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To: JLLH
You don't really understand the law of Thermodynamics very well do you? It is one of the arguments against evolution that elicits the most laughs by evolution supporters. Most commonly, the second law is cited incorrectly. The second law states The entropy of an isolated system not in equilibrium will tend to increase over time, approaching a maximum value at equilibrium. The key that most miss here is of an isolated system. The issues is that what happens on earth, as in the universe, is not in an isolated system. On earth, for example, we have external energies acting upon the earth constantly, from solar radiation to geothermal radiation, we are far from being in an isolated system.

Don't get me wrong, I am a creationist, however, I fall into the theistic evolution camp. I am often disappointed, however, how poorly most creationists argue against evolution.

54 posted on 06/17/2008 5:39:34 PM PDT by mnehring
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To: mnehrling

FYI - I probably understand the law as well as many here do, so please remain respectful. As for your implication that creationists do not argue evolution well, that is strictly your opinion and I have heard some very strong arguments that evolutionists simply have no answer for. Perhaps you are listening to the wrong people.


59 posted on 06/17/2008 7:11:04 PM PDT by JLLH
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To: mnehrling
The second law states The entropy of an isolated system not in equilibrium will tend to increase over time, approaching a maximum value at equilibrium.

Actually the second law says nothing about time at all.

On earth, for example, we have external energies acting upon the earth constantly... we are far from being in an isolated system.

Yes, and so what?

78 posted on 06/20/2008 7:48:05 AM PDT by Ethan Clive Osgoode (<<== Click here to learn about Darwinism!)
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