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To: GodGunsGuts
OK, why don’t we narrow your three lines of evidence down to something more manageable. Seeing how I have been very interested in molecular and cell biology these days, I thought perhaps we could start with mtDNA. Could you please quote, link to and explain the mtDNA evidence that you claim falsifies the Noahidic flood? Or is you belief that it never happened strictly based on your Darwinist faith alone?

You will have to read the article for yourself. I won't spoon feed you.

Genetic Analysis of Early Holocene Skeletal Remains from Alaska and Its Implications for the Settlement of the Americas, by B.M. Kemp et al. (2007).

373 posted on 01/20/2008 7:33:12 PM PST by Coyoteman (Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.)
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To: Coyoteman; CottShop; metmom; BlueDragon

==You will have to read the article for yourself. I won’t spoon feed you.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but right at the very beginning the paper states that the “amount of diversity that has accumulated in the subhaplogroup over the past 10,300 years suggests that previous calibrations of the mtDNA clock may have underestimated the rate of molecular evolution.”

Notice they don’t even try to justify the 10,300 years—it’s an assumption. Notice also that they are casting doubt on previous calibrations of the mtDNA clock because it doesn’t fit their ASSUMPTIONS! Finally, you should also notice that the paper you posted is an attempt to reconcile mtDNA with said assumptions. Given the above, how exactly does this paper “refute” the Noahitic flood?


393 posted on 01/22/2008 9:03:36 AM PST by GodGunsGuts
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