Kornberg did not create life in a test tube, nor did we create life from scratch. We transformed existing life into new life. We also did not design and build a new chromosome from nothing. Rather, using only digitized information, we synthesized a modified version of the naturally occurring Mycoplasma mycoides genome. The result is not an "artificial" life form. It is a very real, self-replicating cell that most microbiologists would be unable to readily distinguish from the naturally occurring counterpart without the aid of DNA sequencing.
So, basically they took DNA from a cell, replicated it, and put it in another cell. Really freaking cool, but not creation of life ex nihilo, nor even from non-living cells, and most certainly nothing compared to the power of our Creator. God is still far bigger than people with lab coats and Bunsen burners, and He did not need 15 years and $40 million to do the stuff they only dream of.
Straw man much?
ReplyDeleteRE: straw man, while I had not considered the potential at time of writing, I can only offer my assurance that such was not my intent, and I was merely anticipating that Venter and Gibson have the same potential as Miller-Urey to serve as an opportunity to forward a similar argument. Just because nobody is saying it today does not mean that nobody will say it in a year, or even this fall.
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