Posted on 07/25/2009 10:11:21 AM PDT by GodGunsGuts
Life’s irreducible structure—Part 1: autopoiesis
Life’s irreducible structure—Part 2: naturalistic objections
Astonishing DNA complexity demolishes neo-Darwinism
Ping!
Thanks for the ping!
PS This is the paper I was referring to re: universal laws of life.
All the best—GGG
“and survives only because it has a built-in facilitated variation mechanism for continually adapting to internal and external challenges and changes.”
So evolution doesn’t exist, but variation and adaption to challenge and change does.
Fascinating.
Is there anything in the paper you disagree with?
Other than it being a pile of pabulum and strawmen, I guess not.
It’s actually quite nice to see the creationist author concede all the main points of the argument, and then deny the conclusion.
Unfortunately it’s a pdf and I can’t cut/paste. Provide me a text version and I can start.
Unfortunately it’s a pdf and I can’t cut/paste. Provide me a text version and I can start.
Yes, he tacitly agreed with the central origin of life, evolution from that origin, ages of evolution, age of the earth, etc, etc. His only seeming disagreement with TOE goes back billions of years. GGG must not of read the PDF, because GGG thinks the world was created in 5000 bc.
The word I think you were thinking of was pablum.
There is pablum and pabulum.
Similar words with similar meanings. Either works.
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“Neo-Darwinists proposed that natural variation occurred
primarily via mutation of genetic information. However,
recent discoveries show that mutations are accidental
damage events and are sending us all to extinction on a
remarkably short time scale due to what appears to be the
universally deleterious effects of these mutations.”
We’re all going to die “on a remarkably short time scale” due to genetic variations?
Strawman.
It sounds like the Al Gore could have wrote this.
How a strawman, something set up to be easily knocked down?
“Despite life’s marvels, it all dies. Why? Theologically,
because of the Fall—Adam and Eve’s sin brought death into
a perfect world.5 The biological question then is ‘How?’,
and we shall see later that the answer is ‘mutations’. “
Another strawman.
No creature needs to live forever. Just enough to propogate.
People die of cancer, sure. And serious malformation due to mutated DNA can be fatal.
But there are positive mutations of DNA. Just think MRSA. Not positive for us, but they seem happier that your average Staphylococcus aureus.
But those are just “variations”, of course. Not that evil evolution.
I’ve managed to propagate a new generation of little mike-zeds. Who carry my genetic material and their mother’s, possibly mutated somewhat, but free to propagate their own offspring.
No tragic mutations killing off me, my kids, my family, or anyone I know.
Perhaps people are mutating and dropping dead in your circle at a rate which prevents their propagation. Hopefully, not.
I don't think anywhere in the article it was stated that people were dropping over around us from mutations around us. But is that all?
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