(March 6, 2013 at 8:48 am)LastPoet Wrote: Wow, so many misconceptions in a simple paragraph.Say what you want - the theory of evolution is wrong. The theory is incomplete, poorly explained, poorly executed, poorly supported by real science. "Selfish Gene" or "Survival of the Fittest"? Since when do individuals in a species as a whole compete against each other rather than against other species?
1. A theory, scientifically is the peak of any scientific endeavour, and has litterally tons of evidence.
2. That mechanism is evolution, change over time. The theory of evolution its our best explanation of the processes that allow evolution to happen.
3. The classic error that you are making is to think the universe is designed for life. You are wrong, life as we know it, adapted and evolved on certain well documented conditions, and most of the universe doesn't allow life to exist.
4. And this serves to JohnV too: Evolution has nothing to do about how life arose, that is Abiogenesis, evolution explains change of life forms and its diversity over time.
DNA isn't a blueprint for life, it's a versatile tool used in the development of biology. Most DNA is junk-dna. Most mutations happens to DNA that is never used. What happens, what I think happens, is enzymes and proteins get swapped out and changed - and when that happens, sections of DNA previously "junk" become "active" and the previously "active" becomes "junk" ie inactive.
For Religion & Health see:[/b][/size] Williams & Sternthal. (2007). Spirituality, religion and health: Evidence and research directions. Med. J. Aust., 186(10), S47-S50. -LINK
The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke