g. EXPELLED! Video Clip *recommended*
November 20, 2008
Yesterday, was thinking about the absurdity of evolutionary theory, particularly: If, for example, you take any organ within a mammal (and consider that the whole body system requires virtually all of the multitude of organs to be functioning together correctly for the mammal to live) ; each organ is a system within a system. For a single organ to mutate its way to the point that it would actually begin to work (to live, be ‘viable’) would require millions of individual mutations, AND, in the correct sequence, IF it were possible to happen (but it’s impossible).
So, this morning, i typed in “evolution and mutations” into Google and got this interesting short clip from the movie “Expelled”. Enjoy. (It’s only 2:23 so even dial-up will do it).
March 6, 2009 at 3:18 pm
I didn’t see this blog entry earlier. I saw the dvd of the movie “EXPELLED”. It started out rather dry, but it got better as it went along. Every atheist should see it!!
March 11, 2009 at 2:35 am
Hi Cheryl, i only saw the short clip. I thought he hit the nail on the head re: the mind bogglingly ridiculous notion that random mutations, which in nature are always malevolent, are responsible for every intricate engineered design in nature and also, that with mutations no new genetic information is generated.
March 12, 2009 at 1:10 am
If you take any system in the human body, how many evolutionary ‘steps’ / mutations did it take for just one system or organ to become what it is and actually begin functioning? Thousands, if not millions of steps. BUT even after a few thousand perfectly in sequence random mutations, the probability of which is off the scale of probability, you still don’t have a functioning system or organ, and therefore you don’t have a living person to begin with.
March 18, 2009 at 10:12 am
I’m still harping on about this: Try this, with every single characteristic of an organism, down to the minutest and most intricate detail, like DNA and chromosomes, Blood cells, nervous system components, hormones.. you name it : over every single separate feature stamp: ‘ RANDOM MUTATION ‘.
It doesn’t work, eh. They must have been doing a lot of mutating eh, for every million or so useless mutations there’s, bingo, a beneficial or desirable one which pops up. But the one-in-a-million good mutation still has the odds stacked against it bcos it has to be in perfect sequence so that it comes at the right time to fit into the order of the system.
But having a mutation appear on your body doesn’t change your genes and therefore is not passed on, unless that genetic information was already there, so there’s no truth to the theory of evolution to begin with.
March 19, 2009 at 10:38 pm
How do you mutate a thought – thought processes – the ability to think? How does a moral conscience mutate? At what point in the evolution of humans was the very first mutation of a conscience, of right and wrong?
The awe that one experiences when observing the vastness and beauty of the universe, when did that awe mutate? What a wonderful piece of meat the brain is!
From jello in the primordial soup to conscience – what a journey!
March 24, 2009 at 11:29 am
Have you seen the video clip from the movie on YouTube, where Mr. Stein is interviewing the renowned Mr. Dawkins? Dawkins puts forth the theory that “extraterrestrials” may have seeded the planet earth many years ago.
Yes, there is some science for you. And also, he concedes the point that there may have been some “intelligent design” as well!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxsQrBa0ECE
March 28, 2009 at 1:29 am
Thanks for the link Cheryl. We’re praying for Cindy.
We only have dial up so i don’t usually go for a YouTube download unless i really feel i need to. Added to that our power cuts frequently.
I saw Dawkins on a TV documentary once, when he went for Ted Haggard’s jugular, (before Ted’s fall) he really had Ted in a tail spin, it showed Ted running around in a panic that Dawkins was on his church property and trying to get his bouncers to remove him off their land. Imagine being afraid of someone like Dawkins? Dawkins did get to interview a nervous Ted after all.
That Dawkins is talking about ETs would seem to be ‘right on cue’ as far as his demonic minders are concerned.
May 27, 2009 at 4:37 am
If possible, you should really watch the movie … it’s excellent …
July 27, 2011 at 12:18 am
The clip has been removed from Youtube.
Here is a trailer of the movie “Expelled” :
Watch this short clip also: