“Intricate cellular components are often cited as evidence of intelligent design. They couldn’t have evolved, I.D. proponents say, because they can’t be broken down into smaller, simpler functional parts. They are irreducibly complex, so they must have been intentionally designed, as is, by an intelligent entity.
But new research comparing mitochondria, which provide energy to animal cells, with their bacterial relatives, shows that the necessary pieces for one particular cellular machine — exactly the sort of structure that’s supposed to prove intelligent design — were lying around long ago. It was simply a matter of time before they came together into a more complex entity.”
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/08/reduciblecomplexity/
You might want to update your talking points.
When you see two mitochondria come together and form a complex system, let us know. Let us know when it forms a more complex, then more complex then more complex and then be able to reproduce both male and female or hermophroditically.
When you can show me that, I’ll update my talking points. Until then I’ll rely on Socratic Deduction and the brain that God gave me.
Thank you.
The sole purpose for ID’s support of “irreducible complexity” is to discourage or eliminate further research into the earlier development, yes, the evolution, of the organism.
ID in all of its forms is no more than a poorly designed Trojan horse for creationism.