Not knowing how something works also doesn't mean it created it self. The missing link also happens to be very important - imagine the implications if one is found.
DNA - Its true we can play with DNA. But for Darwinian evolution purposes. Not only does DNA need to change but it needs an increase in genetic information. For instance reptiles and birds are very different - reptiles dont have genetic code for wings or feathers. If you wanted to change a reptile into a bird it would require an addition of pretty complex code. ( Again something out of nothing).
As for Genetic Mutations - evidence clearly point to a more limited product other then a positive change.
Even if a leg started to turn into a wing (pretending additional code is there) The leg would be a bad leg before it becomes a good wing. What ever happened to the fastest and the strongest survive logic. That creature would have been an easy meal
1) Nothing creates itself. Not even God. Which is why there isn't one.
2) The "missing link" is a fallacy. It isn't missing; it just hasn't been found yet. Yes, there is a difference. Missing implies "not there at all" which simply isn't true. If it wasn't there, we wouldn't be here. So we just haven't found it yet.
3) DNA does not need to increase in information. Most of the genetic code is unused duplicate chains. You have no idea what you're babbling about.
4) Reptiles wouldn't have the code for feathers because they precede birds. You don't have the code for three-eyed, nine-footed helium breather. That doesn't mean that a billion years from now your descendants can't have it.
5) Changing from reptile to bird does take complex changes. But complex doesn't mean impossible and it certainly doesn't point to some sky-father manipulating every molecule in the Universe toward some grand design. Drip water on a piece of steel for a billion years and you have something different than a piece of steel. That's just common sense, not an argument for the existence of a rust god.
6) "evidence clearly point to a more limited product other then a positive change. " Huh?
7) "Even if a leg started to turn into a wing (pretending additional code is there)" It doesn't take additional code, it takes different code. Change, not growth. Ever hear of a chromosome? You do realize that there are a fixed number in most creatures right? No, probably not now that I think about it. If you knew that, you wouldn't be spouting this nonsense.
8) "The leg would be a bad leg before it becomes a good wing" Really? So if the "bad" leg slows your descent in a panicked jump from a tree branch just enough to allow you to escape a predator, it's bad? It doesn't let you fly, true, but it serves the rudimentary purpose: escape predation. You have obviously never actually studied evolution. I'm guessing you read a few religious tracts - and quoted them here - and smugly congratulate yourself on how well you 'argue' with the heathens.
Try actually thinking instead of regurgitating. It's much more comfortable, brings a sense of real peace as opposed to the frightened subservience to a mythical bully that you probably feel in your heart of hearts AND it keeps you from looking like a complete fucking retard in public. That will help you get laid, which will help you spread your genes around a bit. Seriously, look into it.
And as for some of these other posts about humanist, touchy feely bullshit like "love, devotion, faith" blah blah blah here's an experiment for you: go and run 15 miles a day for a week without drinking any water. The result will be (if you live) severe dehydration and depletion of certain necessary minerals and chemicals in your body, classified as electrolytes. Given an imbalance of electrolytes, your body's chemical structure starts to break down as your body is forced to cannibalize itself to survive.
Electrolyte imbalance causes rage, fatigue, confusion, balance problems, depression, anxiety etc.
Oddly enough feelings of love, satisfaction, bonding etc. all disappear when the chemical balance of the body is broken.
My point is that your lovey-dovey positive emotions, faith, charity, compassion etc. all break down when your bodies chemicals are out of whack.
Does that sound like a gift from the sky father to YOU?
Rusky, you believe because you're terrified, not because you truly believe. Put aside childish things.
Hopefully you get the reference. If not, either read the skyfather almanac more closely or stop arguing with people who actually have and see it for what it really is.
You won't of course, but that's just more evidence for those of us who actually think evidence is important.
/wave
