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Old 04-02-2008, 12:06 AM   #19 (permalink)
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Forget eyes, and think about how self replicating molecules arose, how the lung or wing of a bird could have formed. Forget intelligent design or creationism. Think about the process of RM and NS actually being the mechanism for creating all the complex structures, the difference in classes of animals and indeed the origin of life and you. Add to that the time frame in which this is all supposed to have happened and you will find it is a denial of common sense. The author proposes interesting and feasible alternative for those that have the wisdom to know that they don't know....yet. Why could self replicating molecules, 'blueprints' not have arrived from outer space? And why is the question of where they came from so damn frightening to everybody that they wish to sweep issues under the carpet and put all faith in a weak theory that only explains minor modifictaions to already existing species????????????????????????
I've been long fascinated by this question, but I have a hard time learning it. This is an article I came upon that I started reading:
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/con...all~order=page

You can download it PDF format. I prefer this article:
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/c...man/index.html
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And on we walked. Suddenly we heard a voice crying, "This is the sea. This is the deep sea. This is the vast and mighty sea." And when we reached the voice it was a man whose back was turned to the sea, and at his ear he held a shell, listening to its murmur.
And my soul said, "Let us pass on. He is the realist, who turns his back on the whole he cannot grasp, and busies himself with a fragment."
—Gibran Khalil Gibran, “The Greater Sea.”
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