To theists- A logical insight into Atheism

[The Grand Nudger]

At least the huggster finally managed a semi-point.  There's similarity between fundies and most atheists on the count of abiogenesis.  Both think that life came from non-life.  

The only difference is that one set thinks it was chemistry, the other..ghosts and magic spells.

[vorlon13]

Mud, or dust too.

I'm sure I heard something about that.

[robvalue]

Does god count as “life”?

Now I think about it, I doubt it meets the definition.

[Wyrd of Gawd]

How does a star that's initially composed of nothing but hydrogen atoms produce other elements such as oxygen, iron, and gold?

What does this have to do with life?

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50% of our jink dna is the same as yeast. Remnants of billions of years of evolution.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20...131659.htm

Researchers at the University of Michigan Life Sciences Institute and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute have determined how satellite DNA, considered to be "junk DNA," plays a crucial role in holding the genome together.

Their findings, published recently in the journal eLife, indicate that this genetic "junk" performs the vital function of ensuring that chromosomes bundle correctly inside the cell's nucleus, which is necessary for cell survival. And this function appears to be conserved across many species.

This pericentromeric satellite DNA consists of a very simple, highly repetitive sequence of genetic code. Although it accounts for a substantial portion of our genome, satellite DNA does not contain instructions for making any specific proteins. What's more, its repetitive nature is thought to make the genome less stable and more susceptible to damage or disease. Until fairly recently, scientists believed this so-called "junk" or "selfish" DNA did not serve any real purpose.

"But we were not quite convinced by the idea that this is just genomic junk," said Yukiko Yamashita, research professor at the LSI and lead author on the study. "If we don't actively need it, and if not having it would give us an advantage, then evolution probably would have gotten rid of it. But that hasn't happened."

Breakthrough study overturns theory of 'junk DNA' in genome

Long stretches of DNA previously dismissed as "junk" are in fact crucial to the way our genome works, an international team of researchers said on Wednesday.

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Have you forgotten that we are composed of atoms and assorted elements?  

And what is the essential element that starts the entire process?  Hydrogen.

[Silver]

We are star-stuff, not god-stuff.

[Huggy Bear]

Have you forgotten that we are composed of atoms and assorted elements?  

Yeah? So are rocks... Again what does this have to do with life?

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We are star-stuff, not god-stuff.