Atheism 40.DNA is far too complex... |
DNA is not an enigma - yes it contains loads of information and it is hard to see how all that information got in there,but it doesn't need a designing hand to do it. | |||
DNA is made from simpler molecules,base acids.
These molecules are themselves made up of basic chemical elements forged in stars.
The elements Nitrogen,Carbon,Hydrogen and Oxygen
are not enigmas, we know they came to be. We know from chemical
bonding and valency
that these will be attracted to each other. Theists have asked me 'How does an atom KNOW which other atom
to join to?' - This is a misunderstanding. Valency is what
determines what atoms can join to others,it is the rule of how
atoms join they do not need someone to join them or determine
which ones join together. Once you have DNA then you can make cells,once you have cells,evolution makes organisms
more and more complex -
there is no place for any God to play a part.
If left to theist notions we have a non-explanation - only
science has the real explanation. Scientists have reproduced
what they think happened to create the Amino acid bases
with the Miller-Urey
experiment and managed to show how the basis for DNA was
created.
"If any man there be who, not content to rest in and use the knowledge which has already been discovered, aspires to penetrate further... to seek... certain and demonstrable knowledge," Bacon says in Novum Organum, "I invite all such to join themselves, as true sons of knowledge, with me, that passing by the outer courts of nature... we may find a way at length into her inner chambers." Bacon regularly summons his sons of knowledge to an aggressive male wooing of female nature's secrets. When nature proves approachable, stern science treats her well, deciphering her mysteries and imposing order and reason; when she resists, he puts her on the rack. "I am come in very truth leading to you nature with all her children to bind her to your service and make her your slave,"Bacon says in The Masculine Birth of Time. In Advancement of Learning, he comments, "You have but to follow and as it were hound nature in her wanderings, and you will be able, when you like, to lead and drive her afterwards to the same place again." The historical identification of science with male domination is an enduring one. in the metaphor, masculine science and feminine nature often produce offspring." Whilst on the subject of NATURE - theists seem to think they know what is NATURAL - and often think this is wrapped up with God-nonsense. For example I had one theist tell me there were only 2 genders,completely ignoring Hermaphroditism - where one person can have both sexual organs. Of course,if you steep yourself in the flawed and ignorant teachings of the bible,it is no wonder you make mistake after mistake.
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