Reading Time: 2 minutes Research from the University of Tokyo has “provided the first empirical evidence that simple biological molecules can lead to the emergence of complex lifelike systems” as they created an RNA molecule that “replicates, diversifies, and develops complexity, following Darwinian evolution.” This is the holy grail of naturalism—abiogenesis—not the diversification of life itself but the start […]
DNA
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Responding to “DNA is a Program, and Programs Demand a Programmer”
Reading Time: 5 minutes Apologists tell us that DNA is more than mere information; it’s a program, and God is the programmer
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New DNA study tells us that we’re barely human at all
Reading Time: 4 minutes Today, Lord Snow Presides over the many, many facets of our humanity — and the messy DNA that makes us so.
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Did God Give You Kidney Stones?
Reading Time: 6 minutes I would like to introduce you to Matthew Sabatine who will contribute a few pieces that can also be found on his own blog – details below. Over to him: DNA is often given supernatural attributes and its uniqueness is often hard to separate from God as an origin. I have witnessed this understanding many […]
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Of all the best dog videos in all the world, this one is right up there
Reading Time: < 1 minute Here’s yet another video that shows why so many of us like dogs so much. Only all those other ones pale in comparison.
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My Ancestry and DNA Analysis
Reading Time: < 1 minute This recently came up in discussion so I thought I’d post results from my DNA analysis that took place a few years ago. When it was first analysed, I had ancestry that stretched across to Western Europe and beyond. Here was my analysis from a few years ago: Europe West 39% Great Britain 23% Ireland/Scotland/Wales 19% Iberian […]
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“DNA is a Program, and Programs Demand a Programmer”: a Response
Reading Time: 4 minutes Science rarely lines up for the benefit of the Christian apologist . . . but is this one of those cases? DNA dictates how to make living cells, which are very complicated. DNA works like software. Is it evidence of God the programmer?
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Oldest Hominin DNA Sequenced: Mitochondrial Genome of a 400,000-Year-Old Hominin from Spain Decoded
Reading Time: 3 minutes Using novel techniques to extract and study ancient DNA researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, have determined an almost complete mitochondrial genome sequence of a 400,000-year-old representative of the genus Homo from Sima de los Huesos, a unique cave site in Northern Spain, and found that it is related to the mitochondrial genome of Denisovans, extinct relatives of Neandertals in Asia. DNA this old has until recently been retrieved only from the permafrost.
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Frank Turek’s Criminally Bad C.R.I.M.E.S. Argument: Information
Reading Time: 4 minutes Apologist Frank Turek argues that information in DNA is evidence of God, but he picks the worst possible animal as an example.
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New Research Backs Genetic ‘Switches’ in Human Evolution
Reading Time: 3 minutes I thought this might be topical, given new commenter Joseph’s (a JW) predilection for evolution illiteracy whilst simultaneously claiming intellectual victory over an evolutionary biologist and other’s complete pwnage of him. It is actually sad seeing psychology deny a person reality, because that is what is happening. Perseverance bias feeding confirmation bias, predicted by cognitive dissonance makes for pitiful reading. I wonder how his creationism both predicts these results and explains them?!