{"id":198911,"date":"2017-06-15T07:21:12","date_gmt":"2017-06-15T11:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/the-odds-of-evolution-are-zero-townhall\/"},"modified":"2017-06-15T07:21:12","modified_gmt":"2017-06-15T11:21:12","slug":"the-odds-of-evolution-are-zero-townhall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/evolution\/the-odds-of-evolution-are-zero-townhall\/","title":{"rendered":"The Odds of Evolution Are Zero &#8211; Townhall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>        |      <\/p>\n<p>        Posted: Jun 15, 2017 12:10 AM      <\/p>\n<p>    Zero times anything is zero. The odds of life just happening by    chance are zero.  <\/p>\n<p>    This universe just springing into being by chance is    impossible. It takes a leap of blind faith to believe in    evolution, unguided or guided. Of course, there are tiny    changes within kinds. It seems to me usually when the    evolutionists make their case, they point to these tiny    changes.  <\/p>\n<p>    The analogies to the improbability of evolution by a    random process are endless.  <\/p>\n<p>    A hurricane blows through a junkyard and assembles a fully    functioning 747 jet.  <\/p>\n<p>    Scrabble pieces are randomly spilled out on the board, and they    spell out the Declaration of Independence word for word.    (Source: Dr. Stephen Meyer, author ofDarwins    Doubt).  <\/p>\n<p>    A monkey sits at a typewriter and types thousands of pages. He    types out word for word, with no mistakes, the entire works of    Shakespeare.  <\/p>\n<p>    The odds against our universe, of the earth, of the creation,    to have just come into being with no intelligent design behind    the grand scheme are greater than all of these impossible    scenarios.  <\/p>\n<p>    Forget the works of Shakespeare. What are the odds of a    monkey randomly typing away simply spelling the 9-letter word    evolution by chance? That doesnt sound too hard, does it?  <\/p>\n<p>    Dr. Scott M. Huse, B.S., M.S., M.R.E., Th.D., Ph.D., who    holds graduate degrees in computer science, geology, and    theology, wrote a book about creation\/evolution back in the    early 1980s,The Collapse of Evolution. Huse has    done extensive study on these questions of random probability.    I had the privilege of interviewing him about it for Dr. D.    James Kennedys television special, The Case for Creation    (1988). It was a type of Scopes Trial in reverse---filmed on    location in Tennessee, in the very courtroom where the 1925    monkey trial took place.  <\/p>\n<p>    Later, Huse created a computer program to see what are    the odds of a monkey typing the word evolution? He notes that    the odds are 1 in 5.4 trillion, which statistically is the same    thing as zero. Any casino that offered such horrible odds would    lose customers quickly, because no one would ever win. Forgive    my bluntness, but the suckers have to win something before they    start losing big.  <\/p>\n<p>    Heres what Scott told me in an email: The typical    personal computer keyboard has 104 keys, most of which are not    letters from the alphabet. However, if we ignore that fact and    say the monkey can only hit keys that are letters of the    alphabet, he has a one in twenty-six chance of hitting the    correct letter each time.  <\/p>\n<p>    Of course, he has to hit them in the correct sequence as    well: E then V then O, etc. Twenty-six to the power of    nine (the number of letters in the word evolution) equals    5,429,503,678,976.  <\/p>\n<p>    So, the odds of him accidentally typing just the    9-letter word evolution are about 1 in about 5.4 trillion    From a purely mathematical standpoint, the bewildering    complexity of even the most basic organic molecules [which are    much more complicated than a nine-letter word] completely rules    out the possibility of life originating by mere chance.  <\/p>\n<p>    Take just one aspect of life---amino acids and protein cells.    Dr. Stephen Meyer earned his Ph.D. in the philosophy of science    at Cambridge University. In hisNew York    Timesbestselling book,Darwins    Doubt(2013), Meyer points out that the    probability of attaining a correct sequence [of amino acids to    build a protein molecule] by random search would roughly equal    the probability of a blind spaceman finding a single marked    atom by chance among all the atoms in the Milky Way    galaxy---on its face clearly not a likely outcome. (p. 183)      <\/p>\n<p>    And this is just one aspect of life, the most basic    building-block. In Meyers book, he cites the work of    engineer-turned-molecular-biologist, Dr. Douglas Axe, who has    since written the book,Undeniable: How Biology    Confirms Our Intuition That Life Is Designed(2016).  <\/p>\n<p>    In the interview I did with Scott Huse long ago, he    noted, The probability of life originating through mere random    processes, as evolutionists contend, really honestly, is about    zero. If you consider probability statistics, it exposes the    naivet and the foolishness, really, of the evolutionary    viewpoint.  <\/p>\n<p>    Dr. Charles Thaxton was another guest on that classic    television special from 1988. He is a scientist who notes that    life is so complex, the chances of it arising by mere chance is    virtually impossible. Thaxton, now with the Discovery    Institute, has a Ph.D. in physical chemistry, and a    post-doctorate degree in molecular biology and a Harvard    post-doctorate in the history and philosophy of science.  <\/p>\n<p>    Thaxton notes, Id say in my years of study, the amazing    thing is the utter complexity of living things.Most scientists    would readily grant that however life happened, it did not    happen by chance.  <\/p>\n<p>    The whole creation points to the Creator. Huse sums up    the whole point: Simply put, a watch has a watchmaker and we    have a Creator, the Lord Jesus Christ.  <\/p>\n<p>            Congressman Injured inShootingSaw 'Courage            in the Face of Death'          <\/p>\n<p><!-- Auto Generated --><\/p>\n<p>Originally posted here: <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/columnists\/jerrynewcombe\/2017\/06\/15\/untitled-n2341269\" title=\"The Odds of Evolution Are Zero - Townhall\">The Odds of Evolution Are Zero - Townhall<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> | Posted: Jun 15, 2017 12:10 AM Zero times anything is zero. The odds of life just happening by chance are zero. 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