Re: AiG responds to Tiktaalik
- From: OvC <otto.von.chriek@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2006 17:52:05 GMT
On 7 Apr 2006 08:19:32 -0700, neverbetter posted in article
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Do they have something against posting links to other creationist
sites? Isn't it nice to have someone agree?
The likely link is to http://emporium.turnpike.net/C/cs/evid1.htm
(item 1), which is referenced to Ranganathan, B.G. _Origins?_,
Carlisle, PA: The Banner of Truth Trust, 1988. That website is
authored by 'a group of engineers and professionals with graduate
degrees, largely in Computer Science. We are Christians who believe
strongly that people need to become better informed on this most
important question of our origins.' The site authors' recommend books
by Morris, Gish, Johnson, Denton, and Behe (!) as sources to reach the
vltimate trvth of creationism; Dawkins is suggested reading 'before
you make up your mind.'
The Ranganathan reference shares title and authorship with a book
listed at amazon at <http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1579215769/102-
8545812-3299342?v=glance&n=283155>, which offers the following
author's bio:
'The author, B.G. Ranganathan (pronounced "Ranga-nathan") was born in
Madras, India, and at a young age emigrated with his family to the
United States. Mr. Ranganathan was raised in a traditional Hindu
family but during his early teenage years he recognized his need for
salvation and received the Lord Jesus Christ into his heart as his
personal Lord and Savior. He received his B.A. with academic
concentrations in theology and biology and has given lectures and
seminars to science faculty and students at various secular colleges
and universities on the scientific merits of creation vs. evolution.
As a science and religion writer Mr. Ranganathan has been recognized
in the 24th edition of Marquis' Who's Who In The East.'
Ranganathan's listed on various creationist websites, including
several islamist anti-evolution sites, as a biologist or geneticist.
Some of his sage observations are offered at
<http://www.articlesbeyondbetter.com/Article/Common-Misconceptions-
About-Evolution-Still-Being-Taught/1349>
including these pearls of wisdom:
'However, variations across biological kinds such as humans evolving
from ape-like creatures and apes, in turn, evolving from dog-like
creatures and so on, as Darwinian evolutionary theory teaches, are not
possible unless Nature can perform genetic engineering so as to change
the over-all genetic information and program in species.' [NB This
apparently informs Sen. Rick Santorum's (R-PA) fixation for man-on-dog
sex.]
'It is not at all rational to believe that the gradual accumulation of
random and chance mutations in the sequence of the genetic code caused
by random environmental forces such as radiation will produce over
time entirely new gene sequences to program for entirely new and more
complex species.
'Would it be rational to believe that by randomly changing the
sequence of letters in a cookbook that you will eventually get a book
that teaches you how to build an atomic bomb? Of course not! And if
the book were a living being it would have died in the process of such
random changes.' [Thus, presumably, ruling out instructions
for assembly of an atomic bomb by virtue of a tornado in a library.]
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OvC
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