No, I hold it APPEARS to be random, however, it COULD be by design as well.
Again, that is an assumption. Not fact. They APPEAR random maybe to you and others. That doesn't mean there isn't ANY design in them.
It could always be God. No one can ever prove that to be impossible. Your position is meaningless.
And your position that it is random as fact is as well. Thank you for your concession.
Science is naturalistic, we can only go by what is observable in some way. Observation, along with the laws of chemistry and physics, tells us that gene mutations are random and those mutations result from molecular changes as they are copied. Yes, one could say they believe God is behind those changes. However, that is no different than saying one believes that a small teapot orbits the sun somewhere between Mars and Jupiter and just because we haven't seen it, that doesn't mean its not there. After all, its a massive place and how could we ever hope to ever find a tiny little teapot orbiting the sun?
My point being is that you can chose to believe that God is behind some of the perceived randomness, but that is not science, that is simply a personal belief of yours.
Without random mutation, one does NOT believe in evolution.
Not really, because evolution could still be God(s) design.
Who says it is is random and not by some design? The idea of evolution is about change and adaptation.
What religion are you?
When you claim something IS random, you are in fact making an assumption yourself in the affirmitive. Science is not absolute. If you were to claim it APPEARS random, then I would agree with you, however when you say it IS random, you are making an affirmative. Kinda like when an atheist says 'There is NO god" there are in fact making an unprovable assumption as well.
Again, you are simply incorrect
"Technically," it's not? How's that? Who says so?
Yes or No?
No, I do not reject evolution.
You're claiming to believe in engineering but not physics! It's nonsense. Evolution DOES NOT EXIST without random mutation.
One can claim that God knew single cell organisms would result in people, but one cannot claim that God planned every gene mutation and it was RANDOM.
Or a better question -- could this sort of mindless dogmatism actually serve a purpose in terms of survival of the species?
I mean, since we are a social animal devoid of proper offensive weaponry by way of fangs or claws, and are slow, soft-bodied creatures lacking any sort of defensive capabilities, the only advantage we have is our ability to cooperate with each other for a common purpose. In that, perhaps we are hardwired towards shared belief to some degree, and while his may be an extreme expression of such and lacking in intelligence, it could actually reveal one of those survival traits that are a product of evolution.
To what end would god create an illusion of random mutation and natural selection? To **** with us?
Science is about probability. The probability that the genetic mutations that provide the initial catalysts are random is infinitely higher than the probability that they occur due to some supernatural power. In science that is all that matters. It doesn't mean that God being behind it is impossible, it simply means from a scientific perspective for all intents and purposes it is statistically impossible that those changes are not random.
Computers can do random, but I cant quite get my head around an all knowing God creating a truly random system. There are some things above my pay grade.
Yet you still have not provided ANYTHING to prove your claims. Pathetic. You're dismissed.
The mechanisms of evolution—like natural selection and genetic drift—work with the random variation generated by mutation.
Do I reject micro-evolution. No.
Do I reject macro-evolution. Yes.
Yet you still have not provided ANYTHING to prove your claims. Pathetic. You're dismissed.
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