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Misty: I assume you're talking to me here. I agree with what you say about science, and I love science. I don't understand your point about Piltdown, and to tell you the (embarassing) truth, I don't know what the shroud of Turin is. I also agree fully and especially with your last paragraph...

This is not the reference I had in mind, actually. I'll have to look this paper up, as well. Come to find out, my ref. was referring to this idea as applied to nucleic acids: "an otherwise achiral PNA strand can have its chirality fixed by the presence of an L- or D-lysine residue attached to...

Lucaspa: A definition of naturalism in my dictionary states: "Doctrine rejecting spiritual explanations of the world" among other things. It sounds atheistic to me, too. So it seems to me that the philosophy underlying evolutionary naturalism is perhaps bound with atheism. Just thoughts...

Hello all, I'm very sorry but I've been extremely bogged down lately and simply haven't been non-tired enough to participate in discussion. I'll try to catch up in a minute. Thanks for being patient! -Chase

Chickenman, A cell maintains homeostasis between it and its environment through diffusion with active and passive transport. We're not talking about proteins inside and produced by functioning cells--we're talking about little oligopeptides and forming polypeptides in the ocean. They're all...

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Ah! Exams are finally just about finished up! :) I still won't be able to post extremely frequently, but I do hope to get on here a little more. Are you there, SLPx? I don't believe that philosophical naturalism is the same thing as atheism, although I could be wrong on that point. However...

Boy, that took way too long. References: Bada, Jeffrey L., "Origins of Homochirality," Nature 374(6523):594-595, 13 April 1995. Bradley, David, "A New Twist in the Tale of Nature's Asymmetry," Science 264(5161):908, 13 May 1994. Clery, Daniel, and David Bradley, "Underhanded...

Rufus: You are quite right, chemical evolution is not a part of biological evolution--however, with a naturalistic framework, I believe it is necessary. At a meeting on homochirality in 1995, "Miller emphasized that the origin of life was synonymous with the origin of evolution [Bada...

Rufus, Truly, I consider chemical evolution the weakest point, perhaps because that's what I enjoy studying the most. I believe it is inconceivable that life could have arisen, for various reasons. I do believe there are a great number solutions possible, however. But even at that, when I...

Hey SLPx, Good to see you again. My position may be slightly modified from what mine was then, but I would enjoy picking it up. However, as I've stated time and again, I will not personally 'take on' a whole group. With my discussion with Quetzal, three people suddenly came in towards the...

Lucaspa, Thank you very much for replying to my post--I do appreciate it. And it's good to know someone who has a Ph.D in biochemistry. However, I would like to say that your attitude turned me off somewhat. As a matter of fact, I did read the paper, I photocopied it. It had been a long time...

Rufus, Thank you for your offer. The college in my town has a very good library, and I can find most of my literature there. I also have a subscription to Scientific American, and read the articles that interest me in Nature and the like at the college. However, we do not carry the Journal of...

Rufus and Jerry, Thank you for providing an intelligent response to my points. I am going to re-read a couple of the articles I have (including a new article by Joyce published this December I photocopied). I will get back to you within a couple of days. School starts tomorrow, and exams are...