Comments on: on complexity of creation http://oxgoad.ca/2010/03/05/on-complexity-of-creation/ fundamentalism by blunt instrument Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:45:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ox http://oxgoad.ca/2010/03/05/on-complexity-of-creation/comment-page-1/#comment-5005 ox Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:56:14 +0000 http://oxgoad.ca/2010/03/05/on-complexity-of-creation/#comment-5005 Hi Dave That is true, I think it is possible that some mutations might be beneficial. But are they passed on from generation to generation? In any case, I think the whole complexity of human life where a loss of one molecule throws everything out of whack speaks loudly about creation and the Creator. Thanks for the comment. Maranatha! Don Johnson Jerimiah 33.3 Hi Dave

That is true, I think it is possible that some mutations might be beneficial. But are they passed on from generation to generation?

In any case, I think the whole complexity of human life where a loss of one molecule throws everything out of whack speaks loudly about creation and the Creator.

Thanks for the comment.

Maranatha!
Don Johnson
Jerimiah 33.3

]]> By: David Barnhart http://oxgoad.ca/2010/03/05/on-complexity-of-creation/comment-page-1/#comment-5002 David Barnhart Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:30:27 +0000 http://oxgoad.ca/2010/03/05/on-complexity-of-creation/#comment-5002 Although I agree with you in large measure, I think you are not taking one thing into account (or at least dealing with it here) -- life as we know it now is affected by the fall. I'm sure that compared to what life was when God declared it good, there are no good mutations. However, what we are now is NOT what God declared good, and with our cursed bodies, it has been shown that there are some mutations that are at least good for something specific. Reference this article for one such: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/322/5908/1702 Of course, I don't believe such mutations lead to better or different forms of life. For all we know the referenced mutation is actually closer to what humans were like pre-fall. There's no way for us to know that. However, in our current fallen condition, I do believe that occasionally some mutations may be discovered that have the possibility to be an improvement over the condition of the general population post fall. Although I agree with you in large measure, I think you are not taking one thing into account (or at least dealing with it here) — life as we know it now is affected by the fall. I’m sure that compared to what life was when God declared it good, there are no good mutations. However, what we are now is NOT what God declared good, and with our cursed bodies, it has been shown that there are some mutations that are at least good for something specific. Reference this article for one such:

http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/322/5908/1702

Of course, I don’t believe such mutations lead to better or different forms of life. For all we know the referenced mutation is actually closer to what humans were like pre-fall. There’s no way for us to know that. However, in our current fallen condition, I do believe that occasionally some mutations may be discovered that have the possibility to be an improvement over the condition of the general population post fall.

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