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Indy does not believe in evolution. What he's doing is what Adam has accused Tex of doing. He's chickening out.
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Do you believe that mitochondria within our cells are the descendants of primitive "bacteria" which entered into a symbiotic relationship with more advanced cells, and that these mitochrondia have their own "bacteria-style" genomes and "bacteria-style" protein synthesis machinery?
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What mutations are selected for is also ultimately random, but selection depends on much more complex interactions that are more difficult to describe mathematically. But if you envision a "clock maker" God who knows the result of any given set of circumstances, then you could conclude that the human body is the result of a set of circumstances that he knew would lead to a certain outcome. I think the important point is that God breathed a "soul" into our physical forms. |
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LOL. Is it an open and shut case that this is so? Like I said, you're a freaking creationist. Just belly up and admit what you are. If you believe "it is mathematically impossible to conclude that a myriad of 'random' mutations over the course of billions of years would produce a [given] life form" that's what you are. You're outed.
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The point is that in every single one of your cells there is a little organelle which is an evolutionary descendant of a bacterium. I'm wondering how you reconcile that with your doubt of human evolution. |
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