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Author Topic:   Evolution: Natural selection vs. Godly guidance
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Message 138 of 154 (589623)
11-03-2010 3:23 PM
Reply to: Message 129 by shadow71
11-02-2010 4:25 PM


We may understand the nature of the events that caused the above.
But we do not know why they occurred.
To put it succinctly, they occur because they can occur.
You might as well ask why you are dealt a deuce of hearts instead of a 4 of spades each time you play cards. There are many possible outcomes of which only one occurs.
So it goes back to the question Biologists ignore, the origin of life.
That is a question that biologists leave to biochemists because they have better training to do the research.
What biologists are interested in is how life works. In case you didn't notice biology means the study (-ology) of life (bio-). The chemistry that preceded the first life was not itself alive, so not really part of biology.
IOW, scientists break up a problem into smaller questions and attack each question. Biologists got all of the problems that dealt with how life works and how life has changed over time. Chemists got the problems of how atoms interact. Biochemists bridge the gap between chemistry and biology.
But then again you would throw out all of the answers in chemistry because chemists won't deal with the origin of atoms, right?
The whole point of my post is that until Science can prove the origin of life, evolution is not proven to be a natural caused event.
How so? Do we need to know where hydrogen and oxygen came from in order to know that they form water? Do we need to know where germs came from in order to know that they cause infectious diseases? Why would we need to know where the first life came from in order to understand how life changes over time?
For example is there a valid scientific theory for information in the cell?
When you demonstrate how this information can be measured I will be happy to discuss it with you.
That is the problem I have with Scientist who state, if we can't explain it today we will tomorrow. talk about FAITH!!
I would agree. However, it doesn't take faith to state that scientists are working on these problems. I would also state that it is unwarranted pessimism to state that they will never find a solution to these problems.

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