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Latest Evolutionist Sour ces Dispute
Miller's Experiment
Electrodes
The primeval atmos-
phere
H O, CO , N , H 2
2
2
2
Condensor
Boiling water
Collected organic
molecules
oday, Miller's experiment is totally disre-
garded even by evolutionist scientists.
T In the February 1998 issue of the famous
evolutionist science journal Earth, the follow-
ing statements appear in an article titled "Life's
Crucible":
Geologist now think that the primordial atmos-
phere consisted mainly of carbon dioxide and
nitrogen, gases that are less reactive than
those used in the 1953 experiment. And even if
Miller's atmosphere could have existed, how do
you get simple molecules such as amino acids
to go through the necessary chemical changes
that will convert them into more complicated
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compounds, or polymers, such as proteins?
Miller himself throws up his hands at that part
of the puzzle. "It's a problem," he sighs with ex-
asperation. "How do you make polymers?
That's not so easy." 1
As seen, today even Miller himself has ac-
cepted that his experiment does not lead to an
explanation of the origin of life. The fact that
evolutionist scientists embraced this experi-
ment so fervently only indicates the difficulties
facing evolution, and the desperation of its ad-
vocates.
In the March 1998 issue of National
Geographic, in an article titled "The Emergence
of Life on Earth", the following comments ap-
pear:
Many scientists now suspect that the early at-
mosphere was different from what Miller first
supposed. They think it consisted of carbon
dioxide and nitrogen rather than hydrogen,
methane, and ammonia.
That's bad news for chemists. When they try
sparking carbon dioxide and nitrogen, they get
a paltry amount of organic molecules - the
equivalent of dissolving a drop of food
colouring in a swimming pool of water.
Scientists find it hard to imagine life emerging
from such a diluted soup. 2
In brief, neither Miller's experiment, nor any
other similar one that has been attempted, can
answer the question of how life emerged on
earth. All of the research that has been done
shows that it is impossible for life to emerge by
chance, and thus confirms that life is created.
1- Earth, "Life's Crucible", February 1998, p.34
2- National Geographic, "The Rise of Life on Earth", March
1998, p.68
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