Jul 29, 2009 16:33
OK - The 'central dogma' of biology goes something to the effect of:
DNA--(is transcribed into)-->RNA --(Which is used as a blueprint for)-->Proteins--(which fold into)-->Biological structures--(which)--> make things happen.
Pretty straightforward. Except the details are enough to make Rube Goldberg have a conniption fit. There's a 1500 page textbook at my elbow, and it glosses over a LOT.
Next person who claims literal divine intervention into human creation gets a detail-by-detail description until their eyes glaze over, where I stop and say "Are you saying God designed this deliberately? Just how bored was he?"