God guides evolution. It is true. He doesn't use that immense power to stop the molestation of children. He is useless- Silentbuddah
Yes I agree and he's a bastard arsehole too.
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.
God guides evolution. It is true. He doesn't use that immense power to stop the molestation of children. He is useless- Silentbuddah
Yes I agree and he's a bastard arsehole too.
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.
Kate, IMO the main thing is that you except evolution. If your not ready to give up God that's cool. - Scary
Thanks for your post, and your acceptance of my beliefs and conclusions.
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.
How do we tell the difference between good old fashioned natural selection and guided natural selection? And wouldn't we need a mechanism to distinguish between the two before we could conclude our evolution was guided? - coded logic
Why do we need to tell the difference? What we need to draw any conclusions is satisfying evidence. What satisfies one person, does not satisfy another.
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.
I couldn't be anymore specific. - Giles
No you couldn't. If you want to you could do a bit of learning about the details in the OP and then formulate a specific question for me to challenge me or prove me wrong.
But it doesn't matter, cofty has made a specific point to challenge my conclusions and to try and prove me wrong. He is pretty straight forward about wanting to provide proof. I don't have a problem with that.
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.
I will not be phoning you to discuss it, not because I am not genuine, but firstly the discussion was happening here and, secondly, I am a married man trying to fade therefore making surreptitious phone calls to ladies my wife does not know is not high on my agenda of risks to take. You might have phone conversations with others, like cantleave, but that's under very different circumstances for you both. - K99
That's totally understandable. In fact I have just a debate with cantleave this morning on the phone. Thanks for showing a genuine interest, I am enjoying this thread.
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.
Did you ever read the paper I linked for you months ago? - cofty
Yes and I responded every time you have posted a link to it, but you must have missed my posts
Autocatalysis makes it inevitable that if there is the slightest difference in the balance of chiral products then you will get 999 heads out of a thousand. No guidance required.- cofty
The chemistry is correct, but you have drawn your conclusion based limited chemistry, In amino acids, alanine for example the slight difference in balance is always in the l-enantiomer e.g
So autocatalysis always occurs one way in Alanine. However in racemic mixtures such as thelidomide, even though there is a slight imbalance autcatalysis does not occur. And both the enantiomers are formed. e.g.
Since the 70's I am sure chemists found ways to isolate the mutagenic d-enantiomer probably with autocatalysis. So Soai highly likely was not the first to discover autocatalysis in 1995.
Other racemic copounds exist such as methanol, ketamine, camphor and tartaric acid. All of which do not have a refractive index of zero all the time. Refractive index is a way to measure chirality using a polorimeter, the l-enantiomers and d-enantiomers rotate in different directions. And when racemic mixtures are measured they are usually slightly positive or negative, but no autocatalysis occurs. So the probability that autocatalysis in alanine to always form the l-enantiomer is guided is high for me.
Do you understand the implications of autocatalysis and how it results in exponential growth? - Cofty
Yes. Do you understand not all enantiomeric compounds are homochiral and racemic mixtures also have slight differences in balance of the stereo ismoers?
This so-called problem was solved by Kenso Soai in 1995. Why have you totally ignored his work in this thread? - Cofty
I have referred to it in other threads and you didn't see my responses. You often say people have ignored you or not responded when in fact you just missed their posts. Only you, me and cantleave on this forum have read it. You're using it to confirm your bias, I am using it to confirm my bias, and cantleave doesn't think it's proof of anything and he is still an atheist.
By the way, if anyone on this thread want to read it post a request for a link and me or cofty will supply it.
cofty, did Soai specifically write his paper to solve the problem of the existence of a creator, or did he write the paper because he wanted to explain how homochirality and chiral compounds are formed and are different?
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.
Thanks guys for all your responses. Nice to have some cheerleaders. I will answer cofty first and then reply to as many of you a possible.
if god is the creator, who created god or how did he evolve?.
If God is the Creator, who created God or how did he evolve?
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.
Giles you are not being specific. I explained my conclusion and they didn't feel it was an explanation. But I did. My OP explains my conclusions to my satisfaction. If it doesn't satisfy some people that's okay.
I only started this thread because K99 asked me a question. So I answered it. We have both been here for a while and had lot's of communication. We are online friends and respect each other.
I think I have answered everyone to my satisfaction.
Simon, if I am annoying you or irritating you in any way feel free to lock or delete the thread.
I am logging off now, so if anyone else has anymore questions or points I will reply next time I am online.
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.
If you come to opposite different conclusions based on the evidence. That invalidates using that evidence for any conclusion. - cyberjesus
This is true, and evidence is subjective too, some people see things as evidence that others do not. I base my conclusions on what I see as evidence. Some people agree with me and some don't. I don't think anybody's conclusion is definitive though, especially not mine.