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The theory of evolution is not with out its problems. One scientist says this about life starting on its own:"Almino acids would have to be arranged in an exact sequence to form a protein...just like the letters in a sentence. Mere laws of physics can not do that. The probability of a protein forming by chance would be 10 to the 64th power that is 10 with 64 zeros after it to 1
10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 to 1 Isn't it more reasonable to believe God and His Word?
All things bright and beautifull,
All creatures great and small,
All things wise and wonderfull,
The Lord God made them all.

Answer 1

Your right on brother! or sister

Answer 2

Evolution is a theory, most of it an incredible leap from Darwins "Origin of the Species" work down on the islands. Darwins work did show adaption of a species to it's environment, but using that as a basis for evolution is a leap of an order of magnitude. It does show minor shifts within a species, but it doesn't show much in the way of species changing into a different species.
The Theory of evolution is a reasonable explanation for the general fossil record, but, even in that, there are some things which do *not* agree with the general theory, and, these are the items the creationists use for their refutation. It is much like inconsistencies in the Bible, they exist, but the believers don't usually discuss them.
To try and ignore any problems in a theory, is to sit there and take part in the same Dogmatic attitude that the Christians are accused of having. The is the attitude of being the High Priests of the New Inquisition, Scientific Dogmatism at it's worst.
Yes, there are some experiments that indicate what the origins of life might be, but the creation of a few simple proteins in a vat of goo are far removed from even the construct of the simplest one celled organism.
This isn't an attack on Evolution, this is just pointing out that, Evolution *isn't* a finished product, and to claim that it is, is definitely a leap away from science, and into a shadowy realm of pseudo-science and dogma.

Answer 3

This has nothing to do at all with the theory of evolution. Evolution only deals with what happened after life first appeared.

You're talking about abiogenesis, which is a different field altogether. And take another look at that quote and you'll find the answer. If you take a bunch of letters and try to randomly put them into a sentence, and then start over from the beginning each time, then yes, those are probably the odds (and I highly dispute that the scientist who came up with those odds was a biologist). Example: Imagine trying to come up with TOBEORNOTTOBE by just randomly typing 13 letters. DIEJSIDKENDITY. QNEHDFOENDJSI. etc. It will take a very long time to get the correct sequence.


Life isn't like that. What actually happens is that, when these letters are tossed together, the letters in the correct spaces stay. So, each time a sequence of letters is chosen, fewer letters need to be selected, changing it from a random event to a decidedly nonrandom one. In more biological terms, the letters are the combinations of amino acids that work. Keep adding combinations to the previous combinations and, sooner or later, you'll have RNA, the first life form.

So, now, imagine the entire earth covered in amino acids all doing this. It becomes inevitable that life would arise.

Answer 4

Please tell me - HOW do you come to this mathematical figure? Did you do the math? I bet you read somewhere (that supports your cause and is BIAS) this equation and simply copied and pasted. Cite your source.

I'd like to know if your equation took into account the billions of years it took to get from planet formation to now. I wonder if you understand that, in that time, a lot of things could happen naturally.. such as protein formation from amino acids and the creation of life from from those proteins and the subsequent evolution of those species into another. You don't get it do you? TIME is what allows these things to happen. Sure, your equation wouldn't happen in a couple thousand years.. it could in a billion.

Your lord god made nothing. He is a figment of the imagination spawned by people who knew not what the mysteries of life were (that we know now).

Oh, and to just entertain your notion.. Which god would this be that created all of this stuff? Are you even sure your god is the actual creator? Is it the Christian god? Zeus? Vishnu? Any one of the Egyptian gods? Which one?

Answer 5

Not all Atheist believe in evolution...And although, there are many theory's about creation and evolution...it seems to have more substance and a physical truth than Christianity. For Atheist it is about believing in no higher power that includes all Gods and Goddess. To simply except things are just the way they are...to create your own meaning in life...not all questions can be answered..So to answer your question no it is not more reasonable to believe the Christian god and his word...it is an Atheist belief to create their own meaning and way of life..

Answer 6

Of any number of hundreds of billions of countless amino acids that exist everywhere on the planet simultaneously and are all exposed to thousands of miniscule, random events and conditions every minute of every day, I'd say that more than covers your 1 in 10^64 chance at least 2 billion times a day.

So no, I still don't think an invisible man in the sky is more credible.

Answer 7

This is cool logic. Seriously. I love it, and I love knowing statistics like that.

But you have a jump in logic that says "This is highly improbable, therefore the other must have happened." Proving that something did not happen doesn't mean that the other option has been proved true. So you can disprove (though this doesn't really rule randomness out) science, but its disproval doesn't equal proof of God.

Does that make sense? I hope so; I love intellectual design as a theory, as long as it doesn't masquerade as science, which demands testable theories (and the supernatural- God, religion, etc.- cannot be tested).

Answer 8

So if you want to look at things mathematically, what are the odds that from nothing God created life?

If I'm working with something although the odds may be small, there's a chance I can make it happen. If I have nothing, by definition, it would be impossible.

So should I believe in something that is possible or something that is not?

Answer 9

Whether there is a God or not is all down to pure faith. Fact is that there was actually a man who walked this earth 2000 and odd years ago called Jesus who claimed that he was the son of God. Whether he was a mad man or whether all that he claimed is true is for you to decide your selves. Whether the theory of evolution is true or false is also a matter for you to decide yourselves. Have these facts actually and accurately been proved, or is evolution still mealy a theory?

Answer 10

Is this a question, or a comment from high on a soap box? In any case, I believe in evolution, but I also believe in God. Wacky eh? Not everything needs to be black and white. There is allot of beauty, and truth, here in the millions of shades of gray.

Answer 11

Your citation is from the "pop-tart" science book for the masses, A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson. This book is loaded with a lot of pseudo-intellectual nonsense, and certainly doesn't speak for the majority of learned scientists in the world.

If you're going to refute evolution, please use a real scientific text, not pop-culture clap-trap.