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|    bfh to sticks    |
|    Re: OT Truth (2/2)    |
|    23 Nov 24 15:36:33    |
      [continued from previous message]              > microbiological geometry of amino acids and a search for the        > probability of creating a protein by mindless chance as specified by        > evolution. Hubert Yockey published a monograph on the microbiology,        > information theory, and mathematics necessary to accomplish that feat.       > Accordingly, the probability of evolving one molecule of        > iso-1-cytochrome c, a small protein common in plants and animals, is        > an astounding one chance in 2.3 times ten billion vigintillion. The        > magnitude of this impossibility may be appreciated by realizing that        > ten billion vigintillion is one followed by 75 zeros. Or to put it in        > evolutionary terms, if a random mutation is provided every second from       > the alleged birth of the universe, then to date that protein molecule        > would be only 43% of the way to completion. Yockey concluded, "The        > origin of life by chance in a primeval soup is impossible in        > probability in the same way that a perpetual motion machine is        > impossible in probability."       >        > To have a little fun on this, Mastropaolo says famed atheist and        > supporter of evolutionary theory Richard Dawkins agreed when he        > states, “Suppose we want to suggest, for instance, that life began        > when both DNA and its protein-based replication machinery        > spontaneously chanced to come into existence. We can allow ourselves        > the luxury of such an extravagant theory, provided that the odds        > against this coincidence occurring on a planet do not exceed 100        > billion billion to one." The 100 billion billion is 10^20. So        > Dawkins' own criterion for impossible in probability, one chance in        > more than 10^20, has been exceeded by 50 orders of magnitude for only        > one molecule of one small protein. Now that Professor Dawkins has        > joined the ranks of non-believers in evolution, politesse forbids        > inquiring whether he considers himself "ignorant, stupid, insane, or        > wicked."       >        > It gets even more mathematically impossible in the rest of the        > article, but I’ll let you read that on your own and only make one        > last cite. “Life was designed. It did not evolve. The certainty of        > these conclusions is 10^4,478,296 (1 followed by 4,478,296 zeros) to        > one.†These numbers are not refuted, they simply get ignored.       >        > There are so many tasks proteins do in the cell, it hard to fathom.        > It is the scope of what I am trying to get across, but they are so        > numerous it is mind boggling. I haven't even touched on the fact that        > every cell contains the "information" necessary to perform its        > function, DNA, and the fact that the energy necessary to form the DNA        > was unavailable. All of these different processes and actions have        > “chicken-or-egg problems evolutionists must confront.†The        > precise size and shape of each folded protein is a perfect example        > with how it managed to form that way in the first place. How did       > lifeless, brainless amino acids form a protein, folded in the perfect        > shape to do a specific task, at a specific location in the body, in        > enough quantity, at just the right time?       >        > I'll give three specific examples of this next I think you'll like,        > and they all reside within the cell.              You seem to be leaning heavily toward intelligent design. Where do you        speculate that the intelligent designer came from?              --        bill       Theory don't mean squat if it don't work.              --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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