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    Any arguments against the creationists' argument that genetic info. can't increase?

    The purpose of the one article was only to show that there is an informational content in DNA. That is all. Way back at the beginning of this thread there seemed to be a dispute if information could even be defined. The article was sort of a starting point that information even exists. What I...
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    Any arguments against the creationists' argument that genetic info. can't increase?

    "Ok you say Information can be measured. Of these two, who has more info 1)0100001101100001011011100010000001111001011011110111010100100000011011010110010101100001011100110111010101110010011001010010000001101001011011100110011001101111...
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    Any arguments against the creationists' argument that genetic info. can't increase?

    “I'm confused by your argument. Are you using the definition of information as the minimal number of bits required to describe any string? If so, that means the more random the string, the more information it has. Occurring to that definition, information has increased since nearly every...
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    Any arguments against the creationists' argument that genetic info. can't increase?

    We are dealing with assembly instructions coded into DNA with an alphabet. If evolution is going forward anywhere then new assembly instructions are needed to assemble new products that have new functions. Over time there is an increase in information and some things will just be more complex...
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    Any arguments against the creationists' argument that genetic info. can't increase?

    3000 M bases at two bits per base means 6 Gbits right? That was my original estimate for information storage capacity for we big brained humans. Maybe the lung fish has more genetic information, so what? If it has more (or less) it is still more (or less) which is the whole point. Information...
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    Any arguments against the creationists' argument that genetic info. can't increase?

    The purpose of citing the article was to show that genetic information can be measured
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    Any arguments against the creationists' argument that genetic info. can't increase?

    “How do we measure the complexity of the sequence?” Complexity can be measured in BITS. A simple measure would be the length of the sequence. A longer sequence would be more complex, assuming the code does not have some sort of repeat command. Information is conveyed using symbols or an...
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    Any arguments against the creationists' argument that genetic info. can't increase?

    DREAMITER “Perhaps even more interestingly, if you google "genetic information" not a single hit defines the term in a way that could be used to define how much information is held in a particular string of DNA. This is key because if you want to compare the amount of information in one...
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    Any arguments against the creationists' argument that genetic info. can't increase?

    Information can be defined and there is branch of mathematics called information theory. Google information theory and you will see. Not only that but information can be measured, can increase, and decrease. Protein sequences have an informational content. The more complex the sequence...
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    Is "Intelligent Design" just another name for...

    These threads take on a life of their own but nevertheless the OP seems to ask the question: is there a difference between creationism and Intelligent Design? Creationism can be defined simply as the belief in a Creator. This is rooted in the Bible and a creationist points to the Bible as...
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    Why Are We Here?

    "Why Are We Here? If God already knew the history of the world before he created it, why do we exist? No doubt I'm grateful to be here (at least I think I'm real and not just a thought of God), but it has always puzzled me why God would create us if he already knew everything...
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    Jesus the Christ?

    " Now if someone could explain very plainly about Elijah and John the Baptist being the same person. Please address the scriptures: Matt. 17:3; Luke 9:30; and Mark 9:4-5. Also address Malachi 4:5-6 and how John the Baptist fulfilled this prophesy, and John 1:21 where JtB states he is not...
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    Jesus the Christ?

    "Good answer on the lineage. However, wouldn't that make David a false prophet? He said that Solomon's line would rule forever. And could you expand on the curse a bit more... just for reference. I like where you're headed with this so far" I'll jump in here if its OK. The Lord Jesus has the...
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    Is Jesus Still In His Physical-Resurrected Body?

    Its always the season, He is the resurrection.
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    Is Jesus Still In His Physical-Resurrected Body?

    Is Jesus Still In His Physical-Resurrected Body? We sing this song to the tune of "Oh Come all Ye Faithful" The first verse goes like this: There's a Man in the glory Whose Life is for me. He's pure and He's Holy, triumphant and free. He's wise and He's loving, How tender is He. His life in...
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    why we do not believe secular scientists

    "So you agree that the scientists haven't actually found evidence for the Genesis Flood, and that your position on the Genesis Flood isn't made any sounder by their findings, right?" No I don't agree. In the OP there is a mention of evidence of some giant flood action. For all I know this may...
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    why we do not believe secular scientists

    P{-400,000K BC < (GBWE) < -4K BC} = 1 P means probability BWE means big water event, GBWE means Genesis flood. K = 1000 years BC means before Christ if P{x} = 1, then x is a sure event "The same guys who say this is a "Big Water Event" are also saying that it was two floods 450,000 years...
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    why we do not believe secular scientists

    Shern, All I am saying is that, according to what I read in the article in the OP there is evidence of some Big Water Events (BWE) that happened a long time ago. Whether there was one flood or two, 4K or 400K years ago does not matter to me. IOW P(-400K BC < (BWE) < -4K BC ) = 1 M
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    why we do not believe secular scientists

    "Too bad scientists don't realize catastrophes occur in the present. Geez, they're so busy doing experiments they don't realize we have catastrophic floods, hurricanes, etc now." The people/scientists mentioned in the OP DO realize that in the past there were catastrophic floods
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    why we do not believe secular scientists

    This is what I understand uniformitarianism to mean. Shalom Uniformitarianism, in the philosophy of science, is the assumption that the natural processes operating in the past are the same as those that can be observed operating in the present. Its methodological significance is frequently...