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Sorry, but science simply does not support theory of evolution Date published: 12/13/2004
In his letter, Erik Misavage ["The scientific facts support theory of evolution," Nov. 28] uses the same, tired defense of evolution when he stated, "The emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in recent years is one example." He then conveniently tells us that we just haven't figured it out yet. Evolution a priori requires a mindless, purposeless, and strictly materialistic view. It assumes that no deity is required or exists. This requires faith. The late paleontologist Dr. Colin Patterson posed the following question several times to different audiences: "Can you tell me anything you know about evolution, any one thing that is true?" At one meeting in Chicago, following a long silence, a member of the audience replied: "I do know one thing. It ought not to be taught in high school." Creation, like evolution, is a matter of faith, but it correlates well with science. Using a strict scientific application, let's arbitrarily select a 320-unit protein chain. Only 20 of more than 100 amino acids are used in life. Our protein uses eight of those 20 amino acids. Using permutation statistics, we determine the probability of a decimal point followed by 29 zeros and the numeral 2 that our protein example has self-assembled itself. Biological science rests on the foundation of information theory to be properly understood. No rational process that resulted in the automatic, spontaneous development of information in matter has ever been observed. Too many coincidences, too many just-right things, too many just-so stories, for this all to be an accident. It's worldview against worldview. Across different command centers, information must be applicable to any and all functions that tie the command centers together. The first and second laws of thermodynamics and the property of chirality (left-hand orientation versus right-hand orientation) of carbon-based amino acids work against Mr. Misavage's worldview. I recommend that the interested reader refer to the following books: "Darwin's Black Box" by Michael Behe, "Icons of Evo- lution" by Jonathan Wells, and "The Natural Sciences Know Nothing of Evolution" by A.E. Wilder-Smith. Michael S. Shelton Stafford
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