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  Evolution is a Fact - Index of Parts 1 - 40

  by cofty in

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  #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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  Nimble duck

  There are a hundred more questions like these that have been put to evolutionists. Not an answer from these self-inflated pseudoscientists.
  
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  Evolution is a Fact - Index of Parts 1 - 40

  by cofty in

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  #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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  Nimble duck

  How did sex originate?

  Asexual reproduction gives up to twice as much reproductive success (‘fitness’) for the same resources as sexual reproduction, so how could the latter ever gain enough advantage to be selected? And how could mere physics and chemistry invent the complementary apparatuses needed at the same time (non-intelligent processes cannot plan for future coordination of male and female organs).

  THIS IS MY FAVORITE ONE.
  
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  Evolution is a Fact - Index of Parts 1 - 40

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  #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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  Why is natural selection, a principle recognized by creationists, taught as ‘evolution’, as if it explains the origin of the diversity of life? By definition it is a selective process (selecting from already existing information), so is not a creative process.

  It might explain the survival of the fittest (why certain genes benefit creatures more in certain environments), but not the arrival of the fittest (where the genes and creatures came from in the first place).

  The death of individuals not adapted to an environment and the survival of those that are suited does not explain the origin of the traits that make an organism adapted to an environment. E.g., how do minor back-and-forth variations in finch beaks explain the origin of beaks or finches? How does natural selection explain goo-to-you evolution?
  
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  Evolution is a Fact - Index of Parts 1 - 40

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  #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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  How did new biochemical pathways, which involve multiple enzymes working together in sequence, originate?

  
  Every pathway and nano-machine requires multiple protein/enzyme components to work. How did lucky accidents create even one of the components, let alone 10 or 20 or 30 at the same time, often in a necessary programmed sequence.

  Evolutionary biochemist Franklin Harold wrote, “we must concede that there are presently no detailed Darwinian accounts of the evolution of any biochemical or cellular system, only a variety of wishful speculations.”
  
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  Evolution is a Fact - Index of Parts 1 - 40

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  #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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  How could mutations—accidental copying mistakes (DNA ‘letters’ exchanged, deleted or added, genes duplicated, chromosome inversions, etc.)—create the huge volumes of information in the DNA of living things?

  
  How could such errors create 3 billion letters of DNA information to change a microbe into a microbiologist? There is information for how to make proteins but also for controlling their use—much like a cookbook contains the ingredients as well as the instructions for how and when to use them. One without the other is useless. See: Meta-information: An impossible conundrum for evolution. Mutations are known for their destructive effects, including over 1,000 human diseases such as hemophilia. Rarely are they even helpful.

  How can scrambling existing DNA information create a new biochemical pathway or nano-machines with many components, to make ‘goo-to-you’ evolution possible? E.g., How did a 32-component rotary motor like ATP synthase (which produces the energy currency, ATP, for all life), or robots like kinesin (a ‘postman’ delivering parcels inside cells) originate?
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  Evolution is a Fact - Index of Parts 1 - 40

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  #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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  How did the DNA code originate?

  
  The code is a sophisticated language system with letters and words where the meaning of the words is unrelated to the chemical properties of the letters—just as the information on this page is not a product of the chemical properties of the ink (or pixels on a screen). What other coding system has existed without intelligent design? How did the DNA coding system arise without it being created?
  
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  Evolution is a Fact - Index of Parts 1 - 40

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  #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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  How did life originate?

  
  1) Evolutionist Professor Paul Davies admitted, “Nobody knows how a mixture of lifeless chemicals spontaneously organized themselves into the first living cell.”

  2) Andrew Knoll, professor of biology, Harvard, said, “we don’t really know how life originated on this planet”.2 A minimal cell needs several hundred proteins. Even if every atom in the universe were an experiment with all the correct amino acids present for every possible molecular vibration in the supposed evolutionary age of the universe, not even one average-sized functional protein would form.

  So how did life with hundreds of proteins originate just by chemistry without intelligent design?
  
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  Evolution is a Fact - Index of Parts 1 - 40

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  #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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  Nimble duck

  WhatshallIcallmyself 5 hours ago

  "Me thinks "theory" is the right word and it was applied correctly" - Nimble Duck

  Do you think that may be because you are not aware that words have different definitions in science and other specialist fields. Have a look at this word: nomenclature. Google it...

  After that google supposition...

  Then look up what or means.
  

  or1

  ôr/

  conjunction

  conjunction: or

  1. 1.

     used to link alternatives.

     "a cup of tea or coffee"
  2. 2.

     introducing a synonym or explanation of a preceding word or phrase.

     "the espionage novel, or, as it is known in the trade, the thriller"
  3. 3.

     otherwise (used to introduce the consequences of something not being done or not being the case).

     "hurry up, or you'll miss it all"
  4. 4.

     introducing an afterthought, usually in the form of a question.

     "John's indifference—or was it?—left her unsettled"
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     literary

     either.

     "to love is the one way to know or God or man"

  
  

  sup·po·si·tion

  ˌsəpəˈziSH(ə)n/

  noun

  noun: supposition; plural noun: suppositions

  an uncertain belief.

  "they were working on the supposition that his death was murder"

  synonyms:belief, surmise, idea, notion, suspicion, conjecture, speculation, inference, theory, hypothesis, postulation, guess, feeling, hunch, assumption, presumption

  "her supposition is based on previous results"

  
  

  So evolution is a theory OR supposition. Take your pick. Either way, it's BS
  
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  Evolution is a Fact - Index of Parts 1 - 40

  by cofty in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  #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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  Nimble duck

  Perry, you are wasting your time with these people. Just read the stuff "Saename" posts. You want to try to reason with that?

  They hurl insults. They throw pseudoscience BS in your face. They write posts that fold in on themselves and then when you question their spin they tell you that you are stupid and act like babies.
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  Evolutionist on their deathbed.

  by Nimble duck in

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  i would really like to read the thoughts of an evolutionist as they lie on their deathbed.

  their "honest to nogod" thoughts.

  their terrors.

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  Nimble duck

  I cannot do the Vulcan mind meld like Leonard. I will just have to go on what the atheists here have offered.

  You must have read too many Watchtower and Awake magazines from the fear mongering Watchtower Corporation .
  

  You do realize this organization is a lying corrupt commercial fraud don't you ?

  Seems that the fink assumes much. No, finky, I am not a Watchtower supporter and I am not deluded. I want Watchtower to burn. Keep assuming though, it's the only way you can support the theory of evolution.

  ND,
  

  What is your motive/objective?

  Are you trying to use the fear of death to scare people into believing in an afterlife?

  Degree... were you "scared"?? Did my post scare you? I don't give a ratz azz what you believe. You also assume much... that I care what you believe. You can believe the Darwin fairy will put a bone under your pillow if you are a good boy all year. I can see you looking down your nose at me btw.

  Imagine the theist fearing eternity in hell?
  

  what an awful thought

  theists talk about this stuff to fluff up their egos. They laugh about others dying. Very "Christian".

  On the mark regarding hell. But, I hope you are not applying the last thought to me sir/madam. I will assume, in your favor, that your finger was pointing elsewhere.

  Confidence about what goes on in people's minds is a rare delusion seldom troubled by reason or evidence.
  

  Paired with the adolescent ability to taunt,..

  When insult passes itself off as reasoned commentary you just know the poster hasn't quite hit rock bottom.

  Your first statement is BS. Sorry. No other words for it. You made it up. Freud is frowning. And if you took insult, you did it on your own.

  ND,
  

  We understand how scary it is for you to confront & come to terms with your mortality..........it is the curse if consciousness so I know that it must be you who is squirming, squirming, squirming.

  Get over your self-importance ND & confront your mortality.

  Don't give in to the thread. I thought you were better than that. "self-importance"... don't point that finger at me.

  Your thread fails miserably.
  

  You presuppose, all evolutionists are atheists.

  You presuppose, what all those evolutionists who are all atheists, are thinking.

  I thought you were better than to accuse people of being 'uneducated' because they didn't agree with your viewpoint. Now, I think THAT is a presupposition. As far as my thread failing, well I would say a failed thread is one that doesn't push people to think or post their thoughts. Hey, even you posted here. So how can it be a "failed thread"?

  Most Christians accept the theory of evolution, and consider the book of Genesis as metaphorical, not literal history.
  

  If you stick around Nimble Duck, you might learn a few things here. But please don't troll; it makes Jehovah sad.

  The first statement is BS. Unfounded and wrong. As far as 'sticking around', you assume you know the facts. As far as "troll" is concerned, I am no more "sowing discord" than the atheists are who jump all over anyone who professes their still belief in God post Watchtower. As far as "Jehovah" is concerned, you assume I believe that is God's name, which I do not, and you have used it in a demeaning way to paint me as stupid, uneducated and deluded child of the Watchtower religion.

  Imagine being on your death bed after having been told for the past seventy years ...
  

  Interesting and true. It's got nothing to do with me, of course, but interesting in its own rite.
  

  @Nimble Duck: "I would really like to read the thoughts of an evolutionist as they lie on their deathbed."
  

  Well, Nimble Duck. You no longer need to read the thoughts when there is plenty of information available for militant athiests on their deathbeds. One such example is the late, great Christopher Hitchens... I suppose the only triumph one might consider of a last-minute conversion to Christianity is, at least the world will be losing another believer and not an atheist.

  I suppose the only triumph one might consider of a last-minute conversion to Christianity is, at least the world will be losing another believer and not an atheist.

  This was interesting. It was the first post that actually addressed the topic. I won't say that it allowed me into the deepest recesses of the atheist's mind on the deathbed, but it was on track. However, the final comment was crass. You know what you meant.

  I think my intent was clear. I wanted to point out that we all die. It's going to happen. Ignoring funeral plans because it's too difficult to cope with, due to your not really being sure of what you believe, is not a life plan.

  Lot's of people profess lots of stuff. Do they really believe it? The governing bastards profess lots of stuff. But they betray their stuff behind everyone's back. Big fat hippo critters. Plenty of dubs I know profess stuff. But they do that which demonstrates otherwise. I know Muslims who profess stuff and do otherwise when the Imam's not around. Same for Catholics and Protestants. And atheists.

  I can see a Catholic lying on their deathbed, or a JW, unsure of what they professed their whole life, because they really never believed it.

  But the Catholics aren't on here, shoving Catholicism down everyone's throat, criticizing those who refuse to gobble the gook.

  JW's are leaving the religion. They are finding this site and others. This site is becoming of no use in helping them. They come here and quickly learn that the only option in leaving the Watchtower BS religion is to become an atheist.

  And frankly evolutionists and atheists do not have the answers. And I recon that the bulk of them are as unsure of their beliefs as are the religionists. When push comes to shove.

  And the push is shoving hard when you are on the gurney with the tubes in.