Watson and Crick also felt all should undergo a genome test. Those not meeting their standards would not be allowed to breed. Scientist are sometimes misguided.

Humans are supposed to be able to cover a greater distance (on foot) than any animal. I doubt many humans today can claim that, try keeping up with my dog she runs 10 miles a day in an hour (I slow her down). It seems clear, to me, humans are becoming more intellectual and less physical. A single species evolves in many different lines due to external causes, they can gradually become very different. We share some 99% of DNA with gorillas, that seems an extraordinary coincidence. A lot of therapies today are directed toward genes, its seems some disease is contained in the DNA code, again we have only scratched the surface. Evolution was very much taught in the college I got my Biology degree from. Yes, some feel the universe is younger than we suppose, that just illustrates that we have more to learn. That is all to be figured out, we all make assumptions. What seems fanciful may be reality, Francis Crick had very limited knowledge of the human genome. We still have little knowledge, yes geneticists have figured out great deal DNA contains uncountable possible combinations. Genetics is far from an exact science today, Pediatric Geneticists still scratch their heads in some cases. Where did Dawkins say that there is a 50% chance there is a God?????????

Wow!!!! I'd better start repenting!!!

Spencer Ball

-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of RON VANDERHULE Sent: Monday, December 13, 2010 5:20 PM To: utah-astronomy Subject: [Utah-astronomy] age of universe, evolution, yada yada

Hi group, Just want to pull a few lines from some of the posts today and comment;

1) "Understanding evolution is vital to understanding biology" This statement is propagated in various forms and lacks merit of any kind. Genetics is vital, and a proven science. Evolutionists assume because there are similarities in genetic make-up between different species,one morphed from another. I have made it a habit over the years to look in the index of high school biology books under the topic of evolution and I have found very little. Often not even a chapter. I understand that it is one of the least covered sciences on the university level. Often not even required for related fields. So maybe an example of how its understanding is so critical is in order.

2) "Number of evidences that the Universe is older than it is" I might add there are evidences that it is younger than supposed also. Einstein said all the clocks in the Universe run at different speeds (rough translation). One thing the science of Cosmology has revealed over the years is how complex and mysterious the Universe is.

3)"Information Theory the death knell for Neo-Darwinism" What goes on in a single cell is mind boggling. is like a little city with a host of creative activities taking place. The information rich DNA in that cell is the key to all life. The authors of The Mysteries of Life's Origins said that the information in the DNA is mathematically identical to the information in a written language or computer code and indicates an intelligent cause. And these are just regular scientists. Francis Crick, Sir Fred Hoyle, and even Richard Dawkins give credence to this notion. In the documentary "Expelled" in the interview with Dawkins, he admitted that life's origins are so unexplainable that possibly beings from another world planted life here. He also acknowledged a 50% chance that God exists. I saw and heard those statements. I choked on my popcorn.

4) Palmaris longus muscle and tendon group is missing in 14% of the population and is attributed to muscle variation mostly along ethnic lines, which is quite common. The assertion that it is evolving away, that wisdom teeth are leftovers from our cud chewing ancestors, the appendix was a second stomach are nothing more than fanciful asumptions.

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