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  Chance or intelligent design?

  by ExBethelitenowPIMA in

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  cofty could you answer how the single cell came about by chance?.

  i know the argument for complexity in nature says natural selection over billions of years but this could not explain the complexity of the single cell the building blocks of life?.

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  EXb - where are you quoting from?

  Who says amino acids can't combine into proteins in the lab?
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  Chance or intelligent design?

  by ExBethelitenowPIMA in

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  cofty could you answer how the single cell came about by chance?.

  i know the argument for complexity in nature says natural selection over billions of years but this could not explain the complexity of the single cell the building blocks of life?.

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  Thanks Phizzy - Yes it's Life ascending. Actually that book only has one chapter on abiogenesis. A more thorough study of the subject is in The Vital Question. Warning - it's quite hard going.
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  Do Masks really help in preventing respiratory infections? Recent study reviewed

  by Reasonfirst in

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  in the recent coronavirus scare, masks were promoted as one way to minimise possible infection.

  a study, reviewed yesterday by an english medical commentator, dr john campbell, says, no!.

  watch what he has to say on this youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3vy2lyqn1a.. the study he reviews can be found at: https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.cd006207.pub6/full.

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  Masks were all about psychology.
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  Chance or intelligent design?

  by ExBethelitenowPIMA in

  1. watchtower
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  cofty could you answer how the single cell came about by chance?.

  i know the argument for complexity in nature says natural selection over billions of years but this could not explain the complexity of the single cell the building blocks of life?.

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  cofty

  Scientific evidence is intellectually challenging. Chemistry and biology takes effort to understand. I made the effort to read the books that explain the basics to non; experts. It's astonishingly fascinating.

  Theology and ID is not just simple it is simplistic and vacuous.

  I gave you a starter about how the first simple cells began in alkaline vents and more complex cells arose as independent organisms that merged through endosymbiosis.

  Nick Lane describes the process is detail in Life Arising. Do you want truth and evidence or a comfortable story?

  Make an effort it's more than worthwhile.
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  Chance or intelligent design?

  by ExBethelitenowPIMA in

  1. watchtower
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  cofty could you answer how the single cell came about by chance?.

  i know the argument for complexity in nature says natural selection over billions of years but this could not explain the complexity of the single cell the building blocks of life?.

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  the complexity coming over billions of years argument can’t apply to the simplest cell.

  Why not?

  Did you read my post above about endosymbiosis? Did you think about it or do any further reading? Do you want actual answers?
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  Chance or intelligent design?

  by ExBethelitenowPIMA in

  1. watchtower
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  cofty could you answer how the single cell came about by chance?.

  i know the argument for complexity in nature says natural selection over billions of years but this could not explain the complexity of the single cell the building blocks of life?.

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  ExB - At least three people have responded to your Op with long and fact-filled posts. Your only reply is to paraphrase your OP.

  Am I wasting my time?
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  “Lazarus, come out!”

  by Fisherman in

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  many people here have expressed faith in evolution and in other theories—but in all honesty, do you have any hope whatsoever in your heart or in the back of your mind ?

  truthfully..

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  What these professionals are saying

  Bunch of ignorant charlatans
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  Chance or intelligent design?

  by ExBethelitenowPIMA in

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  cofty could you answer how the single cell came about by chance?.

  i know the argument for complexity in nature says natural selection over billions of years but this could not explain the complexity of the single cell the building blocks of life?.

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  cofty

  Please stop posting YouTube videos. What's the point? I could post videos of christians who are scientists completely demolishing Behe's ID bullshit but that isn't a conversation.

  Study the topic until you can explain the ideas in your own words and you totally understand all the strongest arguments against your position. This is a discussion forum.
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  Physically in mentally agnostic ie sitting on the fence

  by ExBethelitenowPIMA in

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  hi everyone i’m not pimi or pimo i’m pima.. i don’t think the gb have everything right but i’m sitting on the fence that maybe they do some things.. if the great trib starts i will jump that side of the fence.. this is a definite little sneaky advantage dodging but even by their own doctrine last min some could come in.. i suspect many are like me.. i spent years in bethel and am very disappointed and disillusioned by it all.. but at the end of the day i love the bible and think it is the word of god and i don’t see any other religion that comes as close to what jesus describes his true followers or who are fulfilling mat 24:14..

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  Good idea thanks DOC
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  Index of Evidence for Evolution Threads

  by cofty in

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  re-posting this for reference.. #1 protein functional redundancy comparing the sequences of amino acids in ubiquitous proteins confirms the relationship between all living things..

  #2 dna functional redundancy comparison of the dna that codes for the amino acids of ubiquitous proteins predicts the tree of life with an astonishing degree of accuracy..

  #3 ervs endogenous retroviruses that infected our ancestors are found in the same place of the genome of our closest primate cousins..

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  Re-posting this for reference.

  #1 Protein Functional Redundancy
  Comparing the sequences of amino acids in ubiquitous proteins confirms the relationship between all living things.

  #2 DNA Functional Redundancy
  Comparison of the DNA that codes for the amino acids of ubiquitous proteins predicts the tree of life with an astonishing degree of accuracy.

  #3 ERVs
  Endogenous retroviruses that infected our ancestors are found in the same place of the genome of our closest primate cousins.

  #4 Smelly Genes
  Hundreds of broken genes that used to code for olfactory receptors in our ancestors are still found in our genome.

  #5 Vitamin C
  Why humans can no longer make their own vitamin C and what that tells us about our species' history.

  #6 Human Chromosome 2
  Our second biggest chromosome is made up of two of our ancestors' chromosomes stuck end-to-end.

  #7 Human Egg Yolk Gene
  Humans and our primate cousins have the genes for making vitellogenin and they are all broken in the same way.

  #8 Jumping Genes
  Bits of parasitic code called ALU elements prove our common ancestry with primates.

  #9 Less Chewing More Thinking
  A broken gene for a type of muscle fibre we no longer have tells a story about our evolutionary past.

  #10 Non-Coding DNA
  In common with many other species huge amounts of our genome originated as copying errors.

  #11 Tiktaalik
  An amazing fossil discovery illustrates the transition of life from sea to land.

  #12 Lenski's E.coli Experiment
  An experiment with E.Coli, now in it's third decade, demonstrates the power of natural selection.

  #13 Morris Minor Bonnets
  Evolution has to make do with building on existing designs as illustrated by the recurrent laryngeal nerve.

  #14 Joey Goes to Oz
  Fossil evidence for the origins of marsupials found in Antarctica exactly as predicted.

  #15 Robinson Crusoe
  The biogeography of oceanic islands presents an impossible dilemma for creationism.

  #16 Aquatic Mammals
  An excellent sequence of fossils illustrates the evolutionary journey of whales from land to sea.

  #17 Belyaev's Silver Foxes
  A 50 year breeding programme demonstrates the amazing power of selection and the interconnected nature of genes.

  #18 Fish Fingers
  The evolution of limbs is mapped out in an amazing sequence of ancient fish fossils.

  #19 Goosebumps
  A vestigial reflex bequeathed by our hairier ancestors.

  #20 Lucy in the Sky...
  An exceptional fossil of a 3 million year old hominid.

  #21 Footprints in the Sand...
  Footprints at Laetoli show our Australopithecus afarensis ancestors were bipedal 3.6 million years ago.

  #22 The Hillocks of Hiss...
  A vestigial feature if the human ear shared by 10% of the population demonstrates our evolutionary history.

  #23 Faunal Succession...
  The consistent sequence of fossils found in the rocks can only be explained by evolution.

  #24 The Origin of Your Inner Ear...
  How the bones that reptiles eat with became the bones that we hear with.

  #25 Deep Time...
  Scottish geologist Andrew Hutton discovered the proof of earth's great antiquity.

  #26 Colour Vision...
  How gene duplication - new "information" -and mutation equipped us with trichromatic vision.

  #27 Monkeys, Typewriters, Shakespeare, 747s etc...
  Evolution is a combination of random mutations and non-random selection.

  #28 Something Darwin Didn't Say...
  A long term study of pigeons demonstrates how natural selection acts on a local population.

  #29 Use it or Lose it...
  Fossil genes reveal the history of modern species.

  #30 Your Third Eyelid...
  The remnants of a nictitating membrane reveals our evolutionary history.

  #31 Ten Questions For Creationists ...
  The basic facts about reality covered so far pose an impossible challenge to creationism.

  #32 Sexual Selection
  How female mating preferences led to some of the most remarkable features of living things.

  #33 A Tale About Tails
  Human embryology reveals our primate history.

  #34 Hiccups and Tadpoles
  How hiccups are a relic of our amphibian ancestors.

  #35 Nature Red in Tooth and Claw
  Nature's ability to inflict pain and suffering in the battle for survival.

  #36 Mass Extinctions
  96% of life was wiped out in The Great Dying 250 million years ago.

  #37 Testicles
  The plumbing of the vas deferens gives evidence of our fish ancestry

  #38 The Origin of Complex Cells
  How a merger of simple cells made complexity possible

  #39 Homologous Structures
  Evidence for common ancestry in our shared anatomy.

  #40 What Use is Half an Eye?
  First steps in the evolution of complex eyes.