Re: Any comments? (Evolution - was Answers to Pete)

"Richard" <riplin@Azonic.co.nz> wrote in message
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> There is no conflict with thermodynamics when energy is applied from
> outside.  If I tidy my desk and put everything in order then I am
> expending energy in doing so, energy that ultimately came from the sun
> via the food I ate.  The sun is becoming more disordered as it provides
> energy so overall the solar system is becoming more disordered.  If
> simple chemicals become 'more ordered' it is also because of the
> application of energy from outside.
> 
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> The real problem is that fundementalist religionists don't want to
> understand science, they want to remain in the first century, or
> before, and live in a fantasy world where miracles happen and ignorance
> abounds.
>
One could argue that people who make sweeping statements want this too...
:-)

Pete.