tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6805190.post236585676245876881..comments2024-03-01T07:35:49.740-08:00Comments on Come Reason's Apologetics Notes: Top Ten Neglected Books for Apologists - #5 The Edge of EvolutionLenny Espositohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04064209669748618955noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6805190.post-32335068294893490832012-07-31T16:16:50.893-07:002012-07-31T16:16:50.893-07:00"No doubt about it - the evolution of biochem..."No doubt about it - the evolution of biochemical systems, even complex multi-part ones, is explicable in terms of evolution" This is not true. How does the system account for new information? How did the system begin? Modern biology: "The spontaneous appearance of . . . [RNA] nucleotides on the primitive earth “would have been a near miracle,” two leading researchers, Gerald Joyce and Leslie Orgel" - Definitively non-Christian, renowned scientists.<br /><br />The Panda's thumb article doesn't really undermine Behe's argument. He is presenting the data to show the type of change we see is not in line with the time-frame of what neo-Darwinian evolution is telling us we should see. Their arguments more attack the notion of a "good design" rather than the what the data Behe presents suggests. In fact, the Panda's thumb is an excellent example of design...<br />Hideki Endo, et al, “Role of the Giant Panda’s ’Pseudo-Thumb,’ “Nature, 397 (1999), p. 309Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6805190.post-48583343096893702692012-05-03T16:35:56.193-07:002012-05-03T16:35:56.193-07:00"Further, these changes are limited to relati..."Further, these changes are limited to relatively small differences. They cannot create entirely new functional systems."<br /><br />That simply isn't true. Biologist Kenneth Miller has adequately demonstrated otherwise here:<br />http://www.millerandlevine.com/km/evol/DI/Parts-is-Parts.html<br /><br />There are also empirical and logical problems with Behe's claims, such as:<br />http://pandasthumb.org/archives/2012/04/behes-malevolen.html<br /><br />Sincerely,<br />RyanAIGBustedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03232781356086767207noreply@blogger.com