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Quote Perhaps in no other area of modern biology is the challenge posed by the extreme complexity and ingenuity of biological adaptations more apparent than in the fascinating new molecular world of the cell … . To grasp the reality of life as it has been revealed by molecular biology, we must magnify a cell a thousand million times until it is twenty kilometers in diameter and resembles a giant airship large enough to cover a great city like London or New York. What we would then see would be an object of unparalleled complexity and adaptive design. On the surface of the cell we would see millions of openings, like the port holes of a vast space ship, opening and closing to allow a continual stream of materials to flow in and out. If we were to enter one of these openings we would find ourselves in a world of supreme technology and bewildering complexity. Is it really credible that random processes could have constructed a reality, the smallest element of which—a functional protein or gene—is complex beyond our own creative capacities, a reality which is the very antithesis of chance, which excels in every sense anything produced by the intelligence of man? Alongside the level of ingenuity and complexity exhibited by the molecular machinery of life, even our most advanced artifacts appear clumsy … . It would be an illusion to think that what we are aware of at present is any more than a fraction of the full extent of biological design. In practically every field of fundamental biological research ever-increasing levels of design and complexity are being revealed at an ever-accelerating rate.13 For natural selection (differential reproduction) to start, there must be at least one self-reproducing entity. But as shown above, the production of even the simplest cell is beyond the reach of undirected chemical reactions. So it’s not surprising that Teaching about Evolution omits any discussion of the origin of life, as can easily be seen from the index. However, this is part of the ‘General Theory of Evolution’ (molecules to man),14 and is often called ‘chemical evolution.’ Indeed, the origin of the first self-reproducing system is recognized by many scientists as an unsolved problem for evolution, and thus evidence for a Creator.15 The chemical hurdles that non-living matter must overcome to form life are insurmountable, as shown by many creationist writers. Unquote Refuting Evolution chapter 9: Is the design explanation legitimate? - creation.com This is the problem for proponents of the theory of evolution and why they avoid the question of how life began. The hurdles to overcome to form life are too great. The most basic life forms so immensely complex. Biology scientists are finding out just how immensely complex the basic life forms are. To think these complex organisms could just happen by random chance processes is really a hurdle they cannot cross.

Read this article. It gives a lot of evidence why the creation view is far more credible than evolution. Created or evolved - creation.com One of the discoveries is shown in a 1 minute 10 second video clip. It is the Kinesin linear motor which is in a cell. That is something that could never have come about by evolution or random chance processes.

The "how" of a supernatural event cannot be shown or demonstrated. The finished product or result of it is evident all around us. Perhaps at least admit you don't know the answer and are willing to consider God as the answer. Then you need to open the King James Bible and read the beginning of Genesis that describes how God created everything. Nobody on earth can show you "how" God created everything because it was supernatural. The fact that he did create it is all around us. "1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. 3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. {the light from…: Heb. between the light and between the darkness} 5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. {And the evening…: Heb. And the evening was, and the morning was etc.} 6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. {firmament: Heb. expansion} 7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. 8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day." Genesis 1:1-3 KJB "1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. {substance: or, ground, or, confidence} 2 For by it the elders obtained a good report. 3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear." Hebrews 11:1-3 KJB "6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. " Hebrews 11:6 KJB God has chosen the method of faith. He has given man free will, the evidence of creation, and his written revelation to tell us about himself, what he did, and what he expects of us in return.

It is logical to believe sub atomic particles such as protons, electrons, neutrons, energy and all the physical laws that govern their motion or action could not just have appeared out of empty space by themselves. It is a matter of reason, logical deduction of the fact that something meaningful like the basic building blocks of the universe don't just appear out of nothing without an intelligent designer or Creator, who we call God. How God did that we don't know and he hasn't chosen to reveal that to us. It appears that it was simply a supernatural event. We are used to having everything that happens explained to us in a logical fashion that we as humans can understand. But God is not the same as a human being. He is infinite in power, knowledge, and is a spirit. So this is not something that can be explained in earthly terms like a chemical reaction or how something is built. It has to be accept on faith that it was a supernatural event beyond human comprehension. We should also bear in mind that God is omnipotent (all powerful), omniscient (all knowing), omni present, and eternal. In other words he always existed and always will. He is above and separate from the created universe. I don't know any other way to describe it. There is no scientific explanation for how he created the universe. The sub atomic particles could not have created themselves or designed themselves. They have no intelligence to be able to do that. So it is reasonable to believe they were designed by something outside of themselves who we call God. I know some say who created God. But that is missing the point that God did not need to be created because he always existed. We tend to think of things as being finite or having a beginning and an ending. But that does not apply to God because he always was. "one would require fundamental proof in order to support such an immediate conclusion". The fatal flaw in that statement is the fact that we are mere mortals, who were created by an omnipotent Creator or God and God has not chosen to provide a kind of scientific "proof" other than the evidence that exists in the creation before our eyes already. God owes us nothing and expects us to worship him as the God who created us and provides everything we have including the air we breath. Therefore when one says they require "proof" of his existence and work, are they not questioning God who created them? He has already stated in his written revelation, the Bible, that he created everything. God is not a man and does not need anything from man. It is man who depends on God for everything. It is a matter of understanding perspective and our place in the universe or creation. We are mere specks in a universe, but God ( who is a triune God made of Father, Son and Holy Ghost), has been most gracious in that he created man in his own image. That is not a physical image, but with certain similarities.

No, you said it was Dr. Patricia Daly, Chief Medical Health Officer of Vancouver Coastal Health that said it. Now you're saying it was BC's Chief Medical Health Officer who said it. Which is it? Make up your mind. Whoever said it, they would be at odds with the great majority of experts.

Actually, that claim that Covid transmissions do not occur in restaurants and gyms is false. Transmission is known to occur through the air people breath and wherever people are in a building sharing the same air, transmission occurs. That is the basic way Covid is spread. Covid virus are in the air in what they call aerosol, that is, a fine mist of water vapour that people breath out. The viruses are within the vapour or aerosol and just float through the air. So the normal places Covid is spread are inside buildings, homes, gyms, schools, and restaurants. Any place that is enclosed is a potential environment for Covid spread. That is why they say outdoors is far safer.

There is an interesting article which gives strong evidence why we had to have a Creator God who designed and created everything. At the time of Darwin's theory of evolution in about 1859, little or nothing was known about one of the most basic life forms, the cell. All living things are made up of cells. At that time it was thought to be not much more than a blob and not much thought was given to it. Since then, science has led to immense discoveries about the living cell and how it operates. It turns out to be extremely complex. Embedded in this article are several short video clips of around a minute or so each showing how complex the operations of a cell are and how unlikely such a complex system could just come about by evolution or without a designer. "Note that this whole system (DNA, RNA and fully functional enzyme machinery) must be present in any living cell. To get enzymes you need RNA, to get RNA you need DNA, to get DNA you need enzymes … get the picture? No one has any idea how such a sophisticated set of nanomachines could have made themselves without intelligent design. This had to be designed by a super-intelligence. This is one characteristic of the Creator of all described in the Bible: omniscient / all knowing." Created or evolved - creation.com

Interesting short documentary on CTV's W5 program via this link. If you can bear with a minute or so of commercials that come on first, you will see the report that the next pandemic will be coming and why. One reason is livestock like pigs are mass produced in very concentrated pens or quarters that make the spread of deadly viruses possible. CTV News | News Video - Top National News Headlines - News Videos

Man-made climate change is just a cult and a hoax. CO2 in the atmosphere is a trace gas of about 400 ppm. All human activity produces about 12 ppm. Canada produces about 1.5% of all human emissions which is about 0.18 ppm, which is insignificant. So what you do won't make any difference to climate change. You're wasting your time and money. If we use an Olympic swimming pool to represent the earth's atmosphere, Canada's contribution to greenhouse gases would be the equivalent of a medium size cup of Tim Horton's coffee. Too bad nobody tells all these climate protesters and politicians at COP26.

Giving every kid who spent some time in a foster home $40,000 is madness. It will cost the taxpayers billions of dollars and is nonsensical. I believe most of those kids were not abused in any way. The claim that they were denied their native culture and language is absolute nonsense but it is the reason the HRT decided to order the government to pay billions to them. It was not because they were abused physically or sexually; it was because of the new woke belief that they were denied native language, spirituality, or culture. This should never be a reason to pay tens of thousands of dollars in compensation. It is the taxpayers who are being abused.

I like the Conservative plan better. The Liberals and NDP want to provide $10 a day childcare for working mothers. The Conservatives prefer to give families a large tax benefit so families can decide for themselves whether the mother should go out to work or stay at homes and look after the kids. Giving families the right to choose whether mom works or stays home is far better for society than the state using child care payments to force women to go out to work and having the state use day care centres to look after the kids. That sounds more like something from a Communist country. The idea that the state can better raise kids than the mother (or father) is Marxist ideology.

Life is short and we never know how long it will last. My God will supply all my needs. "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou are with me; Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me." Psalm 23:4 KJB We never know when or if we are in the valley, but he has said I will never leave thee nor forsake thee.

It's a good thing, for the most part, Canada doesn't leave it to environmentalist radicals on welfare, armchair critics sitting in their mom's basement or the child protestors like Greta Thunberg and the brainwashed school kids protesting on the streets to decide what industries we have in Canada. Your description of yourself as "fighting economic growth" shows you need counseling. Where did you go to school or where did you come from? No, you won't say. It might explain a lot.

People who sign that petition obviously don't have a job in the forest industry or spin-off industries. Most are probably armchair environmentalists who have no clue how Canada's main industries are the natural resource industries. Many might be living off the spin-off industries of natural resources and living in homes made out of lumber that the forest industry provides. PS Calling fellow Canadians vermin for working in the natural resource forest industry is pretty low. Where did you come from?

"Wow. In just a couple of days, over 2,000 British Columbians signed the petition in support of standing up for BC Forestry jobs. Sign yourself and share at: https://www.ellisrosscampaign.ca/forestry The NDP are jeopardizing 18,000 jobs which put food on the table for BC forestry families. This is wrong! It's time to stop playing politics and stand up for BC Forestry."

I can see we're drifting too far off topic, so I will let most of what you said pass for now except the last sentence is more closely related. I disagree with all your other comments in that last post as well but won't go into it here. I think I would be wasting our time. You obviously believe the hoax of man-made climate change. You will pay for that because governments at all levels are making you pay for carbon emissions, even if it doesn't do anything to stop climate change and it won't. Man-made climate change has never been proven. Do you have any proof that man is causing it at all? Didn't think so. Dr. Suzuki is more of a CBC television radical environmentalist cult leader than anything. For a guy that makes much of fighting climate change and carbon emissions, he sure emits a lot of CO2 with all four of his mansions plus jetting around. He's all talk: do as I say, not as I do. " OTTAWA — Green sage David Suzuki has some expensive tastes for someone who wants to shut down the carbon economy within a generation. QMI Agency has learned that Suzuki, who's made a name for himself fighting for the environment and against development, owns four homes, including one property he co-owns with a fossil fuels company. His primary abode is a sprawling mansion in the Kitsilano neighbourhood of Vancouver, worth approximately $8.2 million. At Occupy Vancouver, Suzuki extolled the virtues of his anti-corporate agenda and condemned excess. He owns another slightly more modest property in the Kitsilano neighbourhood. Its value is listed as $1.01 million. Suzuki owns a waterfront property on the Quadra Island area off the B.C. coast, that appears from photos to be something of a cottage getaway, complete with boat dock. The property is valued at $1.1 million. Perhaps most interesting is a property on Nelson Island of which Suzuki is one of several co-owners listed on a B.C. land title registry, another of which includes Kootenay Oil Distributors. Nelson Island is predominantly forested with little economic activity and a tiny permanent population." David Suzuki a man of property | Toronto Sun "David Suzuki has spent years telling Canadians that we all need to pay carbon taxes and reduce our carbon footprint. Yet, Suzuki himself loves to travel and has a massive carbon footprint." CRAIG: David Suzuki's carbon footprint is immense | Toronto Sun

"In response to criticism, Hawking has said; "One can't prove that God doesn't exist, but science makes God unnecessary." When pressed on his own religious views by the Channel 4 documentary Genius of Britain, he has clarified that he does not believe in a personal God." stephen hawking criticism - Bing The Bible says "The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. " Psalm 14:1 KJB Since Hawking said he does not believe in a personal God, it seems he is at odds with the teachings of the Bible. So I'm not sure where that puts him on the scale of wisdom versus foolishness. Down Under blunder: David Suzuki unmasked as a know-nothing huckster on Australian TV | Toronto Sun For theology you have an infinite resource in the Bible and countless knowledgeable theologians and Bible scholars, many of whom have their information on the internet; I'm not sure how Professor Jobling could be the answer to everything or why anyone would say they go to a professor instead of the source of all spiritual knowledge, the God in the Bible.

I'm not sure why anyone would put much credence in anything a well known atheist would say about the future. "One more word of clarification about the so-called “end” of the world. In speaking this way neither the Scriptures nor I are suggesting that human existence on earth will ever end. What the Bible tells us is that human history in its present form or shape will come to an end. But God’s people will continue to live forever and ever on a new and redeemed earth, an earth that is free from pollution, free from corruption, free from natural disasters, free from the effects of sinful human beings, free from war and pestilence and disease, free from the presence of Satan and his demonic forces, an earth that will be glorified and transformed to serve as the habitation in eternity for those whom Jesus Christ has redeemed and saved by his cross and resurrection (for this, see Revelation 21-22)." Stephen Hawking, the End of the World, and the Bible - The Aquila Report Better to read and study the Bible and trust in Jesus than put trust in man.

For those who think they are losing their freedoms or that the Covid restrictions are onerous, be prepared. This W5 CTV program is predicting another pandemic and it could come from anywhere and be worse than the Covid pandemic. Best you read the Bible and make sure you have salvation. Only Jesus Christ saves. Believe the Bible. Ultimately the Bible, God and Jesus are the ultimate answer because the pandemic could take your life. And then what? https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=w5+episodes&refig=7cbd79aaff5a4dd2955a144953b45fe4&sp=2&qs=LS&pq=w5&sk=LS1&sc=8-2&cvid=7cbd79aaff5a4dd2955a144953b45fe4&ru=%2fsearch%3fq%3dw5%2bepisodes%26form%3dANNTH1%26refig%3d7cbd79aaff5a4dd2955a144953b45fe4%26sp%3d2%26qs%3dLS%26pq%3dw5%26sk%3dLS1%26sc%3d8-2%26cvid%3d7cbd79aaff5a4dd2955a144953b45fe4&view=detail&mmscn=vwrc&mid=A589A986707C958D27E2A589A986707C958D27E2&FORM=WRVORC

Wearing a mask indoors and showing a vaccine passport is hardly like slavery. Ridiculous comment. We are still in the pandemic and statistics show there are still lots of deaths every day and new cases. Lockdowns have been lifted and replaced by more relaxed measures like continued masking and passports for restaurants and gyms. So what is the problem? You are not under onerous health guidelines. Vaccine mandates are necessary to protect the people working and patients in hospitals and care homes. Nobody should have the right to infect other people if it can be avoided. Getting rid of these requirements would just cause the number of cases to climb and put innocent people at greater risk of catching it from the people who refuse to get vaccinated. It is pretty stupid to advocate getting rid of restrictions and mandates. Those measures are there for the same reason we have speed limits, seat belts, stop signs and forbid drunk driving. Think about others for a change.

We are living in the me first generation, when many under 50 or 60 just don't care about the older people or others in general.

Very few children or young adults have died or been disabled by vaccination. You need to get out of the dark ages. Vaccination has saved millions of lives in the last 75 years. Covid is no different. The rare case gets pericarditis but this is usually just temporary and is treatable. People do not die. If anyone died, it would be extremely rare. Covid is a much worse risk. You must be reading the conspiracy websites.

Frankly that comment doesn't make any sense. Experts tell us that young people are in danger of more harm from Covid than vaccination. I will stick to my belief that society in general needs to be protected from Covid.

Everyone has to do their part to stop the spread of Covid. It doesn't matter what age one is. They can still spread it. The experts say unvaccinated people spread is more than vaccinated people. So just because someone is younger than 50 or 60, doesn't mean they should not get vaccinated. Everyone should do their part to protect Canadians. Vaccination is a simple quick thing. Showing a vaccine passport is easy and only takes seconds.

I never said there were no obese people. You misread my comment. All I'm saying is obesity doesn't mean we should not try to save people from Covid.