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  I conclude evolution is guided

  by KateWild in

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  your qualifications are way above mine so i'd love to hear more about the specifics of what you have researched and how that supports the existence of a deity.

  k99, i am not really convinced that you're interested in my conclusions.

  in nature amino acids formed to then form dna.

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  Cofty offered to discuss RNA and DNA with you, yet you pretend no one would. Why?

  ^^^ This ^^^

  If I understand Prologos correctly he is one of the very few who hold a position that is consistent with science and faith.He makes the minimal claim that a "creator" set the starting conditions that began the process of unguided evolution. It is the same position as scientists such as Kenneth Miller and Francis Collins. I have theological objections to it - regarding suffering for example - but it is not anti-scientific.
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  Complaining over post dislikes / downvotes

  by Simon in

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  let's be clear: people have the right to like or dislike what they want - that is why the option is there.

  as long as they are not doing it in a malicious way to retaliate or game the system, there is no policing the votes.

  if you get a down-vote, live with it.

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  cofty

  sometimes people maybe click the wrong button by mistake - Simon

  I just did that with the OP. oops
  
  
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  I conclude evolution is guided

  by KateWild in

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  your qualifications are way above mine so i'd love to hear more about the specifics of what you have researched and how that supports the existence of a deity.

  k99, i am not really convinced that you're interested in my conclusions.

  in nature amino acids formed to then form dna.

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  There has been no advancement in the answer to how RNA became DNA. - Hadriel

  I gave you the names of three scientists working at the cutting edge of this field and recommended a book that explains it.

  You really have zero interest in the answer.

  Every time you pose the "question" it changes.

  First you rejected the idea of a RNA world

  Then you demand to know how RNA could give rise to DNA

  Then you insist the real problem has something to do with amino acids being "charged".

  Then it's all about what catalyst was involved in connecting amino acids together.

  Is it one or all of these that troubles you or is just the origin of life in general?
  
  
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  I conclude evolution is guided

  by KateWild in

  1. watchtower
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  your qualifications are way above mine so i'd love to hear more about the specifics of what you have researched and how that supports the existence of a deity.

  k99, i am not really convinced that you're interested in my conclusions.

  in nature amino acids formed to then form dna.

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  You categorically cannot prove/disprove Evolution/Creation until you can define how RNA became DNA.

  That is nonsense.

  All three great kingdoms of life descended from the Last Universal Common Ancestor - LUCA.

  How that happened is very well understood and beyond all sensible doubt. How geochemistry became biochemistry is a different subject and one in which very exciting progress is being made.
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  I conclude evolution is guided

  by KateWild in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  your qualifications are way above mine so i'd love to hear more about the specifics of what you have researched and how that supports the existence of a deity.

  k99, i am not really convinced that you're interested in my conclusions.

  in nature amino acids formed to then form dna.

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  cofty

  How those amino acids became charge which began the proto-chaining of life.

  Please explain this strange sentence.

  What do you mean when you say "amino acids became charge"?

  What is "proto-chaining"? Nobody can answer a question until you frame it in language that makes sense.

  I told you already that the transition from an RNA world to DNA is the least difficult question in the study of the origin of life. I can think of much more challenging problems. I think you misread something somewhere that you thought you understood and now you are no longer sure what your question is?
  
  
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  Watching the Rio Olympics? What's your sporting interest?

  by smiddy in

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  i haven`t seen much if anything on the rio olympic games on this forum , i can`t believe their is so little interest in such a sporting event that is televised world wide.. i don`t get to watch everything , but events i do like to see when i can are,track and field ,gymnastics ,swimming , diving ,and their are a few other sports i will watch when they are on , especially if an australian is involved.. how about you ?

  whats your favourite sport to watch ?.

  has the "drug" issue affected your view of the games ?

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  I love the Olympics. Track and Field are my favourite events but some of the games this week have been good. Gymnastics are excellent.

  Great Britain are likely to do well but not as well as in London 2012
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  I conclude evolution is guided

  by KateWild in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  your qualifications are way above mine so i'd love to hear more about the specifics of what you have researched and how that supports the existence of a deity.

  k99, i am not really convinced that you're interested in my conclusions.

  in nature amino acids formed to then form dna.

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  "otherwise"?
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  I conclude evolution is guided

  by KateWild in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  your qualifications are way above mine so i'd love to hear more about the specifics of what you have researched and how that supports the existence of a deity.

  k99, i am not really convinced that you're interested in my conclusions.

  in nature amino acids formed to then form dna.

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  simple proteins being charged RNA to DNA all center around an event to which caused the chaining to begin life. - Hadriel

  I'm sorry Hadriel but that is yet another sentence that makes absolutely no sense. As in the previous thread you just cobble together random words and phrases - you too Ruby.

  What part of the origin of the first cell is it that you insist can't be known? Is it all of it or one specific stage?

  The transition from RNA to DNA is one of the simplest changes in a long and complex transition from geochemistry to biochemistry. Both of the two changes that are required would happen spontaneously in a hydrothermal vent which also provides an abundance of metallic catalysts.

  I wonder if your problem comes from the idea that life originated in an "organic soup". It almost certainly didn't.

  Do you have any interest at all in the answer? I think I will start a thread on abiogenesis soon.
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  Paranormal Warning

  by Cold Steel in

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  i've heard some weird stories coming from jws about the paranormal.

  i know about the warnings about items that come from unbelievers -- those don't interest me as much.

  what i am interested in are actual experiences in stories of the paranormal you've heard or experienced yourself.

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  cofty

  25 percent of the people hat fall for the JW cartoons are adults with schizophrenia or some related serious metal disease - Crabby

  73.9% of stats are made up.
  
  
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  "But WHY??"

  by stuckinarut2 in

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  a thought struck me.

  as young children we were known for often asking the question "but why?

  " to anything and everything that we were told and presented with in life.

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  cofty

  Every parent knows that eventually the answer to "why" is "go to bed".