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	<title>Comments on: Texas School Board should uphold sound science, reject creationism</title>
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		<title>By: Bill Larson</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bill Larson</dc:creator>
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		<description>Science is not about what is known for certain, those are facts. What we are not yet able to prove is known as a theory. It&#039;s the job of the person who creates a theory to find evidence to support and prove their theory.

So if you can prove your statements above, then you can change the world. But I seriously doubt that you will be able to do so. In the real world religious faith isn&#039;t accepted or acceptable as proof only concrete and reproducible data.

&lt;blockquote&gt;Matter from explosions does not condense to form objects like galaxies.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

The energy of the big bang had to go somewhere. Energy doesn&#039;t just disappear. So what can happen with energy. A. It remains energy and thus the universe would be too hot and void of matter for life to form. B. Over time it can cool down and covert to matter which is explained by Einstein&#039;s  E=MC&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;. 

What happens to energy over the course of a billion years? I guess we will have the proof for sure in oh some 970,000,000 years or so.

&lt;blockquote&gt;Chemicals do not react together randomly to form amino acids through natural processes.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Actually it does and was proven in a lab way back in 1953.  (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/do53am.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/do53am.html&lt;/a&gt;)

&lt;blockquote&gt;Amino acids do not randomly interact to form living cells through undirected natural processes.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

In 1960 using nothing but the gases found on the early earth and electricity they synthesized in a lab one of the four base pairs found in DNA. So given enough time it&#039;s quite likely that they can prove that indeed it does.

&lt;blockquote&gt;Molecules-to-man evolutionism violates the Law of Biogenesis: Life does not come from non-life. &lt;/blockquote&gt;

A second meaning of biogenesis was given by the French Jesuit priest, scientist and philosopher Pierre Teilhard de Chardin to mean the origin of life itself due to an inherent drive of matter towards higher consciousness, an extension of the orthogenesis hypothesis. 

See the next answer to continue this line of thought.

&lt;blockquote&gt;The specific complexity of genetic information in the genome does not increase spontaneously. Therefore, there is no natural process whereby reptiles can turn into birds, land mammals into whales, or chimpanzees into human beings.
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

That&#039;s why evolution is still a theory but one with significant evidence to support it. There is not yet enough evidence for the scientific community to agree and state that it&#039;s a proven fact, but there is absolutely no evidence to support either creationism or intelligent design.

It&#039;s thought that some evolution is caused by mutations caused by cosmic ray damaging the genome of living organisms. (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/science/20060607-9999-lz1c07meinel.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/science/20060607-9999-lz1c07meinel.html&lt;/a&gt;) The rest may be controlled by enviromental pressures or chemical messengers. (&lt;a href=&quot;http://io9.com/5083673/princeton-scientists-discover-proteins-that-control-evolution&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://io9.com/5083673/princeton-scientists-discover-proteins-that-control-evolution&lt;/a&gt;)

Try do your own research and not rely on quoting from out of date religious materials lacking in any factual basis. Even the Catholic Church no longer holds as a fact that the Bible is the true story of the creation of the world, or man but may merely contain historical traces... (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article574768.ece&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article574768.ece&lt;/a&gt;)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Science is not about what is known for certain, those are facts. What we are not yet able to prove is known as a theory. It&#8217;s the job of the person who creates a theory to find evidence to support and prove their theory.</p>
<p>So if you can prove your statements above, then you can change the world. But I seriously doubt that you will be able to do so. In the real world religious faith isn&#8217;t accepted or acceptable as proof only concrete and reproducible data.</p>
<blockquote><p>Matter from explosions does not condense to form objects like galaxies.</p></blockquote>
<p>The energy of the big bang had to go somewhere. Energy doesn&#8217;t just disappear. So what can happen with energy. A. It remains energy and thus the universe would be too hot and void of matter for life to form. B. Over time it can cool down and covert to matter which is explained by Einstein&#8217;s  E=MC<sup>2</sup>. </p>
<p>What happens to energy over the course of a billion years? I guess we will have the proof for sure in oh some 970,000,000 years or so.</p>
<blockquote><p>Chemicals do not react together randomly to form amino acids through natural processes.</p></blockquote>
<p>Actually it does and was proven in a lab way back in 1953.  (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/do53am.html"   rel="nofollow">http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/do53am.html</a>)</p>
<blockquote><p>Amino acids do not randomly interact to form living cells through undirected natural processes.</p></blockquote>
<p>In 1960 using nothing but the gases found on the early earth and electricity they synthesized in a lab one of the four base pairs found in DNA. So given enough time it&#8217;s quite likely that they can prove that indeed it does.</p>
<blockquote><p>Molecules-to-man evolutionism violates the Law of Biogenesis: Life does not come from non-life. </p></blockquote>
<p>A second meaning of biogenesis was given by the French Jesuit priest, scientist and philosopher Pierre Teilhard de Chardin to mean the origin of life itself due to an inherent drive of matter towards higher consciousness, an extension of the orthogenesis hypothesis. </p>
<p>See the next answer to continue this line of thought.</p>
<blockquote><p>The specific complexity of genetic information in the genome does not increase spontaneously. Therefore, there is no natural process whereby reptiles can turn into birds, land mammals into whales, or chimpanzees into human beings.
</p></blockquote>
<p>That&#8217;s why evolution is still a theory but one with significant evidence to support it. There is not yet enough evidence for the scientific community to agree and state that it&#8217;s a proven fact, but there is absolutely no evidence to support either creationism or intelligent design.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s thought that some evolution is caused by mutations caused by cosmic ray damaging the genome of living organisms. (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/science/20060607-9999-lz1c07meinel.html"   rel="nofollow">http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/science/20060607-9999-lz1c07meinel.html</a>) The rest may be controlled by enviromental pressures or chemical messengers. (<a target="_blank" href="http://io9.com/5083673/princeton-scientists-discover-proteins-that-control-evolution"   rel="nofollow">http://io9.com/5083673/princeton-scientists-discover-proteins-that-control-evolution</a>)</p>
<p>Try do your own research and not rely on quoting from out of date religious materials lacking in any factual basis. Even the Catholic Church no longer holds as a fact that the Bible is the true story of the creation of the world, or man but may merely contain historical traces&#8230; (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article574768.ece"   rel="nofollow">http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article574768.ece</a>)</p>
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		<title>By: JoeU</title>
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		<dc:creator>JoeU</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:07:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The article says: 
&quot;Americans United for Separation of Church and State on Wednesday urged the Texas State Board of Education to stick to sound science ...&quot;

Yes,
in science class,
let&#039;s &quot;stick to sound science&quot;
such as:
 
- Matter from explosions does not condense to form objects like galaxies. 

- Chemicals do not react together randomly to form amino acids through natural processes. 

- Amino acids do not randomly interact to form living cells through undirected natural processes. 

- Molecules-to-man evolutionism violates the Law of Biogenesis: Life does not come from non-life. 

- The specific complexity of genetic information in the genome does not increase spontaneously.  Therefore, there is no natural process whereby reptiles can turn into birds, land mammals into whales, or chimpanzees into human beings. 

Quoted from:
What does the Catholic Church Teach about Origins?
What Does Cutting-Edge Science Teach about Origins?
http://www.kolbecenter.org/church_teaches.htm</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The article says:<br />
&#8220;Americans United for Separation of Church and State on Wednesday urged the Texas State Board of Education to stick to sound science &#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p>Yes,<br />
in science class,<br />
let&#8217;s &#8220;stick to sound science&#8221;<br />
such as:</p>
<p>- Matter from explosions does not condense to form objects like galaxies. </p>
<p>- Chemicals do not react together randomly to form amino acids through natural processes. </p>
<p>- Amino acids do not randomly interact to form living cells through undirected natural processes. </p>
<p>- Molecules-to-man evolutionism violates the Law of Biogenesis: Life does not come from non-life. </p>
<p>- The specific complexity of genetic information in the genome does not increase spontaneously.  Therefore, there is no natural process whereby reptiles can turn into birds, land mammals into whales, or chimpanzees into human beings. </p>
<p>Quoted from:<br />
What does the Catholic Church Teach about Origins?<br />
What Does Cutting-Edge Science Teach about Origins?<br />
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.kolbecenter.org/church_teaches.htm"   rel="nofollow">http://www.kolbecenter.org/church_teaches.htm</a></p>
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