Science and Creationism, Part II: Molecular Biology

This post is the second in a four-part series about the scientific perspective of creationism. All the information is taken from a final paper I wrote for a class at Genesee Community College.

The first post is about the Big Bang Theory, galactic placement, and the planets; and the next will be about human evolution.

      When it comes to the complexity of molecular structure, there are some figures that show how difficult it would be for evolution to explain the results of.  Kenneth Poppe went on to describe how in the event of generating a small cellular protein chain consisting of 100 amino-acid chains in the correct sequence, choosing from an alphabet of amino-acids with 20 choices, it has a miniscule probability outcome resulting in 1 chance in 10¹³⁰ random tries.  And as Kenneth Hoppe said,

 If life actually did appear in the first two billion years of Earth’s existence as evolutionists tend to say it did, than that’s 10¹⁶ seconds of total time that nature would need to be testing 10¹¹⁴ new combinations every second in order to have the required odds to be successful.  Seeing as how there are only an estimated 10⁸⁰ atoms in the universe, the odds of finding that one necessary protein is zero, and since there are also 80,000 other proteins to generate that can be up to 10,000 amino-acid chains long, blind luck in this case has a “zero to the infinity power” chance to produce organic molecules without some kind of intelligent assistance. (p. 23)

     He also wrote about how Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) and Ribonucleic Acid (RNA) have to be a product of Intelligent Design because they are an outline for life due to how they cannot come before the less intricate proteins that they produce, they are the most complex organic molecules without any natural rationalization, and that they help to guarantee that every species on the planet will replicate “after their own kind.”
     Evolutionary beliefs also hold that all life, human, plant, and animal, all came from chemical compounds that created the bacteria that evolved into various animals and eventually into humans. This is usually referred to as Spontaneous Generation.  Unfortunately, if they want to hold onto that belief, they must let go of one of the fundamental laws of biology, the law of Biogenesis that says life can only arise from pre-existing life.  And according to A Question of Origins, any case for chemical evolution weakens upon considering how long chains of amino acids, all exactly in the correct position, are required to form the proteins of life.  Also, amino acids do not naturally link up to form proteins, but instead break down. Malcolm Bowden, engineer and author, regarding life’s origin said, 

“The origin of the very first life out of ordinary complex chemicals is so large that no evolutionist has ever been able to overcome it and it’s one of the biggest barriers to the theory of evolution that I know of.” It’s a fact that even the simplest existing cells have the need for thousands of specialized proteins in order to function"

References

1) Poppe, Kenneth. 2008.  Exposing Darwinism’s Weakest Link: Why Evolution Cannot Explain   Human existence. Eugene, Oregon. Harvest House Publishers.

2) Comfort, Ray. Feb. 2003. The Evidence Bible. Bridge Logos Pub. New and Revised Edition.

3) Battersby, Stephen. Mysterious Radio Waves Emitted from Nearby Galaxy. Retrieved from: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18775-mysterious-radio-waves-emitted-from-nearby-galaxy.html

4) OceanMotion and surface currents. Retrived from: http://oceanmotion.org/html/background/timeline1800.htm

5) Michael Ruse.  Darwin’s Theory: An Exercise in Science. Retrived from: http://bit.ly/1bQe7i6

6) Feb. 15, 2004. A Question of Origins dvd. USA: Eternal Productions Studios. Jim Tetlow.