Mathematics is science and proves that evolution is not possible. For example, the 26 letters of the alphabet can be arranged in 4.0329 x 10 to the 26th power, or 403,290,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 combinations. The odds of the proper sequence of letters being laid out at random, are 1 in 2.4796 x 10 to the -27th power or .00000000000000000000000000024796. Taking five minutes for each attempt it would take 3,836,500,000,000,000,000,000 years to try them all.
Yet the scientists would have us believe that living organisms which are more complex than 26 components evolved by chance. Single cell bacteria have about 3 million nucleotides in their DNA. Mathematics show this to be impossible.
2007-05-04T13:03:21Z
Paul - Mathematics is certainly a science in the broad sense of "systematic and formulated knowledge", but most people use "science" to refer only to the natural sciences.
2007-05-04T13:19:17Z
Mel - Now come one...there's no reason to get personal. Can't you just have a good healthy debate/conversation with getting personal and using patronizing sarcasm to cover up your lack of knowledge on the subject?
great gig in the sky2007-05-04T13:02:55Z
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You cannot prove God with numbers, you can however see his hand in nature (evolution) and the constancy and order of the universe. And the hearts and lives he changes. Such high odds defy possibility. I am a creationist, and I know that I am not a chance pond scum baby. Mathematicians could not calculate the number or the odds of Gods perfection, I feel sorry for them. The only number they need is 1. One God, 1 creation.
It is a logical fallacy to think that someone can prove that god does not exist. The same way one can not prove that unicorns don't exist. You can NOT prove a negative. It is logically impossible. The burden of proof is on those who make the claim of something existing. The reason I don't believe in god is because I've tried praying and it didn't work, and the idea of some supreme overlord just seems contrived. I the default position is to be a skeptic until their is sufficient evidence to support the claim of a god. I don't claim to know 100 percent that their isn't some kind of creator being but I am only as sure as there are no such thing as unicorns.
That's assuming that it's random. There is evidence that organic material that came from space helped things along. The earth is constantly being pelted by organic materials. This makes the time period unimportant, since this organic materials could have taken however long to be created.
Your arguement also assumes that there is only organic material that will create a living organism.
Your arguement also assumes that each attempt would take five minutes. Why you picked five minutes I don't know. The earth is a really big place. and there more by many many more attempts than one in a minute.
Also you are assuming that the "correct" sequence is the last one possible. Using probiblity the chances are much better.
Although I do not believe in evolution you are in error. Mathematics does not disprove evolution. It only states that it is unlikely.
If something has an odds of happening of 1: 1,000,000,000,000 it doesn't mean that 999,999,999,999 chances have to go by in order for the desired outcome to occur. It could happen on the 500,000th time, the 50th time or even the first time.
Again, although I do not believe in evolution I do think it is important to keep an open mind to explainations for things. Isn't that what being a scientist is all about? Besides, if I dismissed an argument for a theory out of hand simply because I dissagreed with the theory I would be no better than the evolutionists.
Mathematics is not a science, and it is obvious that you have no clue as to what a science is.
According to your ridiculous logic, you cannot exist. Do you know what the odds are that out of the trillions of sperm that your father created in his life that the precise one to create you would precisely meet the one in a thousand eggs that your mother produced. Next, multiply that by the number of men in the world, since your mother need not have selected your father. Now, take that to the power of 10,000, or however many generations that you think that mankind has been around. The resulting number is so large that it is clearly impossible that you exist.