The Human Methylome: What Do These Patterns Mean? (high state of living cell's design "astonishing")

ICR News ^ | October 22, 2009 | Brian Thomas, M.S.

[GodGunsGuts]

Ping!

[xcamel]

More Institute for Crackpot Research pablum, eh?

[xcamel]

You haven’t had enough of your slanderous personal attack posts pulled yet?

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[reagan_fanatic]

And to think - all this complexity and intricacy sprang up from a bubbling puddle of primordial mud.

Amazing!

[HereInTheHeartland]

You forgot the lighting bolt that came down and zapped the mud into something living.

[GodGunsGuts]

Isn’t Darwin’s natural selection god amazing!

[GodGunsGuts]

You liken Christians to the Taliban, and you call what I say about your inebriated viciousness slanderous? Please!

[xcamel]

9th commandment doesn’t apply to you, eh?

[whattajoke]

I get such a kick out of it when Lyin' Brian references himself.

References

See Thomas, B. Epigenetics: More Information than Evolution Can Handle. ICR News. Posted on icr.org January 30, 2009, accessed October 16, 2009.

He's my hero.

[GodGunsGuts]

==He’s my hero.

Yeah right, kind of like Milton Friedman is arnold schwarzenegger’s hero...yuck!

[whattajoke]

From the article:

Those who keep up with cell science often cannot help but be impressed with the high state of design they observe in the cell.

Seriously, what does that mean? If cells didn't have some sort of "design," they wouldn't exist. This is exactly the same as saying, "Gee whiz, that hole in the sidewalk is amazing. It's the perfect size for that puddle!"

[xcamel]

Perfect!!

Touché.

[Ron C.]

"... all this complexity and intricacy sprang up from a bubbling puddle of primordial mud."

LOL

Yup... all started with a gigantic explosion too!

I can't wait until I see them all facing the Creator himself...

[Wacka]

What is the breaking news that has it placed in that forum?
Methylation of DNA and histones and acetylation of histones has been known for decades. Must be a slow day at the IRC or Brian Thomas M S * got tired of ogling the picture of Ardi.

[GourmetDan]

"If cells didn't have some sort of "design," they wouldn't exist."

Ah yes, the weak anthropic principle. Lovely.

"This is exactly the same as saying, "Gee whiz, that hole in the sidewalk is amazing. It's the perfect size for that puddle!""

This is exactly the same as saying, "Jiminy Cricket! Carbon atoms self-assembled into cells and organisms because carbon atoms have an affinity for self-assembling into cells and organisms!"

[RJS1950]

Yep, it is amazing that God would set into motion all of these intricate processes to play out over billions of years. Billions you say! Not 6 days? I didn’t know that God was constrained by time. For that matter, I didn’t know that God had so little power that he could not make this vast universe and allow for such a concept as evolution. Why just a few hundred years ago it was mandated that we all believe that the universe revolved around earth and that the idea of manned flight was witchcraft. Is it that hard to see the work of God in the intracacies of the universe and all of creation. You are free to believe what you want and if that is in an oft rewritten and incomplete set of pre-new testament writings then you are welcome to worship the writings rather than God and his wonderous works of nature. I will applaud you but I will continue to believe in the magnitude of God’s greatness in evolution, geologic processes and the wonder of man’s God-given intellect by which he can recognize that there is a divine creator who is behind all of these wonders. You might want spend more time understanding the lessons brought to us by Christ to replace the old testament with His message of hope.

[Mudtiger]

“I will continue to believe in the magnitude of God’s greatness in evolution, geologic processes and the wonder of man’s God-given intellect by which he can recognize that there is a divine creator who is behind all of these wonders. “

Do you believe that “God's greatness in evolution” should be taught in the classroom?