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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (9496)	11/7/2010 10:43:50 AM
From: Brumar89	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 69300

The number of species is a dodge ... the issue is the number of genetic codes. If life could spontaneously generate codes to record information, it would have happened billions of times in earth's history and we'd see life around us with many different codes. DNA is a chemical compound, but thats irrelevant to the information encoded within DNA. Looking on amino acids as a "precursor" to life is like looking at silicon as a precursor to micro-electronics. Or clay and stone as a precursor to a library (because libraries are normally made of brick or stone). Human languages have been written in inks on paper made of wood pulp, papyrus, and other things. But books can't be explained by citing wood pulp or ink. DNA didn't spontaneously appear through divine intervention... Thats a statement of faith. And again, the important thing isn't DNA, its the code and the information. Life is based on encoded information, the chemistry is just the medium in which the information is encoded and used. Of course, they've been trying to explain the chemical origins for a half century now with no success, but the chemistry isn't the most difficult problem. -------------- DNA is not possible without chemistry...and therefore the genetic code you now claim as divine cannot exist without basic chemistry and physics.... Books are made of wood pulp and ink, but all the knowledge in the world about wood pulp and ink doesn't explain the writing in books. Micro-electronic technology is based on chips made of silicon and other substances, but that doesn't explain software and programming languages.