Re: Challenge for Darwinists - Protein Synthesis

Richard Forrest wrote:
Wall Of Sleep wrote:

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Have you read his manifesto? If not, then read first and make
derogatory comments afterward please.


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"Are we to believe that mere chance can accomplish that which has proven
quite impossible for the enlightened scientist to achieve? I regard
that notion as absurd!" John A. Davison, Ph.D. - AN EVOLUTIONARY
MANIFESTO: A NEW HYPOTHESIS FOR ORGANIC CHANGE
http://www.uvm.edu/~jdavison/davison-manifesto.html



Mind you, I'm quite happy to read (parts at least) of his manifesto and
make derogatory comments on it.

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"With all our advanced technology, we still have not been able to
produce even the simplest organic system which could even remotely
be described as being alive."


Not true. There have been plenty of experiments which have produced
systems which can be "remotely" described as "alive", from chemical
methods such as recombitant DNA to algorythms running on computers.


So, by your own words, it is possible for intelligent agency to produce life. Why then are you so opposed to the idea of intelligent design?


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"Theories, sensu strictu, are hypotheses which,
having been tested, have been found valid."

No, they are not. Theories are usually the result of testing many
hypotheses, and provide a sound and coherent model of the behaviour of
the systems to which they apply.

" For example, Einstein's
Special Theory of Relativity remained a hypothesis until it had been
verified. Only then did it become a theory."

The theory of evolution by natural selection has also been extensively
verified by observation and experiment.


Lets ignore all the hype and examine the "extensively verified by observation and experiment" main mechanism of the "T"oE - RM+NS:

What have random mutations been *observed* to produce more of - disease
or beneficial functions?
The answer is - disease - by a long shot.

What has natural selection been *observed* to produce more of - extinct
species or new species?
The answer is - extinct species - by a long shot.

So there you have it - the *cornerstone* of the "theory" of evolution is *directly observed* to overwhelmingly produce disease and extinction. The ratio is not even close.

So how is this "theory" supposed to work again?

You can pontificate all you want about all the "evidence" that supports your views, but I'll stick to what's been observed. I'll stick to science. You go ahead and believe in fairy tales. Go ahead and trust in a propped up "theory" that is both unfalsifiable and unworkable at the same time. Go ahead and trust in the mechanism of disease, death and extinction. Tell me again the story of how this disease inducing mechanism makes new species. Wait... I forgot, the term "species" is so fuzzy, anything, even the mechanism of death can produce one! Hey, I just took a big dump... before I flush, do you want to rush over with all your "science" buddies and examine it to see if it qualifies as a new "species"? I'm pretty sure it's "sexually isolated". Hey you can even name it after yourself if you want!

All right, that's a bit over the top, but sheesh...

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"Are we to believe that mere chance can accomplish that which has proven quite impossible for the enlightened scientist to achieve? I regard that notion as absurd!" John A. Davison, Ph.D. - AN EVOLUTIONARY MANIFESTO: A NEW HYPOTHESIS FOR ORGANIC CHANGE
http://www.uvm.edu/~jdavison/davison-manifesto.html

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