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Author Topic:   Are all Mutations harmful because creatures were designed?
vik
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Message 11 of 39 (58027)
09-26-2003 2:42 PM
Reply to: Message 10 by Fred Williams
09-26-2003 2:22 PM


Re: Strawman
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A chihuahua has just as many base pairs in its genome as a wolf
So? It is also well established that Chihuahuas have a much greater range of health problems.
How was this established? Who did the establishing?
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genetic variation than their "parent kind"...I guess they are accumulating genetic information
We have hashed this out before, so what is the point doing it again? Increased genetic variation does not = increased genetic information.
What is it called when a mutant allele arises in a population? The beneficience or lack thereof is not in issue. Adding a'new' and different allele to a population's gene pool can only increase the amount of information in that gene pool.
Can it not?
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The only people who think this have no training in information science (like all the goofs here...
I am unsure why this gratuitous insult was required. Perhaps the administraters can explain it to us?
What of the folks that have no training in genetics or evolutionary biology? Like the majority (all of?) of popular creationist authors. Shall we assume that each time they make a claim that they, too, are 'goofs'? And what is YOUR training in Information Science that adorns you with the supposed expertise to evaluate such claims, in addition to your genetics training that is obviously required to apply information science TO genetics?
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The point is that transposons have all the earmarkings of intelligent design. Evolution can’t explain how such an elaborate mutation system that can effectively and safely insert sequences across the entire genome arose via random DNA copy mistakes and blind selection!
So how does Intelligent Design or creation explain it? What is the mechanism(s) behind it, and how is this known/how can it be demonstrated/tested?
I will say, however, that your depiction of transposition seems a bit over the top. The mechanisms are really quite simple, so perhaps an omnipotent creator could actually have come up with it...

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