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i am not talking about spirits..i am talking about dinosaurs and yall are getting off the topic.. you need to start a thread that talk about animal spirits..![]()
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i am not talking about spirits..i am talking about dinosaurs and yall are getting off the topic.. you need to start a thread that talk about animal spirits..![]()

i am not talking about spirits..i am talking about dinosaurs and yall are getting off the topic.. you need to start a thread that talk about animal spirits..![]()





I'm going to post this here because I don't know where else to post it. If anyone thinks I should have posted this somewhere else, please let me know. Sooo...sorry if you guys think this is getting too off topic.
Fredfam,
Looked at your article. Indeed it was interesting. However, a few points deserve mention here. Firstly, the experiments were conducted with Plasmodium berghei, Plasmodium gallinaceum, and Plasmodium cynomolgi bastianelli which are not commonly implicated in either malarial infection or death in humans. Interestingly, these parasites are commonly used in experiments on rodents. Secondly, these were virus-like particles and were not definitively proven to be viruses although the assays performed do suggest a viral infection of the parasite. Indeed, to quote the authors of the paper “It is not unreasonable to suppose that the oocyst capsule constitutes a physical barrier to these particles throughout the majority of sporogony and effectively contains them.” The authors repeatedly refer to the intracellular nature of these particles, impyling that the “virus” is held inside the parasite. Thirdly the authors state at the end of the paper that these particles have only been found in the Sporogonic aspect of their life cycle (inside the mosquito). Although this does not preclude their presence in the Exo-erythrocytic or Erythrocytic (both in mammals) parts of the lifecycle, it had not been proven as of the date of this articles publishing in June 1976.
Now, I thought maybe some progress had been made on this subject in the last 32 years and performed a medline search for the terms: malaria (limited to Microbiology, Parasitology, Pathology, Therapy, Transmission, Etiology) and viruses (limited to Isolation & Purification, Pathogenicity, Genetics, Ultrastructure). Unfortunately, there seems to be no link that I could identify in the 30 results that came up (dating from 1996 to May 2007) that suggested malaria might be due to a virus. If you can find a more recent paper, or even one using the parasites that commonly infect humans, please let me know because I would love to read it.
Regarding your thinking that anti-viral medications should be tried on Malaria; my search did find some papers that seem to suggest that a potential therapeutic route that is emerging is the use of various viruses, coated with antigens from the Plasmodium falciparum parasite can be used to activate the immune system. Your body kills the virus, but learns to recognize the antigens. This in turn becomes a sort of immunity that could potentially prevent the actual infection by the parasite (if it is recognized and killed before it can infiltrate red blood cells and). However, no word is out there that this is in anything more than a research-based setting. If you would like some more information I can provide it. Also, do you think you could provide a research article that implicates lysine as an effective anti-viral therapy? I’m quite genuinely interested to see how that works.
Finally, how does this relate to dinosaurs and the bible? 1) dinosaurs probably got viruses just like people, cows, plants, dogs, fishes, bacteria, and anything else that’s alive gets viruses. Secondly – the bible makes no mention of viruses…. Hmmmmm.![]()
Sometimes I get side tracked but I'll go back and read your posts again to see if I can remember what you said that triggered that thought in me. Here is some info on lysine and its mechanisem of action. The only studies I can find are on Herpies and I only have limited studies to medline as you gotta pay for the really meaty juciy articles. Bear in mind that it appears to work by suppressing argenine which could have a bad impact on heart patients, (thats my idea anyway since argenien is necessary for NO production). Anyway here's that info.

You are misusing the Bible and trying to use it as a text science. The Bible is not a science book. It's a book of Faith.
The Bible states that time is vastly different to God than it is to us. It is filled with symbolism. The Bible says that a 1,000 years is like a day to God - and 1,000 is a symbolic number in the Bible which equals to infinity. So when it says God created the world in six days - it doesn't mean six days as we humans view time. It means six days in God's view of time. It means millions of years.
If you are going to true to prove anything scientifically with the Bible, you are going to fall on your face. It's simply not a science book.
I have to disagree. The Bible is filled with science. Many discoveries in science were made by great thinkers who took the Bible literally. Here is a cool web site on that topic.
Science In the Bible
I went to your referenced website. I found it interesting in so far as it actually does not answer any questions definitively. Science as a process was developed thousands of years after the bible. Unfortunately there is no science in the bible. The scientific method involves independent experiementation with hypotheses and as such there is none in the bible. The bible is fully subject to the interpretation of the reader, be they evangelical, catholic, lutheran, or otherwise. And, as such, the website you have referenced does nothing more than expand on interpretation to assume that the bible covers topics such as genetics, physics, etc. that have been discovered in the ensuing thousands of years, and place them in a different context. There is no evidence behind these assumptions.
And remember, 42% of all scientists believe in some form of creation theory.
And look at this list.
If you, or anyone else, is to post this type of statistic, can I, as a objective reader please have a reference? I, and consequently any other readers of this post, have no reason whatsoever to conclude it is accurate if this information is missing.
Some modern scientists who have accepted the biblical account of creation
(cut out for the sake of length; see above)
Although this list is long, it is by no means extensive. This by no means represents 42% of the scientific community. Also I cannot find any publications in reputable non-filtered resources by these scientists that implicate creationism. I may have missed something however, so again, if you are able, please provide me with some peer-reviewed research I can look into.
Science has not proven evolution and it still only exists as a theory. They can never prove it because they can not observe or demonstrate abiogenisis. And just becuase you find a fossil, the only thing you know for certain about it is that it died. You certainly don't know that it had any offspring that lived, let alone weather or not it is a link. Evolution clearly is more of a religion than a science. At least I know that when I study science I am approaching it from a believers standpoint, knowing from faith that science will point towards God. Evolutionists don't seem to be aware of just how much they must rely on faith in order to believe in evolution.
Science's job is not to prove anything. As a matter of fact, science's main objective is to disprove various assumptions or hypotheses. These hypotheses are tested in a controlled environment and if they stand the test of time they are accepted. Scientists actually accept the fact that gravity can never be proven. They also accept the fact they cannot prove time moves forward any more than they can prove that light moves at ~3.0x10^8m/s however, they have never been able to disprove these concepts. And in the face of overwhelming evidence they conclude that these "assumptions" are correct. Indeed should an experiment ever be devised that disproves any such therory, serious consideration would be given to the experiment and revision of the theory may become necessary.
As for abiogenesis, all I wish to add to this topic is to say that various amino acids such as lysine, arginine and ~30 others can be produced via an electrical current passed through a cloud of gases. Although science has never proven that life would come from these building blocks, it is intriguing, is it not?
...That includes those who believe God used evolution to create the world. Which I do not. Cheifly because believing this will eventuallly lead you to the conclusion that evolution could have occured without God if you are intellectually honest. I don't bleieve any God that needs Evolution to create anything is worthy of worship. That would fall into the theory of Aliens seeding the planet.
As you stated, the above is your opinion. Which you are more than fully entitled to. My opinion is that God totally could have used evolution. We will have to agree to disagree here. Science does not disprove God's existence and in fact I believe shows us more of God's role in the universe than the bible.
I was hoping you would post the amino acid argument:
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Chirality is not just a major problem for evolution; it is a dilemma. According to evolution, natural processes must explain everything over long periods of time. However, the process that forms chirality cannot be explained by natural science in any amount of time. That is the dilemma, either natural processes cannot explain everything, or chirality doesn't exist.
Chirality can easily be explained via biochemical processes. Atoms have certain affinities for one another and when combined they have a tendency to arrange themselves in 3 dimensional shapes - this gives amino acids such as lysine, arginine, leucine etc., proteins, and nucleic acids such as DNA their specific qualities. However, due to the inherent randomness in molecular movements, and the various combinations of molecular orbitals we can end up with chiral molecules. Chirality is the property of essentially "right handed vs. left handedness". What I mean by this is that your two hands look alike in structure and have the exact same properties/abilities however, you cannot lay your right hand on your left hand and have them match up when they are facing the same direction (think palm of one hand to the back of the other).
Indeed this is a problem. In fact, in the manufacturing of numerous drugs, the chemical processes used to join the molecules together results in the formation of a chiral molecule that is produced in equal proportions (enantiomers) of right or left handedness, and this is known as a racemic mixture. The problem is often that only one enantiomer is actually active in the patient and because these molecules have the same inherent structure, they also have the same inherent chemical properties, and as such we lack the ability to separate the active one from the inactive one. This is why you bought L-lysine which also, if it was synthetically produced, likely contained the R enantiomer. The L version is the biologically active one (not saying I have found science backing it up as an antiviral). However, amazingly, the proteins of our bodies are only formed in the L enantiomer but this is due to the ability of other proteins to take the R version, and rearrange it to the L version.
I find it interesting that when creationists start talking about God's supernatural creation, evolutionists usually counter by saying that everything must be explained by natural science and divine intervention is not science. I find this remark extremely amusing. When we show them that the laws of natural science cannot explain the existence of chirality, evolutionists say that the process happened a long time ago by some unknown method that they cannot explain. Now who's relying on a supernatural explanation? Although they would never call it divine intervention, they certainly are relying on faith and not on scientific facts. Evolution just hopes you don't know chemistry.
Institute for Creation Research - A Christ-Focused Creation Ministry
Unfortunately, because there is complexity in nature does not preclude our ability to eventually understand it. And as I have stated above, discoveries in chemistry have shown us the "mystery" that is chirality, how it forms, and how it is dealt with inside living organisms. It would appear that creationism, and not evolution, is relying on a believer's lack of understanding with regards to chemistry and biochemistry.
I am sure there are some scientists who believe in creation. However, this does not say they don't believe evolution could co-exist. And I haven't been able to find any publications from them stating explicitly that creationism is a more credible theory.
...That includes those who believe God used evolution to create the world. Which I do not. Cheifly because believing this will eventuallly lead you to the conclusion that evolution could have occured without God if you are intellectually honest. I don't bleieve any God that needs Evolution to create anything is worthy of worship. That would fall into the theory of Aliens seeding the planet.
As you stated, the above is your opinion. Which you are more than fully entitled to. My opinion is that God totally could have used evolution. We will have to agree to disagree here. Science does not disprove God's existence and in fact I believe shows us more of God's role in the universe than the bible.
I was hoping you would post the amino acid argument:
...
Chirality is not just a major problem for evolution; it is a dilemma. According to evolution, natural processes must explain everything over long periods of time. However, the process that forms chirality cannot be explained by natural science in any amount of time. That is the dilemma, either natural processes cannot explain everything, or chirality doesn't exist.
Chirality can easily be explained via biochemical processes. Atoms have certain affinities for one another and when combined they have a tendency to arrange themselves in 3 dimensional shapes - this gives amino acids such as lysine, arginine, leucine etc., proteins, and nucleic acids such as DNA their specific qualities. However, due to the inherent randomness in molecular movements, and the various combinations of molecular orbitals we can end up with chiral molecules. Chirality is the property of essentially "right handed vs. left handedness". What I mean by this is that your two hands look alike in structure and have the exact same properties/abilities however, you cannot lay your right hand on your left hand and have them match up when they are facing the same direction (think palm of one hand to the back of the other).
Indeed this is a problem. In fact, in the manufacturing of numerous drugs, the chemical processes used to join the molecules together results in the formation of a chiral molecule that is produced in equal proportions (enantiomers) of right or left handedness, and this is known as a racemic mixture. The problem is often that only one enantiomer is actually active in the patient and because these molecules have the same inherent structure, they also have the same inherent chemical properties, and as such we lack the ability to separate the active one from the inactive one. This is why you bought L-lysine which also, if it was synthetically produced, likely contained the R enantiomer. The L version is the biologically active one (not saying I have found science backing it up as an antiviral). However, amazingly, the proteins of our bodies are only formed in the L enantiomer but this is due to the ability of other proteins to take the R version, and rearrange it to the L version.
I find it interesting that when creationists start talking about God's supernatural creation, evolutionists usually counter by saying that everything must be explained by natural science and divine intervention is not science. I find this remark extremely amusing. When we show them that the laws of natural science cannot explain the existence of chirality, evolutionists say that the process happened a long time ago by some unknown method that they cannot explain. Now who's relying on a supernatural explanation? Although they would never call it divine intervention, they certainly are relying on faith and not on scientific facts. Evolution just hopes you don't know chemistry.
Institute for Creation Research - A Christ-Focused Creation Ministry
Unfortunately, because there is complexity in nature does not preclude our ability to eventually understand it. And as I have stated above, discoveries in chemistry have shown us the "mystery" that is chirality, how it forms, and how it is dealt with inside living organisms. It would appear that creationism, and not evolution, is relying on a believer's lack of understanding with regards to chemistry and biochemistry.
I am sure there are some scientists who believe in creation. However, this does not say they don't believe evolution could co-exist. And I haven't been able to find any publications from them stating explicitly that creationism is a more credible theory.
Dr. Charles McCombs is a Ph.D. Organic Chemist trained in the methods of scientific investigation, and a scientist who has 20 chemical patents.
So you are saying that the argument this man gave is not a credible one against evolution? And if he doesn't believe in evolution, are you saying he just doesn't know what he believes in? Clearly if he holds a PHd in science and is trained in methods of investigation and writes an article showing that evolution can not be responsible for creating life. THEN he must believe in Creation! I will tell you why you are having a hard time finding papers that actually state Creation is more credible. It is because the scientist who says that point blank will loose his funding, his job, and will be ostrasized in the scientific community. (for example Robert Gentry lost his Federal funding when he pointed to proof that granite rock had to be formed instantaneously, not cooling over millions of years) and he clearly states that Creation is more credible. The world of science is not devoid of politics and good old boy tactics.

this man had 3 Drs degrees and clearly stated Creationisim best fit the scientific evidence better that evolution.....
A.E. Wilder-Smith (biographical info) -Creation SuperLibrary