Re: Sandcstles Do Not Arise Spontaneously: A Thermodynamics-Based Refutation of Evolution


Rong Kim wrote:

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>
> Specifically, the second law of thermodynamics
> has never been proven to be incorrect in human
> empiricism.

Actually, ISTR some evidence that it can be (and is) violated at the
quantum level.

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>
> To transform any part of the heat of the
> constituent matter into moving itself
> (mechanical work) in such a fashion as for
> that matter to be organized into the planet Earth
> is impossible, according to the second law, since
> heat energy flows from the Sun (through radiation),
> being at a greater temperature, to the constituent
> matter of Earth and not the other way around.
>
> Put simply, sandcastles do not arise *spontaneously*.
>

Thermal energy from the Sun is converted into kinetic energy on Earth
in the form of wind and ocean currents (along with the thermal energy
from the Earth's core, kinetic energy from the Earth's rotation, and
kinetic energy from tidal forces exerted by the moon and Sun).
Sandcastles with little battlements and buttresses and flags may not
arise spontaneously, but sand dunes certainly do. The entirely
spontaneous actions of wind and water will eventually carve out any
number of forms, including arches, bridges, spires, etc.

> Something or some entity has to input the mechanical
> work to raise it up. It will never come into
> existence just because the Sun radiates (or from any
> other thermal energy source) upon the sand on seashore.
> The Sun never can directly input mechanical energy
> to organize a sandcastle, for it is necessarily a
> part of the closed system -- the whole system being
> isolated from or being independent of "any external
> agency". A 'closed system' is a system that
> functions independent of its environment. The Sun is
> not an "external agency", since it cannot input
> mechanical energy on its own to organize anything.
> Thus, it is clear that your closed system argument is
> sophistry. A *solar* powered machine/robot designed
> to build a sandcastle or a little boy in his
> swimming trunk is an "external agency", for neither
> is a part of "the unaided action of natural processes".
> Using the current thermodynamic terminology, either one
> is "external" to the *spontaneous* process of the
> Sun shining upon seashore.
>
> Stating the Second Law statistically (for James Clerk
> Maxwell proved more than a century ago that the
> Second Law is statistical in nature, and now
> thermodynamics is also called statistical mechanics),
> a sandcastle, as an example, arising *spontaneously*
> is improbable. That is a technical way of saying that
> it is impossible, no matter how much time passes.
>

But what about sand dunes? Aren't they formed spontaneously?

> Art Bulla (www.artbulla.com) has provided the
> statistical calculation for the probability of
> just one protein molecule arising *spontaneously*.
> It is found in his epistle, published in
> "The Revelations of Jesus Christ", sec. 14.
> (Start with 14:44.) It is found that it is
> statistically improbable, or in other words,
> it is impossible for just one protein molecule
> of 100 amino acids in length to arise *spontaneously*
> (i.e. in a closed system, no "external agency"
> involved in protein formation).
>
> There is no such thing as a perpetual
> motion machine, which is another equivalent way
> of stating the Second Law. Rudolf Clausius's concept
> of entropy has furthered our mathematical
> comprehension of this fundamental, universal truth.
>
> In conclusion, the theories of Evolution are a pack
> of lies, a dogmatic false religion designed to
> destroy civilization by blinding and retarding
> the minds of men.
>

"Sand castles cannot form spontaneously, therefore Evolution is a pack
of lies."

Uh huh.

> Though it began with studies of the heat engine,
> the laws of thermodynamics have proven to be
> universally applicable, insofar as the *coarse*
> material world is concerned. Biochemists employ
> the principles of thermodynamics all the time.
> Gibbs free energy, etc. They know by experience.
> And more obviously, so do mechanical engineers.
>
> Rong Kim
> http://www.artbulla.com
>
> The Revelations of Jesus Christ:
> http://www.iuniverse.com/bookstore/book_detail.asp?isbn=0-595-28287-3
>
> ===
>
> Another prophecy of Art Bulla the One Mighty and Strong,
> who has successfully demonstrated the fallacy of the
> Evolutionary religion:
>
> 1 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the
> glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.
> 2 For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth,
> and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall
> arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.
> (Old Testament | Isaiah 60:1 - 2)
>
> --
>
> "I believe, with the Westminster Divines and their
> predecessors ad Infinitum, that 'Man's chief end
> is to glorify God and to enjoy him for ever'."
> - James Clerk Maxwell.
>
> --

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