Mutations disprove the theory of upward evolution

[popeyespappy]

Endogenous retroviruses (ERV) are either proof that evolution is true or proof that your god is the biggest fucking asshole in the universe (or outside the universe as the case may be).

About 8% of human DNA is viral. Almost all of it is shared by humans and our great ape cousins. It goes a lot deeper than that though because most of it is shared by all mammals. If evolution is correct here is how that works.

A common ancestor of mice and men had a number of ERVs. We will call these ERVs group 1. Eventually that line diverged into two lines. One that is the common ancestor of mice and rats, and another that is the common ancestor of chimps and humans. Each of these two lines would still carry the group 1 ERVs, each would now start to develop its own group. Now the common ancestor for mice and rats carries ERV groups 1 and 2. The common ancestor for chimps and humans carries ERV groups 1 and 3. Please note that at this point the mice and rats ancestor does not have any of the ERV group 3 mutations neither does the chimps and humans ancestor carry any of the group 2 mutations.

These two lines diverge again. The mice and rat lines splits into a line that will become mice, and one that will become rats. Again each of these two lines begins accumulating ERVs independent of each other. Mice accumulate ERV group 4, rats group 5, chimps group 6 and humans group 7. Once again though no species shares any of the ERVs with the other species after the point in time of the last common ancestor with another species.



If evolution is true this is what we would expect to see in the genetic codes of these species. In fact it is exactly what we found once we began to decode the DNA of various species. The god did it explanation on the other hand brings up some interesting questions such as why would god need to put viral DNA in his various non virus creations? Assuming god did put viral DNA in his creations why did it do it in such a way as to make it appear exactly as it would if the DNA had been added by viral infections at various points in the evolutionary process? Now here is the biggie. If god put viral DNA in all his creations in such a way as to appear that it got there through the process of evolution he did it with the knowledge that I and others like me would interpret this as evidence of evolution and reject special creation. Thereby damning us to hell as a result of his actions. If he did then your god is a fucking asshole and does not deserve my admiration even if he is my creator.