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Percy
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12-17-2003 8:15 AM 		Reply to: Message 1 by Dr Jack
12-17-2003 8:04 AM

"Against stupidity the very gods themselves contend in vain."
   (Joan of Arc, act I, scene 2 by von Schiller)
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Percy
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12-30-2003 7:05 PM 		Reply to: Message 36 by DNAunion
12-30-2003 6:42 PM

DNAunion writes:
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In fact, the only reason I'm even posting in this thread is because one Mr Hambre falsely accused me of being a Creationist who used notoriously misleading quotes. Mr Hambre has failed to support either position...he's lost. Now that that has been settled I no longer have any real reason to continue, or interest in continuing, to post in this thread.
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Well, okay, but I, for one, am still confused about why so vehement an evolutionist as yourself would say this in Message 81 of the "Abiogenesis - Or Better Living Through Chemistry" thread:
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No experiment to date has demonstrated that undirected, non-biological chemistry alone can generate biological information of the kind needed for a "simple" RNA self-replicator. There is more to life than just chemistry; there is also information processing.
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Is the "there is also information processing" your entire answer to "There is more to life than just chemistry"? If so then that's fine, but MrHambre was not alone in thinking he saw in this a hunter's blind from which to fire off appeals to divine intervention.
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--Percy
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Percy
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12-31-2003 9:20 PM 		Reply to: Message 41 by DNAunion
12-31-2003 7:13 PM

DNAunion writes:
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My stating, quite correctly, that there is more to life than just chemistry does not mean I am a Creationist.
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You're still leaving me with an uncomfortable feeling. Regarding this from my previous email:
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Percy writes:
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DNAunion writes:
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No experiment to date has demonstrated that undirected, non-biological chemistry alone can generate biological information of the kind needed for a "simple" RNA self-replicator. There is more to life than just chemistry; there is also information processing.
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Is the "there is also information processing" your entire answer to "There is more to life than just chemistry"? If so then that's fine, but MrHambre was not alone in thinking he saw in this a hunter's blind from which to fire off appeals to divine intervention.
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Could you address just the last sentence and tell us directly and without equivocation that the concern is completely without merit and due simply to a misinterpretation?
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--Percy
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