Page 21 - The Errors the American National Academy of Sciences

The NAS's Error Regarding the Origin of Life

Considerable disagreements between scientists have arisen about de-
tailed evolutionary steps. The problem is that the principal evolution-
ary processes from prebiotic molecules to progenotes [the earliest
genetic organisms] have not been proven by experimentation and that
the environmental conditions under which these processes occurred
are not known. Moreover, we do not actually know where the genetic
information of all living cells originates, how the first replicable
polynucleotides (nucleic acids) evolved, or how the extremely com-
plex structure-function relationships in modern cells came into exis-
tence... It appears that the field has now reached a stage of stalemate, a
stage in which hypothetical arguments often dominate over facts
based on experimentation or observation. 2
The evolutionist biologist Andrew Scott makes a similar admis-
sion, saying:

Take some matter, heat while stirring and wait. That is the modern
version of Genesis. The 'fundamental' forces of gravity, electromag-
netism and the strong and weak nuclear forces are presumed to
have done the rest... But how much of this neat tale is firmly estab-
lished, and how much remains hopeful speculation? In truth, the
mechanism of almost every major step, from chemical precursors
up to the first recognizable cells, is the subject of either controversy
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or complete bewilderment. .
David A. Kaufman, a professor of biochemistry, admits that the
theory of evolution cannot account for the origin of genetic life in
these terms:
Evolution lacks a scientifically acceptable explanation of the source
of the precisely planned codes within cells without which there can
be no specific proteins and hence, no life. 4

Instead of admitting that the theory of evolution offers no expla-
nation however, the NAS authors prefer to resort to deception by
painting an unrealistic picture in its favor. They put forward the

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