Evolution via random mutations is impossible

[tas8831]

A treasure trove of silliness...

Are you claiming to be unaware that the human genome is less functional over time because of damaging mutations?

Evidence please.

You know that we have ways of getting rid of damaging mutations, right?

Or are you claiming almost all mutations that are not neutral are not damaging?

See above.
Also remember that recent experimental evidence has shown that beneficial mutations are much more common than previously thought.

And yet this is just hypothesis, not actual observational data.

You mean Middle Eastern mating with Middle Eastern creates Asian and African and Nordic?

New Research Suggests at Least 75% of The Human Genome Is Junk DNA After All

"The rationale for Graur's model is based on the way mutations creep into DNA, and how as a species we weed these mutations out for the benefit of all.

These kinds of genetic variants, called deleterious mutations, appear in our genome over time, subtly shifting or reordering the four chemical bases that make up DNA – adenine, cytosine, guanine and thymine – in parts of our genetic code.

When mutations take place in junk DNA, they're considered neutral – since that genetic code doesn't do anything, anyway – but when mutations occur to our functional, defining DNA, they can often be harmful and even ultimately lethal, as they mess up the instructions that code for healthy tissue and biological processes.

On that basis, it's better for our evolutionary prospects if less of our DNA is functional, because less of it is then exposed to the risk of mutation and the increased chances of early death it invites."

But you want the exact opposite to be true, and to increase the chances of survival, when fact dictates the opposite. The more mutations occur over time, the more chances the species will die out due to damaging mutations.

It is so awesome - and hilarious - when a creationist is so desperate to prop up their personal pet notions that they will unwittingly undercut a MAJOR premise of the greater creationist movement! Thanks!

But wait - he does it again!

Hmm, a built in correction routine to repair those mutations you want to be the cause of everything. Imagine that.

Those mutations that creationists tell us are due to God's CURSE upon humanity for all time!

So I am having trouble with this - God curses all humanity to extinction via mutation (how nice!), but He also created a few genetic mechanisms to correct those same mutations.

Seems a little.... Schizoid...And cruel.

But thanks for undercutting 2 creationist canards in one post!

 

[Tayla]

How about assuming nothing is random, but all planned and engineered by an infinitely intelligent designer?

There are three implications I can think of from your view (perhaps there are others I haven't thought of):

1. The supremely good divine God created viscous carnivores who ruthlessly and savagely eat other animals alive causing tremendous distress, fear, pain, and suffering.
2. After the fall of Adam, incredibly rapid random naturalistic evolution occurred creating the aforementioned creatures.
3. Or, similar to the previous, Satan designed and somehow fashioned all the bad organisms that do such bad things. This implies he was nearly as intelligent and powerful as God.

 

[SkyWriting]

There are three implications I can think of from your view (perhaps there are others I haven't thought of):

1. The supremely good divine God created viscous carnivores who ruthlessly and savagely eat other animals alive causing tremendous distress, fear, pain, and suffering.
2. After the fall of Adam, incredibly rapid random naturalistic evolution occurred creating the aforementioned creatures.
3. Or, similar to the previous, Satan designed and somehow fashioned all the bad organisms that do such bad things. This implies he was nearly as intelligent and powerful as God.

Consider that animals with the Spirit of God are the only animals with Souls that even are concerned about pain or dying.

I understand that billions of bacteria will live and die agonizing deaths in our guts, but your concern is for the forms of life with big bamby eyes. I don't find your argument for animals or all life forms to be convincing.

Or are you only an advocate for your favorites?

I had a very much loved family dog die in my hands, but at no time did I ever consider her human or to have a soul. I miss her, but she was just a dog. She has no eternal soul for me to worry over. She couldn't breath, and I let her pass.

 

[Tayla]

Consider that animals with the Spirit of God are the only animals with Souls that even are concerned about pain or dying.

I understand that billions of bacteria will live and die agonizing deaths in our guts, but your concern is for the forms of life with big bamby eyes. I don't find your argument for animals or all life forms to be convincing.

Or are you only an advocate for your favorites?

I had a very much loved family dog die in my hands, but at no time did I ever consider her human or to have a soul. I miss her, but she was just a dog. She has no eternal soul for me to worry over. She couldn't breath, and I let her pass.

Bacteria do not have brains nor pain receptors, nor are they conscious as dogs are. Bacteria do not die agonizing deaths.

Whether or not a creature has eternal life after death should not affect how we treat them. Dogs are very concerned with pain. We should not inflict pain upon conscious creatures.

 

[SkyWriting]

Bacteria do not have brains nor pain receptors, nor are they conscious as dogs are. Bacteria do not die agonizing deaths.
Whether or not a creature has eternal life after death should not affect how we treat them. Dogs are very concerned with pain. We should not inflict pain upon conscious creatures.

I'm pretty sure that bacteria dies agonizing deaths, even if their
suffering is tiny, compared to yours. Ahd there are billions of them.
I;m sure that fish suffer, but Jesus had no problem with netting them.
Who knows how much cattle suffer so we can burger them.
Milk cows are kept pregnant so they produce milk all year round
then we slaughter the offspring for veal. And giving birth is no joy for cows.