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


Rong Kim wrote:
> Thermodynamics originated from studies of the
> Carnot cycle (ideal heat engine), but it has
> turned out to be a general principle encompassing
> all of *known* (coarse matter) universe, not only
> concerning the heat engine and the refrigerator,
> which is a heat engine run backwards.
>
> Specifically, the second law of thermodynamics
> has never been proven to be incorrect in human
> empiricism. This is not an example of a
> mathematical proof, but a perfect example
> of induction. The Sun or any other star in
> Nature is also a part of "the unaided action
> of natural processes" that Professor Clerk Maxwell
> eloquently wrote about. We now call them
> *spontaneous* processes. Note the way he states
> the Second Law in very general terms,
> not specifically about the heat engine:
>
> "Admitting heat to be a form of energy, the
> second law asserts that it is impossible,
> by the unaided action of natural processes,
> to transform any part of the heat of a body
> into mechanical work, except by allowing heat
> to pass from that body into another at a
> lower temperature. Clausius, who first stated
> the principle of Carnot in a manner consistent
> with the true theory of heat, expresses this
> law as follows: - It is impossible for a
> self-acting machine, unaided by any external
> agency, to convey heat from one body to another
> at a higher temperature. Thomson gives it a
> slightly different form: - It is impossible,
> by means of inanimate material agency, to derive
> mechanical effect from any portion of matter by
> cooling it below the temperature of the coldest
> of the surrounding objects."
> - James Clerk Maxwell ("Theory of Heat", 1871)
>
> 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*.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> --

Never heard this particular anti-evolution argument before. These
anti-evolutionists are quite original, aren't they?

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