Confessions from Evolutionists
The theory of evolution
faces no greater crisis
than on the point of explaining the emergence of life
. The reason is that organic molecules are so Complex
that their formation can not possibly be explained as being coincidental
and it is manifestly impossible
for an organic cell to have been formed by chance
Evolutionists confronted the question of the origin of life
in the second quarter of the 20th century. One of the leading authorities of the theory of molecular evolution
, the russian scientist Alexander I. Oparin, said the following in his book:
Unfortunately, the origin of the cell remains a question which is actually the darkest point of the complete evolution theory.
'Origin of Life', 1953 (Reprint), p.196
Since Oparin, scientists have performed countless experiments, conducted research, and made observations to prove that a cell could have been formed by chance. However, every such attempt only made clearer the complex design of the cell and thus refute
d the evolutionists hypotheses even more. Professor Klaus Dose, the president of the Institute of Biochemistry at the University of Johannes Gutenberg, states:
More than 30 years of experimentation on the origin of life in the fields of chemical and molecular evolution have led to a better perception of the immensity of the problem of the origin of life on Earth rather than to its solution. At present all discussions on principal theories and experiments in the field either end in stalemate or in a confession of ignorance.
Klaus Dose, "The Origin of Life: More Questions Than Answers", Interdisciplinary Science Reviews, Vol 13. No.4, 1988, p.348
The following statement by the geochemist Jeffrey Bada from San Diego Scripps Institute makes clear the helplessness
of evolutionists concerning this impasse:
Today as we leave the twentieth century, we still face the biggest unsolved problem that we had when we entered the twentieth century: How did life originate on earth?
The Complexity of the Cell
Jeffrey Bada, Earth, February 1998, p.40
The cell is the most complex
and most elegantly designed system man has ever witnessed since the advent of the electron microscope
. Professor of Biology Michael Denton, in his book entitled Evolution: A Theory in Crisis
explains this complexity with an example:
To grasp the reality of life as it has been revealed by molecular biology, we must magnify a cell a thousand million times until it is twenty kilometers in diameter and resembles a giant airship large enough to cover a great city like London or New York. What we would then see is an object of unparalelled complexity and adaptive design. On the surface of the cell we would see millions of openings like port holes of a vast space ship, opening and closing to allow a continual stream of materials to flow in and out. If we were to enter one of these openings we would find ourselves in a world of supreme technology and bewildering complexity... (a complexity) beyond our own creative capacities, a reality which is the very antithesis of chance, which excels in every sense anything produced by the intelligence of man..."
The following used to be part of this wu, but The Alchemist has indeed proven me wrong, and I will not let pride get in the way of the truth, so my gratitude goes to the astute noder who has enlightened my knowledge on the matter.
However, even in the destitute state that the following extract has now been left, ironically it just goes to show that the reality of certain situations are beyond the boundaries of Science and/or Mathematics as we currently know it...
And now for the forsaken extract -
So much for the cell, evolution fails even in explaining protein
s which are the building-blocks of a cell.
The Probability of a Protein Being Formed by Chance is Zero
There are 3 basic conditions for the formation of a useful protein
1. All the amino acids in the protein chain are of the right type and in the right sequence.
2. All the amino acids in the chain are lef-handed.
3. All of these amino acids are united between them by forming a chemical bond called Peptide Bond.
In order for a protein to be formed by chance, all three basic conditions must exist simultaneously
. The probability of the formation of a protien by chance is equal to the multiplication of the probabilities of the realisation of each of these conditions.
For instance, for an average molecule
comprising of 500 amino acid
1. The probability of the amino acids being in the right sequence:
There are 20 types of amino acids used in the composition of proteins.
According to this:
- The probability of each amino acid being chosen correctly among these 20 types
- The probability of all of those 500 amino acids being chosen correctly
= 1/20500 = 1/10650 = 1 chance in 10650
2. The probability of the amino acids being lef-handed:
- The probability of only one amino acid being left-handed
- The probability of all those 500 amino acids being left-handed at the same time
= 1/2500 = 1/10150 = 1 chance in 10150
3. The probability of the amino acids being combined with a "peptide bond":
Amino acids can combine with each other with different kinds of chemical bonds. In order for a useful protein to be formed, all the amino acids in the chain must have been combined with a special chemical bond called a "peptide bond". It is calculated that the probability of the amino acids being combined not with another chemical bond but by a peptide bond is 50%. In relation to this:
- The probability of two amino acids being combined with a "peptide bond"
- The probability of 500 amino acids all combining with peptide bonds
= 1/2499 = 1/10150 = 1 chance in 10150
Total Probability = 1/10650 X 1/10150 X 1/10150
= 1 chance in 10950
So to summarise - The probability of an average protein molecule made up of 500 amino acids being arranged in the correct quantity and sequence in addition to the probability of all of the amino acids it contains being only left-handed and being combined with only peptide bonds is "1" over 10950
The above is only a written probability. Practically, such a possibility has "0" chance at realisation. In mathematics
, a probability smaller than 1/1050
is statistically considered to have a "0" probability of realisation. A probability of "1/10950
" is far beyond the limits of this definition.