A video on the inner workings of the cell. See the molecular machinery in action.
The movie "The Central Dogma: From Genomic Information to Protein
Synthesis" is made by RIKEN Omics Science Center (RIKEN OSC) for the
exhibition titled "Beyond DNA" held at National Science Museum of Japan.
We tried to illustrate how molecular machines interact each other in
the central dogma by giving "Japanese robot-anime" style representation
to the molecules. By using this approach, people (especially kids) can
easily distinguish between those molecules and understand how they
function in our body.
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Science does not believe in faith?
Here we have an article that shows science does have faith. Interesting is that is shows the same reasoning method that believers have in God. Believers are often put down for their belief without empirical evidence. Now we see scientists inductively reasoning the Higgs boson.
....And maybe it’s not such a bad nickname after all. Lederman invented
the name the "God particle” because it was “so central to the state
of physics today, so crucial to our understanding of the structure of
matter, yet so elusive.” Nobody had seen it back in 1994. And
they’re still not sure whether they’ve really seen it today. Yet this
isn’t seen as a massive problem. The idea seemed to make so much
sense of things that the existence of the “God particle” has come to
be taken for granted. It has become, I would say, a “particle of faith”.
The observations themselves didn’t prove the existence of the Higgs
boson. Rather, the idea of the Higgs boson explained observations so
well that those in the know came to believe it really existed. One
day, technology might be good enough to allow it to be actually
observed. But we don’t need to wait until then before we start
believing in it.
Higgs boson: the particle of faith
There are parallels between the search for the ‘God particle’ and the search for God Himself, writes Alister McGrath.
....And maybe it’s not such a bad nickname after all. Lederman invented
the name the "God particle” because it was “so central to the state
of physics today, so crucial to our understanding of the structure of
matter, yet so elusive.” Nobody had seen it back in 1994. And
they’re still not sure whether they’ve really seen it today. Yet this
isn’t seen as a massive problem. The idea seemed to make so much
sense of things that the existence of the “God particle” has come to
be taken for granted. It has become, I would say, a “particle of faith”.
The observations themselves didn’t prove the existence of the Higgs
boson. Rather, the idea of the Higgs boson explained observations so
well that those in the know came to believe it really existed. One
day, technology might be good enough to allow it to be actually
observed. But we don’t need to wait until then before we start
believing in it. 
....There’s an obvious and important parallel with the way religious
believers think about God. While some demand proof that God exists,
most see this as unrealistic. Believers argue that the existence of
God gives the best framework for making sense of the world. God is
like a lens, which brings things into clearer focus. As the Harvard
psychologist William James pointed out years ago, religious faith is
about inferring “the existence of an unseen order” in which the
“riddles of the natural order” can be explained.
...There’s more to God than making sense of things. But for religious believers, it’s a great start.
Friday, December 16, 2011
Dr. John Sanford "Genetic Entropy and the Mystery of the Genome"
Below is additional support for IDvolution.
Some quotes from Dr John Sanford on genetic entropy. Very consistent with IDvolution and Scripture. To get the full effect take the time to view the videos. Listen carefully where he states it is "kind of a trade secret of population geneticists." The design of the genome is astonishing and shows intelligence, design and purpose.
"We are not some casual and meaningless product of evolution. Each of us is a thought of God."Pope Benedict XVI
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"a vastly superior operating system"
"a galaxy of design and complexity"
"over 90% of the genome is actively transcribed"
"the genome has multiple overlapping messages"
"data compression on the most sophisticated level"
"more and more the genome looks like a super super set of programs"
"more and more it looks like top down design"
"the reality is everybody is mutant"
"the selection process really has nothing to grab hold of"
"so it's kind of a trade secret amongst population geneticists,any well informed population geneticist understands man is degenerating"
"so in deep geological time we should have been extinct a long time ago"
"the human race is degenerating at 1-5% per generation"
"so personal and so immediate, because there is no circle of life where things where things stay the same, and it's not an upward spiral of evolution, things keep getting better and better, it is a downward spiral exactly as described in Scripture"
"I realized it had major implications for evolution, but I had no... I couldn't have guessed how profound the biblical implications are, how profoundly the evidence supports the biblical perspective of a dying universe and a dying world, we are dying because of the fall"
"and our only hope is Christ"
Dr. John Sanford "Genetic Entropy and the Mystery of the Genome"1/2
Dr. John Sanford "Genetic Entropy and the Mystery of the Genome" 2/2
Monday, November 28, 2011
Here is St Augustine on prime matter:
IDvolution posits that God “breathed” the super language of DNA into the “kinds” in the creative act.
Here is St Augustine on prime matter:
AUGUSTINE AND EVOLUTION - A STUDY IN THE SAINT’S DE GENESI AD LITTERAM AND DE TRINITATE BY HENRY WOODS, S. J.
...Such prime matter, nevertheless, can exist only under some form. “We must not think of God as first creating matter,” the Saint admonishes, “and after an interval of time giving form to what He had created without form; but as creating it simultaneously with the world. As spoken words are produced by the speaker, not by giving form afterwards to a voice previously without form, but by uttering his voice fully formed, so we must understand that God did indeed create the world from unformed matter, yet concreated this matter simultaneously with the world. Still not uselessly do we tell, first that from which something is made, and afterwards what is made from it; because, though both can be made simultaneously, they can not be narrated simultaneously.”23 This we find again in the treatise we are especially discussing. “When we say matter and form, we understand both simultaneously, though we cannot pronounce them simultaneously. As in the brief space of speaking we pronounce one before the other, so in the longer time of narration we discuss one before the other. Still God created both simultaneously, while we in our speech take up first in time what is first in origin only.”24
Prime matter can be called not only what it actually was under some elementary form, but also what it was to become by future formation. This most important principle St. Augustine lays down in explaining against the Manicheans the text: “In the beginning God created heaven and earth.” He says: “Unformed matter is here called heaven and earth, not because it was this, but because it was able to become this; for heaven, it is written, was made afterwards. For if, considering a seed, we say that roots and wood and branches and fruit and leaves are there, not because they are there now, but because they are to be from it, in the same way it is said, ‘In the beginning God made heaven and earth,’ as if he made the seed of heaven and earth, when the matter of heaven and earth was still confused. But, because heaven and earth were certainly to be from it, matter itself is already called heaven and earth. Our Lord Himself uses this manner of speech when He says: ‘I will not now call you servants, because the servant knows not what his master does. But I have called you friends, because all things whatsoever I have heard from the Father, I have made known to you.’25 Not that he had actually done so as yet, but because the manifestation was certainly to take place.”26
and....
27 In the beginning, therefore, God created prime matter with its potency positively determined to all things that were to be, so that these things may be said literally, not figuratively, to have been created simultaneously with it.
This accounts
for the diversity of life we see. The core makeup shared by all living
things have the necessary complex information built in that facilitates
rapid and responsive adaptation of features and variation while being
able to preserve the “kind” that they began as. Life has been created
with the creativity built in ready to respond to triggering events.
Since
it has been demonstrated that all living organisms on Earth have the
same core, it is virtually certain that living organisms have been
thought of AT ONCE by the One and the same Creator endowed with the
super language we know as DNA that switched on the formation of the
various kinds, the cattle, the swimming creatures, the flying creatures,
etc.. in a pristine harmonious state and superb adaptability and
responsiveness to their environment for the purpose of populating the
earth that became subject to the ravages of corruption by the sin of one
man (deleterious mutations).
Here is St Augustine on prime matter:
AUGUSTINE AND EVOLUTION - A STUDY IN THE SAINT’S DE GENESI AD LITTERAM AND DE TRINITATE BY HENRY WOODS, S. J.
...Such prime matter, nevertheless, can exist only under some form. “We must not think of God as first creating matter,” the Saint admonishes, “and after an interval of time giving form to what He had created without form; but as creating it simultaneously with the world. As spoken words are produced by the speaker, not by giving form afterwards to a voice previously without form, but by uttering his voice fully formed, so we must understand that God did indeed create the world from unformed matter, yet concreated this matter simultaneously with the world. Still not uselessly do we tell, first that from which something is made, and afterwards what is made from it; because, though both can be made simultaneously, they can not be narrated simultaneously.”23 This we find again in the treatise we are especially discussing. “When we say matter and form, we understand both simultaneously, though we cannot pronounce them simultaneously. As in the brief space of speaking we pronounce one before the other, so in the longer time of narration we discuss one before the other. Still God created both simultaneously, while we in our speech take up first in time what is first in origin only.”24
Prime matter can be called not only what it actually was under some elementary form, but also what it was to become by future formation. This most important principle St. Augustine lays down in explaining against the Manicheans the text: “In the beginning God created heaven and earth.” He says: “Unformed matter is here called heaven and earth, not because it was this, but because it was able to become this; for heaven, it is written, was made afterwards. For if, considering a seed, we say that roots and wood and branches and fruit and leaves are there, not because they are there now, but because they are to be from it, in the same way it is said, ‘In the beginning God made heaven and earth,’ as if he made the seed of heaven and earth, when the matter of heaven and earth was still confused. But, because heaven and earth were certainly to be from it, matter itself is already called heaven and earth. Our Lord Himself uses this manner of speech when He says: ‘I will not now call you servants, because the servant knows not what his master does. But I have called you friends, because all things whatsoever I have heard from the Father, I have made known to you.’25 Not that he had actually done so as yet, but because the manifestation was certainly to take place.”26
and....
27 In the beginning, therefore, God created prime matter with its potency positively determined to all things that were to be, so that these things may be said literally, not figuratively, to have been created simultaneously with it.
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Craig Venter denies the tree of life
Around the 9 minute mark listen as Craig denies the tree of life. The tree of life has fallen and is a bush.
The Great Debate - What is Life?
The Great Debate - What is Life?
Friday, October 14, 2011
Journey Inside the Cell - Where does the information come from?
Journey Inside the Cell
This is the cell animation video referenced on page 120 of Signature in the Cell. The animation is stunning to say the least. It was all done by the same animators who worked on Expelled. It is titled “Journey Inside The Cell” and is about three and a half minutes long. It dramatically illustrates the evidence for intelligent design within DNA, as described in the book and reveals in intricate detail how the digital information in DNA directs protein synthesis inside the cell, revealing a world of molecular machines and nano-processors communicating digital information. Steve Meyer narrates the piece.
This is the cell animation video referenced on page 120 of Signature in the Cell. The animation is stunning to say the least. It was all done by the same animators who worked on Expelled. It is titled “Journey Inside The Cell” and is about three and a half minutes long. It dramatically illustrates the evidence for intelligent design within DNA, as described in the book and reveals in intricate detail how the digital information in DNA directs protein synthesis inside the cell, revealing a world of molecular machines and nano-processors communicating digital information. Steve Meyer narrates the piece.
The third axis: Information - the "breath" of God, Creative Reason.
The third axis: Information - the "breath" of God, Creative Reason.
. More support for IDvolution.
Information and the Nature of Reality: From Physics to Metaphysics
Review
"This is the anthology we have been waiting for ... seminal papers deal with matter through the history of Greek thought, seventeenth-century materialism and twentieth-century dematerialism, the need for a new scientific world view in the light of the quantum nature of the universe, and the storage and transmission of information in biological systems with the new knowledge of their genomes and development ... Philosophers, theologians and scientists all have their say, wrestling with the theme of God as the ultimate informational and structuring principle in the universe."
Professor Sir Brian Heap, St Edmund's College, President, European Academies Science Advisory Board, German Academy of Sciences
Product Description
Many scientists regard mass and energy as the primary currency of nature. In recent years, however, the concept of information has gained importance. Why? In this book, eminent scientists, philosophers and theologians chart various aspects of information, from quantum information to biological and digital information, in order to understand how nature works. Beginning with a historical treatment of the topic, the book also examines physical and biological approaches to information, and its philosophical, theological and ethical implications.
. More support for IDvolution.
Information and the Nature of Reality: From Physics to Metaphysics
Review
"This is the anthology we have been waiting for ... seminal papers deal with matter through the history of Greek thought, seventeenth-century materialism and twentieth-century dematerialism, the need for a new scientific world view in the light of the quantum nature of the universe, and the storage and transmission of information in biological systems with the new knowledge of their genomes and development ... Philosophers, theologians and scientists all have their say, wrestling with the theme of God as the ultimate informational and structuring principle in the universe."
Professor Sir Brian Heap, St Edmund's College, President, European Academies Science Advisory Board, German Academy of Sciences
Product Description
Many scientists regard mass and energy as the primary currency of nature. In recent years, however, the concept of information has gained importance. Why? In this book, eminent scientists, philosophers and theologians chart various aspects of information, from quantum information to biological and digital information, in order to understand how nature works. Beginning with a historical treatment of the topic, the book also examines physical and biological approaches to information, and its philosophical, theological and ethical implications.
Dr. Thomas Seiler of Germany discusses the problems with evolution and discusses IDvolution
Clarification - When Hugh describes IDvolution to Dr Seiler it should be the "language of DNA". IDvolution is discussed briefly at the 33 minute mark.
Hugh Miller interviews Dr. Thomas Seiler.
Hugh Miller interviews Dr. Thomas Seiler.
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Metamorphosis: The Beauty & Design of Butterflies
A beautiful movie showing the design of the butterfly.
Metamorphosis: The Beauty & Design of Butterflies
Metamorphosis: The Beauty & Design of Butterflies
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
The Viability of Intelligent Design - Craig vs Ayala
The Viability of Intelligent Design
William Lane Craig presents his case for the viability of intelligent design at Indiana University. His opponent was the eminent evolutionary biologist Francisco J. Ayala. This was the first time William Lane Craig had ever publicly debated the subject.
William Lane Craig presents his case for the viability of intelligent design at Indiana University. His opponent was the eminent evolutionary biologist Francisco J. Ayala. This was the first time William Lane Craig had ever publicly debated the subject.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Same Evidence, Different Conclusions: Is "Objective Belief" an Oxymoron?
An excellent video.
Same Evidence, Different Conclusions: Is "Objective Belief" an Oxymoron?
Science claims to be one of the few objective ways of understanding the world. But science itself is deeply affected by our pre-existing beliefs and these a priori commitments color the way we assess the so-called 'evidence' for or against theism. Come and hear Dr. Lennox discuss how it is possible for two people to examine the same data and come up with vastly different interpretations. The lecture will be followed by an audience Q and A.
Friday, September 2, 2011
Interview WIth Lynn Margulis - natural selection
Natural selection is a conservative process not a creative one.
Discover Interview: Lynn Margulis Says She's Not Controversial, She's Right It's the neo-Darwinists, population geneticists, AIDS researchers, and English-speaking biologists as a whole who have it all wrong.
And you don’t believe natural selection is the answer?
This is the problem I have with neo-Darwinists: They teach that what is generating novelty is the accumulation of random mutations in DNA, in a direction set by natural selection. If you want bigger eggs you keep selecting the hens that are laying the bigger eggs, and you get bigger and bigger eggs. But you also get hens with defective feathers and wobbly eggs. Natural selection eliminates and maybe maintains, but it doesn’t create.
and…
I was taught over and over again that the accumulation of random mutations led to evolutionary change — led to new species. I believed it until I looked for evidence. …
There is no gradualism in the fossil record… ‘Punctuated equilibrium’ was invented to describe the discontinuity. …
The critics, including the creationist critics, are right about their criticism. It’s just that they’ve got nothing to offer but intelligent design or ‘God did it.’ They have no alternatives that are scientific.
The evolutionary biologists believe the evolutionary pattern is a tree. It’s not. The evolutionary pattern is a web…
Discover Interview: Lynn Margulis Says She's Not Controversial, She's Right It's the neo-Darwinists, population geneticists, AIDS researchers, and English-speaking biologists as a whole who have it all wrong.
And you don’t believe natural selection is the answer?
This is the problem I have with neo-Darwinists: They teach that what is generating novelty is the accumulation of random mutations in DNA, in a direction set by natural selection. If you want bigger eggs you keep selecting the hens that are laying the bigger eggs, and you get bigger and bigger eggs. But you also get hens with defective feathers and wobbly eggs. Natural selection eliminates and maybe maintains, but it doesn’t create.
and…
I was taught over and over again that the accumulation of random mutations led to evolutionary change — led to new species. I believed it until I looked for evidence. …
There is no gradualism in the fossil record… ‘Punctuated equilibrium’ was invented to describe the discontinuity. …
The critics, including the creationist critics, are right about their criticism. It’s just that they’ve got nothing to offer but intelligent design or ‘God did it.’ They have no alternatives that are scientific.
The evolutionary biologists believe the evolutionary pattern is a tree. It’s not. The evolutionary pattern is a web…
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Science goes full circle
Science goes full circle on teleology. Michael Denton discusses the return to the teleological ideas of the past. The universe is biocentric.
Michael Denton Interview
Michael Denton Interview
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Wings, Horns, and Butterfly Eyespots: How Do Complex Traits Evolve?
IDvolution anyone?
Wings, Horns, and Butterfly Eyespots: How Do Complex Traits Evolve?
......This work is difficult and time consuming, but the question at its core—the genetic origin of new and complex traits—is probably still one of the most pertinent and fundamental unanswered questions in evolution today. At stake is the possibility of testing whether novel complex traits arise from a gradual building of novel developmental networks, gene by gene, or whether pre-existent modules of interacting genes are recruited together to play novel roles in novel parts of the organism.
Wings, Horns, and Butterfly Eyespots: How Do Complex Traits Evolve?
......This work is difficult and time consuming, but the question at its core—the genetic origin of new and complex traits—is probably still one of the most pertinent and fundamental unanswered questions in evolution today. At stake is the possibility of testing whether novel complex traits arise from a gradual building of novel developmental networks, gene by gene, or whether pre-existent modules of interacting genes are recruited together to play novel roles in novel parts of the organism.
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Eyes give insight into evolutionary arms race
Yesirree - abrupt appearance and then stasis. More support for IDvolution.
Eyes give insight into evolutionary arms race
..."If the development of complex life is viewed as 24 hours, everything of interest happened in the first hour," he says. "Our fossils are from that first hour. Within the first blink of evolution, animals had evolved eyes that are very similar to what modern animals have today."
....Although the find is important because it is the first of its kind to be found in such a preserved state, Lee says it is doubly significant because the eyes are "so unexpectedly advanced".
Eyes give insight into evolutionary arms race
..."If the development of complex life is viewed as 24 hours, everything of interest happened in the first hour," he says. "Our fossils are from that first hour. Within the first blink of evolution, animals had evolved eyes that are very similar to what modern animals have today."
....Although the find is important because it is the first of its kind to be found in such a preserved state, Lee says it is doubly significant because the eyes are "so unexpectedly advanced".
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