Genetic Piano Again

In a prior post Genetic Piano Perhaps someone was listening........ A while ago I posted on the idea that we should look at genes like keys on a piano. The number of tunes that can be cranked out is astounding. Sometimes a single key is played or in combinations. Some are rarely played but still can produce beautiful music. Now someone else has picked up on this idea. More support for IDvolution.

Now from Nature:

Epigenome: The symphony in your cells

A slew of papers reveals the chemical tweaks to DNA in a wealth of different cells — as explained with the help of a small orchestra.

Does Richard Dawkins Exist? - Answers to "Scientific" Materialism

Dr. Bonnette gets to the heart of the matter, illustrating the absurdity and irrationalism of scientific materialism. Richard Dawkins by his own ideas of the universe does not exist! Does Richard Dawkins Exist? An Introduction to Atheistic Materialism to Theistic Hylemorphism"

The Moral and Kalam Argument

Dr Dennis Bonnette on Adam and Eve

Dr. Bonnette makes an important distinction when it comes to the past.

 "These genetic studies, based on many assumptions and use of computer models, do not tell us how the origin of the human race actually took place. But, they do show (1) that methodological limitations and radical contingency are inherent in such studies, which are employed to make retroactive judgments about deeply ancient populations that can never be subject to direct observation, and (2) that present scientific claims against the possibility of a literal Adam and Eve are not definitive (Gauger 2012, 105-122)."

and that human reasoning is the weak link when evaluating data.

"Since the same God is author both of human reason and of authentic revelation, legitimate natural science, properly conducted, will never contradict Catholic doctrine, properly understood. Catholic doctrine still maintains that a literal Adam and Eve must have existed, a primal couple who committed that personal original sin, which occasioned the need for, and the divine promise of, the coming of the Redeemer, Jesus Christ."   

Read the entire article here:

Did Adam and Eve Really Exist?

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Adam and Eve: Defense of Their Literal Existence as the Primal Human Couple

Dennis Bonnette retired in 2003 as Professor of Philosophy at Niagara University in Lewiston, New York, where he taught for 36 years. He received his doctorate in philosophy from the University of Notre Dame. Dr. Bonnette has authored many scholarly articles as well as two books: Aquinas’ Proofs for God’s Existence (Martinus-Nijhoff, 1972) and Origin of the Human Species: Third Edition (Sapientia Press. 2014). 

Is There Evidence of Something Beyond Nature?

Another good Lennox Video - Is there evidence of something beyond nature?

At the Veritas Forum at Harvard, Oxford Mathematician John Lennox argues that there is evidence of transcendence beyond nature. Semiotics - signs like letters and numbers - cannot be explained in a purely reductionist fashion but require an appeal to the mind.

 

 

More Proofs for God

This series is excellent.  Videos are short and worth watching.

 

Proof for God (Pt II-A): Why Unconditioned Reality Must be Absolutely Simple

In this videocast, staff apologist and speaker, Karlo Broussard, explains the metaphysical idea of absolute simplicity as a preliminary step for proving that unconditioned reality must in fact be absolutely simple.

Proof for God (Pt I): Why There Must Be at Least One Unconditioned Reality


Proof for God (PtII): Why Unconditioned Reality Must be Absolutely Simple (2of2)

Added 9/11/14

God and Science - Is There a Conflict?

A five star video - God and Science - Is There a Conflict? Faith and reason cannot conflict where they intersect. Durston shows the logical necessity of a Creator and information. IDvolution agrees wholeheartedly - "God “breathed” the super language of DNA into the “kinds” in the creative act." Complex information was right there "in the beginning". The DNA language is super sophisticated with layering, efficiency and can be read forward and back. He cites several recent science papers.

God is the foundation of science and the universe.  His fingerprints are all over. "God and science are mutually enriching" - Durston

 "There is a popular notion that as science advances, religion retreats. This is true of Greek mythology and superstitious beliefs, but is it true of Christianity? In this lecture given March, 2013 at Wilfrid Laurier University-Laurier Brantford, biophysicist Dr. Kirk Durston shows that science has failed to push back the major claims of Judeo Christianity pertaining to God and nature. Surprisingly, as science advances, the evidence in support of the major claims has actually increased."