God Didn't Do It

http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/mailbag/The-theory-of-evolution-is.6094178.jp

“His favourite piece of evidence in favour of evolution is the universality of DNA but this could just as easily be evidence for a common designer.”

How is this evidence for a common designer? Science shows that the universality of DNA is evidence for evolution that doesn’t need a designer. The writer of this article has just assumed that there is a God and therefore is saying that evolution can’t happen without one.

“This highly intelligent code system with its multi-layered control systems, speaks clearly of a brilliant creator. Codes don't write themselves, even with the hoped for billions of years.”

It’s the typical it’s so complex therefore it couldn’t have happened without a creator argument. If we take the belief that there was a creator, then he is anything but brilliant. Listen to Neil Degrasse Tyson who speaks about the chaos of the universe that makes most of it unfavourable for the development of life. Hardly sounds like a brilliant creator does it? I’m not a biologist and I will admit it’s difficult to prevent my eyes from glazing over when reading up on the theories regarding the origins of genetic code but, it seems the evidence is there and multiple theories exist for genetic code origin, none of which include God. However one point I found in reading stood out that goes against the writer’s statement of, “Even the simplest proteins composed of let's say, 100 amino acids, could not possibly form by chance due to the mathematical laws of probability!” Well that’s just it, they didn’t form by chance, “The genetic code is not a random assignment of codons to amino acids” (Freeland SJ, Hurst LD (September 1998). "The genetic code is one in a million". J. Mol. Evol. 47 (3): 238–48. doi:10.1007/PL00006381. PMID 9732450. http://link.springer-ny.com/link/service/journals/00239/bibs/47n3p238.html.). As I said, I’m not a biologist but, I highly doubt this writer is either, nor has he performed any basic level of research. He appears to be unable to fathom the idea that all of this happened without a God.

“The Cambrian explosion of multiple creatures, all fully formed and fit for purpose with the absence of missing links, shows that the theory of evolution is unproven and unsound.”

Go read The Greatest Show on Earth the evidence is there the missing links are there. Learn to keep up with the scientific literature. If this writer is going to state that evolution is unproven and unsound, then the burden of proof lies on him to prove God, which he hasn’t. He has taken arguments for evolution and simply added “godditit” in an unscientific attempt to prove his point. Let’s also not forget that tireless question of, “who made God?”