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    What is Evolution?

    This "new information," as you define it, is not functional in the world of genetic science. It's the four-leaf clover of hope for macro-evolution. Sure, four-leaf clovers happen, but they are mutations that return to normal (three-leaf) in a generation or two. So for the purpose of our...
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    What is Evolution?

    Actually I was trying to be polite. As to my personal opinion, I do not believe duplicate genes produce new genetic material, only recoding of existing material. New trait manifestations, yes. NEW INFORMATION, NO.
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    John 1:1-18

    It sounds more like you are setting yourself up as the mouth of God. I wish you luck with that responsibility my friend.
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    What is Evolution?

    Wouldn't you have guessed? Pseudogenes (including duplicate genes) are considered by some to be damaged genes, and by others a source of new genes and (in favor of your argument) recent work suggests that they may be functional. It is believed to have occurred in the douc langur monkey. These...
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    Star of Bethlehem

    Awesome link. Here's a supplement as to Daniel's predictions and the mathematical probability of the various date options. I believe we have a perfect match here. Remember, our earliest copies of the book of Daniel date to the 2nd century BC. DANIEL'S MESSIAH IN THE CRITIC’S DEN
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    So, who died for our sins before Jesus? JW.

    In the history of the OT, we see a certain family lineage as the highlighted "people of God." Adam-Noah-Abraham-David-Jesus to skip most in between. This lineage would preserve the message and plan of God for redemption of all mankind in pure form due to the writing/copying practices of great...
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    What is Evolution?

    <*laughing*> How many years will it take for evolution to pick a story and stick to it?
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    John 1:1-18

    Okay two different gospels - Mark 2:5-7 "When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven." Now some teachers of the law were sitting there, thinking to themselves, "Why does this fellow talk like that? He's blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?"...
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    What is Evolution?

    Simply stated... the occurrences of gene duplications are too rare and volatile to fit the evolutionary models. But here is what's next... ‘evo-devo’ (evolutionary development theory). :bow: Macro-evolutionary biologist claim (with a great deal of experimental evidence behind them) that the...
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    What is Evolution?

    By propaganda war I refer to the cosmological and biological sciences. Both science and archeology began with a motivation to prove the bible true and the God of the bible real. This bias was obvious to all involved so a movement began to separate them from the theistic monopoly. With Darwin's...
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    What is Evolution?

    There is actually a whole set of indisputably functional genes that qualify as functional pseudogenes in that they have major pseudogenic features such as premature stop codons, indels (insertions and deletions) that are circumvented by the genomic recoding processes (stop codon readthrough...
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    What is Evolution?

    On this we both agree, my friend. :) The only question remaining is *who* is deluded?
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    What is Evolution?

    By realizing that we participate with our universe in faith as frequently as we do with understanding. If we waited until we had full understanding, we would not feed from our mother's breast until it was too late. So the objective inquiry is not whether or not to have faith, but what to have...
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    John 1:1-18

    But isn't it interesting that the Chief Priests and Elders knew that Jesus was claiming to be "equal" with God? Who better to believe what Jesus claimed/inferred than the Jewish leaders of His day, face to face with Christ's teachings and practices? What of Thomas' response to the resurrected...
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    What is Evolution?

    That creationism requires a measure of faith... I will not argue against. I think the real question comes down to what size measure of faith are you willing to jump across to get from one side of the ravine to the other? Without question, evolutionary theory has won the propaganda war and we...
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    What is Evolution?

    I think both can be terribly stubborn. :confused:
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    What is Evolution?

    Acanthostega is not the first fossil to be called a mosaic, a creature that has characteristics common to two or more other types of creatures. For example, Australia&#8217;s platypus has milk glands and fur that classify it as a mammal, but it has a leathery egg, echo-location ability, a...
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    What is Evolution?

    :yes: Just the first one... the sequels kind of sucked. I'd post the url to the discovery and implications but I haven't posted enough (15) yet.
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    What is Evolution?

    Would this be my *other* textbook that states “DNA cannot exist in natural environments longer than 10,000 years.” Yet intact strands of DNA appear to have been recovered from fossils (T-Rex) allegedly 68-70 million years old? Compare this to the shelf life of milk (10 days on average)...
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    What is Evolution?

    Some evolutionists are now recognizing the widespread functionality of pseudogenes. In the light of this fact, the notion of ‘shared mistakes’ yields to ‘shared engineering and/or artistic similarities’ (as is recognized by creationist scientists for all homologies encountered between living...
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