Is there really information being conveyed within a cell?

[Faizal_Ali]

@Dan_Eastwood

BUT I want to explore the idea that codons ARE a code, and this gives evidence of a Intelligent Designer.

The genetic code is evolvable. We can argue origins later, but it is clear that genomes change over time in response to environmental pressures. We can also consider that the code itself has evolved, with amino acids like tyrosine, tryptophan, selenocysteine and pyrrolysine being the more recent additions. (A source for this, but I should leave biochemistry to the biochemists).

The point being, if we really think codons are an Intelligently Designed code, then we already have strong evidence that Evolution is the Designer.

Yes, excellent point. It emphasizes the fact that many creationist arguments do not falter on lack of evidence, so much as they do on poor logic.

Instead of “All codes are produced by an intelligent designer”, let’s say the premise was “All swans are white.”

Now, if one encounters what appears to be a black swan, but wishes to maintain the position “All swans are white,” there are a few ways one could respond. One could demonstrate that the bird in question is not actually a swan, but just another species that closely resembles one. Or, one could demonstrate that the bird is a white swan that has been painted black.

What the creationists do, however, is simply assert that it isn’t black at all. It’s white, because it’s a swan, and all swans are white. The fact that anyone can plainly see that it isn’t white is not allowed to intrude on their reasoning.