Critique of biochemical evolution | Gish, DT. 1964.
CRSQ 1(2):10-12. CELD ID 3627Abstract In the field of biochemical evolution, we are in an area where the only debatable question is, could it have happened? There is no historical record available that may be examined to answer the question, did it happen? We must recognize, then, that one's conclusion on this matter will, most likely, be influenced by one's point of view rather than by the arguments presented. Indeed we need have no illusion that evidence presented against the theory, no matter how powerful, will influence the conviction of avowed evolutionists that biochemical evolution has occurred. One of these avowed evolutionists, J. D. Bernal, has stated that the earlier studies of the origin of life concentrated on establishing a case for it, but that now the case no longer needs to be made: it can be accepted. He says that what interests us now is not that it could happen, but precisely how it happened. Such statements as this may sound convincing to the uninformed, but even a quick survey of available information reveals how untrue and scientifically unsound such a statement is.
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