Where to start with this post I found.....

The argument FOR Creationism:
A single base strand of DNA for all organisms proves creation by design
DNA is a code any code has to be written it obviously cannot evolve in code form.
End of thread if you want it explained in full, PM I would be glad to explain but its
be done to death on here before so lets not bore the forum again.
And by the way unlike some I dont just say anything is bollocks without having looked in to it and studied it for years, But thats just me.
This chap is serious, too. He goes on to add:
Because I have researched and studied the fossil records.
Researched and studied The Geologic column and the geologic strata in the ground.
Researched and studied Micro and Macro evolution.
Researched and studied Archaeology, Etc,Etc
So after studying it you make a intellectual decision to which is truth Creation or Evolution.
There is thousands and thousands of years of evidence for us to do this with.
If people wouldnt have studied and looked at things we wouldnt have had all the major breakthroughs
in history they could have just been like you and said oh fuck it we cant find anything.
You can stand by anything you like mush I know what I beleive and it aint what somebody told me.
'Kin 'ell......
How can not believing in something that is backed up with no empirical evidence be less scientific than believing in something that not only has no empirical evidence but actually goes against the laws of the universe and in many cases actually contradicts itself? - Ricky Gervais
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That's hilarious. And kinda
That's hilarious. And kinda sad.
Abu, where did you find this ?
The 'DNA is a code' argument
The 'DNA is a code' argument has been around a few years, he was almost certainly told it or heard it, so he is lying or fooling himself if he reckons he came up with it himself, I think.
It really isn't a code in the sense we use the term, where we match one set of unrelated symbols to another. A good 'designed' code is one where there is no hint of what a given code symbol might decode to.
DNA is the opposite - there is a direct physical/chemical match between the 'code' and the peptide molecule it 'codes' for, that's how it works, what allowed the DNA system to evolve. A designed code would require a far more complex, specifically designed decoding system, rather than a simple system where the matching molecule is most attracted to, most strongly tends to stick to, the matching 'code' sequence.
It is only called a code because the code sequence and the molecule it codes for are clearly different structures, and the connection between the code and what it codes for is pretty strong, ie it rarely grabs the wrong molecule. So it displays some of the things we see in a human designed code. It is inevitable that some literal-minded people took the metaphor seriously.
This doesn't prove it wasn't designed, but it would need a far more complex relationship between the code and what it codes for to be evidence for intelligent design.
Favorite oxymorons: Gospel Truth, Rational Supernaturalist, Business Ethics, Christian Morality
"Theology is now little more than a branch of human ignorance. Indeed, it is ignorance with wings." - Sam Harris
The path to Truth lies via careful study of reality, not the dreams of our fallible minds - me
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I'm sorry, I can't
I'm sorry, I can't concentrate on the content because of the wholesale butchering of English spelling and grammar.
That argument is foolish.
That argument is foolish. As Bob said, it all has to do with affinity. Every molecule in the body, obviously including nucleotides, have an affinity to bind with some things and not others.
Affinity for another molecule/cell/nucleotide/etc is not entirely specific. Case in point, genetic mutation. In lay terms, the attraction between each nucleotide is not absolute. Free radicals and mutagens have the power to single handedly change a DNA sequence, and thus create a different code. The new code, with just one small change, has extremely different results.
DNA formation is so simply explained in physiology and science in general that I find it hard to believe someone could misconstrue it this badly.
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You have to promise not to tell. You better not be crossing your fingers! Seriously, now.......
OK. When I was a young and foolish chap I mixed with a rough crowd (Football hooligans, namely West Ham United "Who are ya!"
and I have kept in touch with a couple of them through the miracles of the Internet. I'm certainly NOT giving you the URL to the Forum, but it's not hard to find, just hard to access as you need to be vouched for due to OB snooping and such.
Anyway, he's an ex-thug who now studies DNA and religion. Very poorly, if I'm any judge.
And he's just posted this in answer to my snarkiness:
Me: There are so many holes in the theist argument that you could make a rather large tea bag out of it and have an elephant's tea party. You'd need a lot of tea, some big cups with disproportionately large handles and a napkin of epic proportions but the elephants would like it and it would make a lovely tale for the grandkids.
Him: There are not holes in the theory of evolution they are massive craters.
All evidence points to creation, Study DNA if you dont beleive me., Study
The fossil record,Study the Geologic Column and the laws of Thermodynamics actually support Creation, not Evolution
Oh, this is going to be fun!
How can not believing in something that is backed up with no empirical evidence be less scientific than believing in something that not only has no empirical evidence but actually goes against the laws of the universe and in many cases actually contradicts itself? - Ricky Gervais
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As always, Bob, you outshine my pathetic attempts at a coherent argument so well it would almost be worth just posting what I find and let you have at it.
I'd look much cleverer then. It's a shame I don't have the necessary willpower to hold my tongue.
How can not believing in something that is backed up with no empirical evidence be less scientific than believing in something that not only has no empirical evidence but actually goes against the laws of the universe and in many cases actually contradicts itself? - Ricky Gervais