If we follow the trail of evidence in DNA, where will it lead us? To Chaotic evolution, or intelligent design

Question

This should be a no-brainer, but you would be amazed at the answers people give.

Answer 1

When being interviewed by Tavis Smiley, Dr. Stephen Meyer said, “There are developments in some technical fields, complexity and information sciences, that actually enable us to distinguish the results of intelligence as a cause from natural processes. When we run those modes of analysis on the information in DNA, they kick out the answer, ‘Yeah, this was intelligently designed’ . . . There is actually a science of design detection and when you analyze life through the filters of that science, it shows that life was intelligently designed.”

Life is more than just physics and chemistry; life is built on information. Tightly coiled up inside the center of every cell, this information is contained in that molecule of heredity, called “DNA” which has a digital code inscribed alone its spine.

Now, information is something different from matter and energy. For example, a book contains information, but the paper and ink are not the information—they can only transmit it.

Life is an information-based process in which the DNA contained within each cell is based on a genetic language using four nucleotide bases. It has been estimated that if transcribed into English, the DNA in the human genome would fill a 300-volume set of encyclopedias of approximately 2,000 pages each.

And, of course, an order of letters is meaningless unless there is a language system and a translation system already in place that makes it meaningful. The language system that reads the order of the molecules in the DNA is itself specified by the DNA.

We know from experience: If you have a computer program, you need a computer programer. Any time we find information, whether it is in the form of a hieroglyphic inscription or a newspaper article, there was invariably an intelligent agent behind that information.

Evolutionists have not been able to explain the origin of information in cells; information has not been shown to spontaneously arise from matter and energy. The existence of the information can only be explained through a pre-existing intelligence that put it there.

Answer 2

I received an e-mail from a poor misguided soul this morning. This was included in my reply: Mutation is the premise for evolution. Mutation manifests itself as deformity, not transformation into another species.

God created everything that exists. Intelligent design.

By the way, did you know that in his later years Darwin discarded his theory, because he realized he was completely wrong. He said, "I made some allusion to the strong opinions expressed by many on the history of the Creation and then their treatment of the earlier chapters of the book of Genesis. I was a young man with uninformed ideas. I threw out queries, suggestions, wondering all the time about everything. To my astonishment the ideas took like wild-fire. People made a religion of them." [Myers, "Voices", 249]

Scientific research is unveiling the mystery of "junk" DNA. Ignorance is being replaced with evidence that this DNA indeed has a function or rather many functions. Of course evolutionists try to make it into something it's not.

Evolutionists have claimed is that this fusion event occurred after the split that led to humans, so it occurs only in the human lineage. Evidence of a chromosomal fusion event is not evidence that our line leads all the way back to apes. Given that we had a 48-chromosome ancestor, does not prove we had an ape for an ancestor. For all we know, our 48-chromosome ancestor was a part of a separately designed species, as fully human as anyone you meet on the street today. There is no good reason to think that going from a 46-chromosome individual to a 48-chromosome individual would make our species more ape-like. Claiming that banding pattern similarities is evidence of common ancestry with apes simply invokes the “similarity = ancestry” argument. It is entirely possible that our genus Homo underwent a chromosomal fusion event within its own separate history. It is much more likely that cells would separate rather than fuse. There is no such thing as "fish" gene, or a "bird" chromosome, or a "primate" chromosome. There is no such thing as an "inverted", or an "inside out" chromosome. DNA and Genes simply are whole long strands, of many smaller parts which fit together. They can fit together in the same way magnets can be attracted, and just how magnets can be repelled some genes cannot fit. That's all. You have superimposed, and force-fitted human and chimp chromosomes to match, and claimed that proves relation when it does not. To say "primate" genes is dishonest. There is no genetic mechanism for evolution, or gene change. It can't happen.

Answer 3

Evolution through natural selection is not a chaotic or random process. It is a highly ordered process, as incompatible genetic mutations go not survive long in the gene pool. Only genetic mutations which provide some benefit to the creature will be passed on to future generations. Try reading anything by Richard Dawkins to get a better idea.

Answer 4

Genesis chapters 1&2 intellegent design<><

Answer 5

the concepts are smart layout OR Evolution, smart layout might of direction have us believe that some mythical smart being crafted all we see from clay vs evolution which shows needless to say how we and all residing creatures constantly evolve to larger adapt to community circumstances for greater effective survivability.

Answer 6

I believe the trail is leading to ID.

Answer 7

To intelligent design...

Yes you will be surprised at many of the answers....

This topic is debated unto death, neither us (Christians) nor them (athiests/ evolution believers) can prove with SCIENCE our position...

Yes as to the other question I saw but did not answer it is a religion - it is based mostly on faith too... Darwin himself recanted evolution... This topic is not getting us anywhere in leading people to Jesus and yes I understand that it undermines the foundation of Christianity... God can reveal it to people when they soften their hearts to accepting His precious gift Jesus.

Answer 8

Chaotic evolution? It's not chaotic. There's no design there - if there were, why is so much of our DNA useless? Junk DNA serves no purpose but to trace our obvious lineage. If there is a god, he's delibratly lying to us. Why would you worship that?

Answer 9

I actually believe: both. Because I certainly see the proof for evolution and believe it...but where's the proof God didn't have a hand in it? Where's the proof he didn't nudge things along in his universe?

Answer 10

I don't know. It would be very interesting to find out. My own opinion would be it leads us to an abrupt dead end and only more questions and theories. The intelligent design theory will get short shrift. It always does.

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