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Abiogenesis ("Chemical Evolution"): Did Life come from Non-Life by Pure Chance.
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RE: Abiogenesis ("Chemical Evolution"): Did Life come from Non-Life by Pure Chance.
July 26, 2023 at 1:04 pm (This post was last modified: July 26, 2023 at 2:07 pm by Bucky Ball.)
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RE: Abiogenesis ("Chemical Evolution"): Did Life come from Non-Life by Pure Chance.
July 26, 2023 at 1:06 pm (This post was last modified: July 26, 2023 at 1:39 pm by Kitan Etos.)
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RE: Abiogenesis ("Chemical Evolution"): Did Life come from Non-Life by Pure Chance.
July 26, 2023 at 1:37 pm
(July 26, 2023 at 11:25 am)Angrboda Wrote: Stupid people make stupid arguments.  NX has presented nothing but threads filled with nonsequiturs.  And he hawks the Lord like a second-hand Buick.  I agree.  He's filth.

on most second hand Buicks, even one from the 1970s,  there are usually more functional parts than just one loud horn.
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RE: Abiogenesis ("Chemical Evolution"): Did Life come from Non-Life by Pure Chance.
July 26, 2023 at 2:29 pm
(July 26, 2023 at 1:04 pm)Bucky Ball Wrote: If you dispute that abiogenesis is possible, tell us EXACTLY which reactions at which time on Earth were not possible, and very specifically, dispute in detail Dr, Szostak's points and his
possible reactions. Be sure to address the entire series of his talks.

And please stop posting these absurd ignorant posts.

There's the rub...tell us what parts of organic chemistry that god can't do, couldn't have done.
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RE: Abiogenesis ("Chemical Evolution"): Did Life come from Non-Life by Pure Chance.
July 26, 2023 at 2:33 pm
(July 26, 2023 at 2:29 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote:
(July 26, 2023 at 1:04 pm)Bucky Ball Wrote: If you dispute that abiogenesis is possible, tell us EXACTLY which reactions at which time on Earth were not possible, and very specifically, dispute in detail Dr, Szostak's points and his
possible reactions. Be sure to address the entire series of his talks.

And please stop posting these absurd ignorant posts.

There's the rub...tell us what parts of organic chemistry that god can't do, couldn't have done.

A real god can make life arise in any environment and with any design  not just in one that is "fine tuned".
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RE: Abiogenesis ("Chemical Evolution"): Did Life come from Non-Life by Pure Chance.
July 26, 2023 at 2:35 pm
Maybe so, but cretinists seem to think that there's just no way god, who created chemistry, is a chemist.
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RE: Abiogenesis ("Chemical Evolution"): Did Life come from Non-Life by Pure Chance.
July 26, 2023 at 4:45 pm
So can we just kick this clown already?  I mean it's been fun using him as a kickball but the game has gotten rather stale
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RE: Abiogenesis ("Chemical Evolution"): Did Life come from Non-Life by Pure Chance.
July 26, 2023 at 4:53 pm
Sadly, being annoying is not against the rules.
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RE: Abiogenesis ("Chemical Evolution"): Did Life come from Non-Life by Pure Chance.
July 26, 2023 at 4:58 pm
(July 26, 2023 at 4:53 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: Sadly, being annoying is not against the rules.

If it were, the remaining three Forum members could assemble in the lobby.

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RE: Abiogenesis ("Chemical Evolution"): Did Life come from Non-Life by Pure Chance.
July 26, 2023 at 5:07 pm
(July 26, 2023 at 4:53 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: Sadly, being annoying is not against the rules.

He does offer some insights.  For example,  Drich has a lost brother in India.
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