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What about the DNA evidence?

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I provided evidence for my point of view that theory of Evolution can not account for life as we noted.

Please provide your own evidence for your own belief in evolution.
 
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DEBUNKED! Here: Are the Odds Against the Origin of Life Too Great to Accept? (Addendum B to Review of David Foster's The Philosophical Scientists)
 
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I provided evidence for my point of view that theory of Evolution can not account for life as we noted.

No, you didn't. Evolution does not violate the 2nd law of thermodynamics, and you have not presented a single piece of evidence demonstrating that it does. You also continually confuse the origin of life with the evolution of life. They aren't the same thing.

Please provide your own evidence for your own belief in evolution.

Already did.

We have the evidence:

"First, the distribution of provirus-containing loci among taxa dates the insertion. Given the size of vertebrate genomes (>1 × 10^9 bp) and the random nature of retroviral integration (22, 23), multiple integrations (and subsequent fixation) of ERV loci at precisely the same location are highly unlikely (24). Therefore, an ERV locus shared by two or more species is descended from a single integration event and is proof that the species share a common ancestor into whose germ line the original integration took place (14)."
Constructing primate phylogenies from ancient retrovirus sequences

We share over 200,000 retroviral insertions with chimps at exactly the same location in each of our genomes. With ERV's alone, we have over 200,000 pieces of evidence.
 
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Loudmouth etc. Why are guys you like you are so intent to coming to every Christian Internet discussion group that I find, and trying to push and sell Evolution to Christians? Don't you have any other things, like the pursuit of Happiness, or helping people in need, or play your favorite music or games, etc. etc., Is your life so dull that you must push evolution upon us, whom believe in God, who is the author of all life, in our views. We believe in God, we look forward to eternal life, the good life. The only thing evolution it accomplish is to informs those who believe in it, that they will die, and nobody will care, you just a critter that dies, and no more. Make the most of your time on Earth, enjoy what time you may have, spend your time well. You might die tomorrow, you wasted telling other people they die and live no more. Stop trying to make people miserable, telling them death is all there is, and then we are no more. I'm sure you can do better things with your life than being a harbinger of death.

Farewell to ye, my best wishes for you and your friends for a good life.
 
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I provided evidence for my point of view that theory of Evolution can not account for life as we noted.

Please provide your own evidence for your own belief in evolution.

No, you didn't. You provided a series of quote mines. Quote mining is a form of lying. Now I am not accusing you directly of lying because I know that you did not make up those lies and may be ignorant of the fact that you were repeating lies. The fact is that the source that you got those quote mines from was lying and they knew it.

You also seem to be a bit suspicious of them since you did not give the source of your quotes.

In an internet debate a quote where you list what book it supposedly came from is not good enough. You must provide a link to the actual source of your quote so that we may go and check for ourselves. That rule applies to everyone, not just to creationists. If say "There is no God" directly quoted from the Bible that is not good enough. I must provide a link to the chapter and verse so that people can see if my claim is true (it is) and if it was quoted in context (it wasn't). See, I can quote mine too, but I will be honest when I quote mine and tell you what I am doing.

So if you want to make any of your claims please provide proper links.

I will gladly point out that you are quote mining and therefore passing on falsehoods if you fail to do so.
 
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Loudmouth etc. Why are guys you so intent to coming to every Christian Internet discussion group that I find, and trying to push and sell Evolution to Christians?

It is the creationist faction within christianity that is trying to sabotage science education in this country.


Play the persecution card, then ignore the evidence. Predictable.
 
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We do this because Christians have tried to get their nonsense taught in public schools.

Public education is a place where only demonstrably scientific based ideas, such as evolution, can be taught. Religious beliefs not based upon fact cannot be taught there. Your people crossed the line first. Do you complain about that?
 
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It is the creationist faction within christianity that is trying to sabotage science education in this country.



Play the persecution card, then ignore the evidence. Predictable.

No No- I do not feel a bit of persecution at all. I just don't believe your posts as being true.

I know God, I Love God, My true Father, and He loves me, and I long for Him. All of God's people will come to Him, and He will receive them.
 
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No No- I do not feel a bit of persecution at all. I just don't believe your posts as being true.

Then let's approach this a different way. Why don't you tell me what DNA evidence you would need to see in order to accept that humans share a common ancestor with chimps. What type of shared genetic marker would you need to see? What type of divergence between genes would you need to see?

I know God, I Love God, My true Father, and He loves me, and I long for Him. All of God's people will come to Him, and He will receive them.

Many biologists believe the same thing, and they also accept evolution as a well supported and solid theory.

If you want to read more about the DNA evidence for evolution from someone who shares your beliefs about God, then I would strongly suggest you read this essay.

http://www.asa3.org/ASA/PSCF/2003/PSCF9-03Collins.pdf

It is written by Dr. Francis Collins who was the head scientist on the NIH funded human genome project. He was also recently appointed as Director of the NIH, which makes him the top biologist at the top funding institute.
 
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No No- I do not feel a bit of persecution at all. I just don't believe your posts as being true.

I know God, I Love God, My true Father, and He loves me, and I long for Him. All of God's people will come to Him, and He will receive them.

Art, like many that have come before you, you have been exposed.
 
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No No- I do not feel a bit of persecution at all. I just don't believe your posts as being true.

I know God, I Love God, My true Father, and He loves me, and I long for Him. All of God's people will come to Him, and He will receive them.

Why don't you think that Loudmouth's posts are true? I can tell you that he is far more honest than most creationists. He does not practice using quote mines nor strawman arguments, the two chief methods of lying of the creationist.

Scientists don't need to lie since the truth seems to be on our side. Sadly the same cannot be said about most creationists and it is easy to show that almost all creationist sites lie to get their "message" across.
 
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So you intent is to censor Christian and others who believe in an eternal living being who created all that we see. But the truth is you embraced the mind set of secular humanism and you are a priest of that religion.

There is always a good reason, and there is a real reason.

My best wishes for a more meaning and happiness for your life.
 
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So you intent is to censor Christian and others who believe in an eternal living being who created all that we see.

We are only here to show that it isn't science and doesn't belong in a publicly funded science class per the 1st Amendement.

You are completely free to teach creationism in church, at home, or at private schools. No one is going to stop you, nor do any of us have any inclination to stop you.

But the truth is you embraced the mind set of secular humanism and you are a priest of that religion.

You are projecting.
 
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What is stopping christians from not learning about the creation story?
 
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What is stopping christians from not learning about the creation story?

Sometimes I think creationists forget that there are these places where children are free to attend. In fact, these places don't even charge a fee for attending, and are even open on the weekends. They are called churches.

Why creationists don't know about these places is beyond me, but apparently they think that they only place that a child can learn anything is in a public school science class.
 
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Goodbye, tis the season, Merry Christmas for all, and I have things to do. Bye, Bye.

Goodbye, baby, bye bye
Goodbye, baby, bye bye
Goodbye, baby, bye bye
I'm gonna leave you now

Goodbye, baby, bye bye
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Johnny's going away

It's Christ-mas time!

Happy Greetings to all! And a Happy New Year!
 
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No, if creationists want their views taught they can do so if they successfully go through all of the hoops that the theory of evolution has gone through. Just because Adam and Eve is an entertaining story is not a good enough reason to include it in a school science lesson.
 
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My education was in Public schools.

BTW, why are you here with your gloom of impending eternal death! Kind of a morbid guy, eh!
 
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