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Originally Posted by Indiana  Teach what else exactly? There's no competing theories to evolution with the slightest bit of evidence to support them. All creationists can do is point to the tiny gaps in our understanding of the universe and declare the void to be the work of God. Pointing to a creator is not an explanation for anything however it's just a cop out. |
In the Glen Beck video Ben Stein said this:
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[Lightnining] struck a mud puddle and out of that mud puddle came a fully equipped Boeing 747, because a human cell or a plant cell or a frog cell has hundreds of thousands of very complicated moving parts all of which have to work together in exact synchronization with each other to build the cell, repair the cell, and reproduce the cell. Darwin thought it was just Jello™ inside the cell.
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People that have no understanding of the molecular mechanisms that make life possible find it very easy to accept evolution because in the observable world we can see clear indisputable evidence proving that evolution is a fact. However, a big problem develops once you start trying to apply evolution to biochemistry and genetics. The massive amount of complexity housed in each living cell is ridiculously explained as being produced by natural selection working through random chance. Current biological science has identified perfectly calibrated molecular machines that have redundant systems as backups should something go wrong. How does random chance, even given billions of years, produce a machine capable of repairing and replicating itself? This is really what all living things are, machines made from molecules much more complex than the plastics, metals, and alloys we use to make machines. Evolution says over a very long period of time, through trial and error, these machines were made step by step. Unfortunately, there are systems in organisms that could not have come into existence in a step by step process. This is know as irreductable complexity. For those that would actually like to become educated about this subject and see an actual SCIENTIFIC basis for ID, I invite you to read
Darwin's Black Box by biochemist Michael Behe. It is not a long read but it may shake your faith (lol) in atheism. This is not some preachy religious book. It is Dr. Behe's work written so that normal people can read and understand it. I haven't checked to see if there is a thread about this in the Book forum, but if not I will add it.