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To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (11277)	12/20/2010 2:54:59 PM
From: Greg or e	Respond to of 69300

I see what you are saying and I disagree that "unaware molecules following natural laws of chemistry" can do what you claim, but there's the rub. :) As I said: (as a non expert in the field) I find that explanation highly counter intuitive. It seems like a just so story.

To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (11277)	12/20/2010 6:09:08 PM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 69300

The genetic code is not a matter of molecules following the laws of chemistry. There is no law of chemistry saying a sequence of three sugar molecules should constitute a codon, for instance, or that that particular codon should code for a particular amino acid or the message STOP.

To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (11277)	12/20/2010 7:08:51 PM
From: LLCF	Respond to of 69300

<following natural laws of > THis is an interesting part. What ARE those. Sadly for the ID website (I like the 'idea' of ID) they seem to think laws of nature (watch out for "natural law" term) are random and can't evolution by natural selection... of course there is nothing random ABOUT a lion chasing down another lion and eating it. :) As far as I can see that is a MAJOR point in their argument shot to hell by a simple biology student. :) <What information? Brumar and Yockey notwithstanding, genetic molecules don't encode information meant for an outside reader.> This is a very astute and interesting point. DAK