choices you picked " God has always existed ".
My question is this, you appear to WANT to believe in " God ", so how are we atheists any help in fulfilling your desire? Are you on the right forum?
A man is born to a virgin mother, lives, dies, comes alive again and then disappears into the clouds to become his Dad. How likely is that?
