RE: Religion may not survive the Internet
January 23, 2013 at 12:30 pm
(This post was last modified: January 23, 2013 at 12:32 pm by John V.)
(January 22, 2013 at 6:44 pm)Surtr Wrote:We've observed life come from life billions of times.Quote:Yeah, like abiogenesis.-Miller-Urey demonstrated that lightning in a reducing atmosphere can produce dozens of complex organic molecules.
-Similar experiments have demonstrated that adenine (a nucleotide base necessary for both DNA and RNA) can be produced from lightning as well.
-Simple experiments have demonstrated that some 'pure' RNA molecules (without any cell structure around them) can reproduce themselves indefinitely, given the right concentrations of chemicals in the water around them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_W._F..._molecules
http://www.chem.duke.edu/~jds/cruise_che...iller.html
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/sci...st20jun_1/
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2...010909.php
http://www.provingthenegative.com/2008/0...nesis.html
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/abioprob/
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/abioprob/abioprob.html
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/abioprob...ation.html
We've observed life come from inert matter zero times. You note a few of those non-observations above.
(January 22, 2013 at 8:54 am)HalcyonicTrust Wrote:Obnoxiously immodest earns accolades around here. Well, if you're an atheist it does. Go figure.John V Wrote:(This is too easy sometimes.).... well, that doesn't sound obnoxiously immodest.