Origins Part 8: Math is Fun!

Again, I must advise you to read all other posts before reading this one. If you do not, you will be more confused than a pumpkin.

We have seen that life could not have formed from non-life. Now I intend to briefly explain why the “evolution” of one species to another is illogical.

There are two theorized types of evolution: macro and micro. Both are theorized to work in approximately the same way. As DNA is being copied during reproduction, a mistake is made in the code. As you make more and more copies, imagine a genetic photo-copy machine, the clarity and quality of the code begins to fade. Remember the rules of thermodynamics: everything goes from a higher, more complex quality to a lower, less complex quality.

Although only one mutation occurs at a time, except in extreme situations like nuclear radiation, the mutation can take several forms: An addition, a subtraction, or duplication. Mutations can also occur on various levels: a single amino acid or an entire gene.

How often do mutations take place? Almost never. Mutations are quite a rare phenomenon. Also, remember that not all mutations will take place in reproductive cells. Most of them happen in the rest of your body where they either have no effect or cause cancer. Of those that form in reproductive cells, the chance that that cell will actually be the one chosen to create another person is slim.

Micro-evolution occurs in the real world. It is the only form of mutation that has ever been recorded. Micro-evolution is when an organism receives a mutated genetic makeup that is equally or less-complex than that of the parents. A lizard with spots may birth a lizard without spots, or spots of a different color. Bacteria may be formed that is immune to certain medicines, but vulnerable to others. Flies may be hatched with legs coming out of their heads.

Macro-evolution, which supposedly gives the offspring genetic material more complex than its parents, has never been observed in all of recorded history, among thousands of distinct species with untold populations. Ants alone out-populate all other animals combined. One would think that if macro-evolution were an actual event, it would have been seen some time during written history, especially with all the procreation being done by ants, mosquitoes, bacteria, and grass. An animal, plant, bacteria, or mold that formed through beneficial macro-evolution would, according to the evolutionary theory, be a level above the rest of its species and environment. That hasn’t happened in all of written history. We could not have missed it because it would be quite drastic, really. If the Egyptians wrote about riding around on land-sharks as an everyday activity, then evolution would have some sort of evidence.

Evolutionists try to get around this disturbing lack of new species by saying that the process moves really slow. They claim that over billions of years, these genetic mutations happened over long periods to create bigger and better life forms. Let’s look at the math. There are an estimated 10 quadrillion ants alive in the world today (source below). None of them have evolved in a beneficial way. Now let us pretend, as a favor to the evolutionists, that there was one beneficial mutation among all the ants alive today. If we take that rate, and divide it by the reproduction cycle of an amoeba (which is closest to the supposed first life form) of two days (source below), then we get this equation:

10 Quadrillion / (365 days in a year/2 days) = 10 Quadrillion / 183 = 54 Trillion years

54 Trillion!!! This means that the time needed for the FIRST beneficial evolutionary mutation is 54 Trillion years!!! The evolutionary theory claims the earth did not even exist until 4.5 billion years ago! Life supposedly began a mere 1 billion years ago! Do you see a problem with the math?

And that is just the ants, meaning that the number of 54 trillion is way too small! If we add in the population of every species of life on earth that has ever lived in all recorded history, the number 54 trillion will look like a crumb on the sidewalk next to the skyscraper that is the time needed for just one positive mutation.

If you want, read this article and apply your new knowledge to it.

http://www.space.com/searchforlife/life_origins_001205.html

Sounds pretty silly, doesn’t it?

This is a lot to chew, so I will leave you with this until the next post. Leave a comment, or the cyber ghost will haunt you.

Sources

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_ants_are_there_in_the_world

http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060914103932AAYe9Qj