Reddit reviews Genetic Entropy & the Mystery of the Genome

There is actually a genetic theory about that. It says that as time roles on with new generations, each generation sees a decay in the genetic code, i.e. each new generation is dumber (in theory) than the last.


Here's a book written on it: http://www.amazon.com/Genetic-Entropy-Mystery-Genome-Sanford/dp/1599190028

> You didn't answer the second part of the question.

Micro-evolution is small changes within a species. For example the finch's beaks in the Galapagos Islands. This part I agree with. Macro is everything else. For example single cell organisms evolving and giving us the diversity of life we see today.

> Let me ask you this, you believe in an old earth. You do not believe in evolution is responsible for the changes in "kinds" over time.

See above.

> We have evidence of living organisms on the earth for the past 3.7 billion years or so. During this time there are many different species that arose, the died out. Do you believe that these species are just spontaneously appearing every X number of years?

You're asking me to guess? Okay :-)

My answer is sorta. While mutations allow adaptability they are also harmful [1]. After enough harmful mutations a species will become extinct. This means that in order for a species to evolve new information must be injected into the genome, or the DNA needs re-engineered. This is at the hand of the designer. What's the best way for a designer to do this? Some predict the designer would use retroviruses to insert genes that cause the spawning of a new species, or whatever the designer wants. Note that human designers already use RV's to insert foreign genes into the genomes of genetically modified foods.

[1] The primary thing that is crushing to the evolutionary theory is this fact. Of the random mutations that do occur, and have manifested traits in organisms that can be measured, at least 999,999 out of 1,000,000 (99.9999%) of these mutations to the DNA have been found to produce traits in organisms that are harmful and/or fatal to the life-form having the mutation! (Sanford; Genetic Entropy page 38)


Sanford; Genetic Entropy p.38 http://www.amazon.com/Genetic-Entropy-Mystery-Genome-Sanford/dp/1599190028

> Do you have any idea how much money can be gained by being the poster boy scientist for a YEC organization?

Yes, because creationists get all the research grants :P I expect most to all of these organizations are 503c's which puts such info into the public domain. Have you looked up any numbers? Why would it be more profitable writing books in support of Darwinism or any other topic?

How do you explain John Sanford? Cornell geneticist and atheist, founder of two biotech companies, dozens of published papers and patents, his invention of the gene gun is now responsible for most of the world's GM food. Then he becomes a creationist because of the genetic entropy argument we're debating in the other thread. His book on amazon is ranked at 905,000, which means there are that many books that have sold more copies than it.

Here are CMI's tax returns. On page 7 you can see their president gets $71k/year and the other employes listed, with notable names such as Carl Weiland and Don Batten (author of the article being discussed here) are $0. Now I'm definitely no accountant and may be reading this wrong, so I invite you to show me otherwise.