Darwin Proven Wrong?

[Lucanus]

Public opinion in science over the past hundred years is that Darwn's theory of evolution is "true". It seems to be widely accepted because of it’s simplicity. But is it actually true?

New evidence suggests that gene mutations can either be expressed to some degree or silenced based on the specific circumstances of each individual organism. This evidence, therefore, seems to negate the assumed “truth” that gene mutations are responsible for evolution of life and the differentiation of species on earth.

Uhh... And how exactly would this negate that gene mutations are responsible for evolution? Gene expression is the expression of genes; namely, how much a gene is translated into a protein, and what happens to the product of the translation. It has nothing to do with the inheritance and the mutation of the gene.

Further, epigeneticists are now reporting evidence that gene expression is dynamic and influenced by all aspects of the environment. The expression markers are said to change regularly within a single lifetime as a result of environmental stimuli. This new evidence now leaves open to question every possible variable imaginable as being influential in the development and life of the organism, even those mysterious unknowns (“dark matter”, “dark energy”, “god”, “chi”, “cosmic rays”, etc).

I'm curious as to atheist perspective on this, as "atheism" seems to be a very absolute with regard to a perspective on what "cannot possibly be".

Also, epigenetic mechanisms like silencing etc. are influenced by other biochemical pathways of the organism which, guess what, always come from the organism's genome anyway. This is why whilst there may be some degrees of variation (which are in fact determined by the environment) in the expression of genes, the outcomes are still pretty much predictable.


I find your argumentations devoid of any content and your motives... questionable.