Isn't science a wonderful thing? Anyone who rejects science of any kind; Biology, Chemistry, Genetics, Astronomy, etc. is rejecting knowledge.
Ignorance is not bliss, and anyone who believes it is can simply continue to be ignorant. No skin off my nose.
There is a common misconception that Intellignt Design (ID) is not science. Those who believe in evolution would call the idea pseudoscience, and
dismiss it without a second thought. In fact ID is just as scientific as Evolution, and I'll explain why very briefly.
To believe in Intelligent Design one has begin with the belief that God created the heavens and the earth; and proceeded to fill his creation with
plants, animals, etc.. On the other hand, to believe in Evolution one has to begin with the belief that the heavens and earth were created by the big
bang, and all the life on this planet evolved over millions of years. Both of these beliefs are presupositions, and can actually not be tested and
proven. (I'm sure Evolutionists are thinking I've completely worng when it comes to proving Evolution, but stick with me here. I'm not done.)
In order to show Evolution cannot be proven let's take a look at an experiment started in the late 20th Cetury that seems to prove Evolution, and I
will show how it actually favors ID. I will also ask an Evolutionist to scientifically prove me wrong. (I bet the Evolutionists will love ripping into
me. Have at it!)
E. Coli Evolve in the Lab
www.newscientist.com...
In this experiment 12 cultures of E. Coli were grown in a lab. Each culture medium was comprised of mostly citrate, which E. Coli cannot metabolize,
and a little gluclose. Over 40,000 generations were grown and at the 31,500th generation E. Coli learned to metabolize citrate.
This proves Evolution, right? Wrong. What happened here was that the layman was fooled into thinking E. Coli cannot metabolize citrate when indeed it
can. Science began with the assumption Evolution is real, and proceeded to fool you all into thinking the assuption is correct when it is not.
Source:
creationontheweb.com...
So what happened? It is not yet clear from the published information, but a likely scenario is that mutations jammed the regulation of this operon
so that the bacteria produce citrate transporter regardless of the oxidative state of the bacterium’s environment (that is, it is permanently
switched on). This can be likened to having a light that switches on when the sun goes down—a sensor detects the lack of light and turns the light
on. A fault in the sensor could result in the light being on all the time. That is the sort of change we are talking about.
Another possibility is that an existing transporter gene, such as the one that normally takes up tartrate, which does not normally transport citrate,
mutated such that it lost specificity and could then transport citrate into the cell. Such a loss of specificity is also an expected outcome of random
mutations. A loss of specificity equals a loss of information, but evolution is supposed to account for the creation of new information; information
that specifies the enzymes and cofactors in new biochemical pathways, how to make feathers and bone, nerves, or the components and assembly of complex
motors such as ATP synthase, for example.
However, mutations are good at destroying things, not creating them. Sometimes destroying things can be helpful (adaptive), but that does not account
for the creation of the staggering amount of information in the DNA of all living things.
Does this side with ID instead of Evolution? Yes! In the beginning God created all living things. These creatures all have the ability to adapt. That
is natural selection and it is scientifically sound. So go ahead and prove the science of Natural Selection wrong because that is ID science.
[edit on 18-9-2008 by the_watcher]
