- "The inherent complexity in a creature manifests itself in the descendents as
a result of environmental factors"
- is achieved when C(D) ≤ C(A)
(complexity of descendent is
no greater than complexity of ancestor)
- has been observed in living systems
- is consistent with all known laws of science
- is consistent with the fossil record
- is consistent
with Christian theism and Biblical revelation
- has
been, to some degree at least, simulated by computer programs
- requires
the mechanisms of genetic mutation / recombination and natural selection,
which are well-understood
- presupposes
the existence of self-reproducing creatures
- can legitimately be considered a
theory, or perhaps a law
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- "The ancestry of all existing living organisms can be traced, via purely
natural causes, to a single-celled organism, and eventually to
non-living matter"
- requires
C(D) > C(A)
(complexity of descendent is greater than complexity of ancestor)
- has
never been observed in living systems
- has
never been simulated on a computer
- is not
supported by the fossil record
- violates
well-known laws of science:
- The
second law of thermodynamics
- Mendel’s
laws of genetics
- Virchow’s
Omnis cellula e cellula ("all
cells come from preexisting cells")
- Pasteur’s
Law of Biogenesis, Omne vivum ex
vivo ("all life is from life")
- violates
the repeated observation that natural systems do not generate complex
specified information
- requires
a mechanism that has never been explicitly proposed
(thus the transitions remain a mystery:
non-life →
single independent self-reproducing cell →
interdependent, muti-celled,
anatomically symmetric, sexually reproducing creatures →
intelligent, morally conscious, creative creatures)
- is based
upon the philosophy of naturalism, which cannot account for
- persistence
of identity
- free
will / moral responsibility
- universal
code of ethics
- laws
of logic / mathematics
- origin
of information and language
- can at best be considered a
conjecture, or hypothesis
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