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Author Topic:   A Study of Intelligent Design Debate
DBlevins
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Message 202 of 210 (31720)
02-08-2003 2:33 AM
Reply to: Message 11 by John Paul
12-29-2001 10:37 PM


This is a good link for those deists out there. If you want to see a good argument against ID then read this
Page not found | Skeptical Inquirer
Read the whole post if you wish but I'd like to point out this specifically:
This is in reference to Behe's problem with cell functions.
"The problem with this statement is that it is contradicted by the available literature on comparative studies in microbiology and molecular biology, which Behe conveniently ignores (Miller 1996). For example, geneticists are continuously showing that biochemical pathways are partly redundant. Redundancy is a common feature of living organisms where different genes are involved in the same or in partially overlapping functions. While this may seem a waste, mathematical models show that evolution by natural selection has to produce molecular redundancy because when a new function is necessary it cannot be carried out by a gene that is already doing something else, without compromising the original function..."
Great website to check out. There are quite a few refutations of ID and IC in the site.
"Evolution is a fact: It is the mechanism that is debatable."

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DBlevins
Member (Idle past 3803 days)
Posts: 652
From: Puyallup, WA.
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Message 203 of 210 (31723)
02-08-2003 3:29 AM
Reply to: Message 32 by RetroCrono
01-02-2002 10:13 AM


RC: So...does 1 + 1 = 2?
It depends on the math you are using. There is a branch of mathematics where 1 + 1 does not equal 2. I apologize that I don't remember the branch of mathematics where this is true and I can't find the reference for this(its late im tired ). Any mathmaticians out there who know?
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