tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post3044956704516199092..comments2023-06-15T09:13:45.467-04:00Comments on Liberty's Torch: Science and the ShepherdFrancis W. Porrettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-57128268993888958352016-01-06T17:52:21.974-05:002016-01-06T17:52:21.974-05:00In Darwins Black Box or some similar book, there&#...In Darwins Black Box or some similar book, there's a great argument that sits well with my own engineering brain:<br />Typical protein is made up of about 500 to 1000 bases (A C T G) strung together, and the protein forms some complex 3D shape. Thus there's 4^500 or ~10^300 approx possible 500 base pair proteins. But there has only been 10^80 seconds since the Big Bang (if you believe the cosmologists). It is therefore inconceivable that a random process could sort through that many possibilities to get even one protein, never mind the complicated interactions of millions of proteins in the time available. And that's not even mentioning the problem of where the DNA code came from. God 1 Darwin/Dawkins 0Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-28737465656553899132016-01-06T10:22:44.427-05:002016-01-06T10:22:44.427-05:00In college for my engineering degree (a particular...In college for my engineering degree (a particularly rigorous technical institution at the time), I took an anthropology class as a) an elective, and b) an opportunity to sit next to my girlfriend.<br /><br />The chart they presented with dots for fossils and loooong dotted lines made me think, "If I extrapolated that wildly in an engineering class and presented my conclusions as fact, I'd get an F."<br /><br />It brought me back to the Church.Weetabixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06106614092497408546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-87183576099141443952016-01-06T04:56:27.879-05:002016-01-06T04:56:27.879-05:00The picture you posted of the Good Shepherd, if o...The picture you posted of the Good Shepherd, if one recalls why the Good shepherd is carrying that sheep on his shoulders, is a perfect fit! ;)<br /><br />Excellent presentation separating the wheat from the chaffe!naparihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13665556468778424366noreply@blogger.com