Quote of the day

"Reminds me of something my grandfather would say. He'd say, "I'm goin' upstairs and fuck your grandmother." Well he was an honest guy ya know, he wasn't gonna bullshit a 4-year-old." George Carlin

The Constitution.

I have been reading a lot lately about atheist organizations in the U.S filing lawsuits on the violation of the first amendment.
Like Elmbrook School District v Doe asks whether the first amendment bars a state school from holding public functions in a church building for purely secular reasons. Town of Greece v Galloway, which concerns the prayers with which a town board in upstate New York opens its meetings. Or like in 1989 the Supreme Court held that a Nativity scene on public property violated the first amendment but a Christmas tree and menorah did not. In 2005 it ruled that framed copies of the Ten Commandments in courthouses and public schools in Kentucky were unconstitutional but that a giant granite monument of the Ten Commandments outside the Texas capitol was just fine. Go figure.

As we all know by now atheism is on the rise in America. The numbers have significantly increased since 2005. With that being true, why do atheist groups such as American Atheists feel the need to pursue legal action against violation of the First amendment? Many of these cases take place in parts of the country where Christianity is the leading religion. In what way does taking the ten commandments out of a government building benefit the everyday atheist, given the rising numbers of atheist in the U.S? It seems to me that atheist are getting yet another negative view in light of these lawsuits.

consolidated articles of peer reviewed research, experimentation and observations about evolution.

http://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/origins-of-new-genes-and-pseudogenes-835

Some examples of the addition of novelty in the genome from horizontal gene transfers

Horizontal transfer of genes from bacteria to some fungi, especially the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, has been well
documented.
(http://ec.asm.org/content/4/6/1102.full)

There is also recent evidence that the adzuki bean beetle has somehow acquired genetic material from its (non-beneficial)
endosymbiont Wolbachia.
(http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC137875/)

New examples have recently been reported demonstrating that Wolbachia bacteria represent an important potential source of
genetic material in arthropods and filarial nematodes.
(http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17761848)

There is also evidence for horizontal transfer of mitochondrial genes to parasites of the Rafflesiaceae plant family from their
hosts (also plants)
(http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15256617)

Striga hermonthica, a eudicot, has undergone a horizontal gene transfer from sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) to its nuclear
genome.
(http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20508124)

Researchers at the University of Arizona have found that the genome of pea aphids (Acyrthosiphon pisum) contains multiple
genes that were horizontally transferred from fungi.
(http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20431015)

It was recently suggested that the malaria causing pathogen Plasmodium vivax has horizontally acquired genetic material
from humans that might help facilitate its long stay in the body.
(http://precedings.nature.com/documents/5690/version/1/)

The HhMAN1 is a gene in the genome of the coffee borer beetle (Hypothenemus hampei) that resembles bacterial genes,
and is thought to be transferred from bacteria in the beetle's gut.
(http://www.nature.com/news/bacterial-gene-helps-coffee-beetle-get-its-fix-1.10116)

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2001186/

http://www.pnas.org/content/88/20/9051.short

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22108784

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3145266/

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10572964


http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2011/04/rna-enzyme-makes-another-rna-e.html

http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pbio.0060063

Quote of the day

"You don’t get anything worth getting by pretending to know things you don’t know"----Sam Harris

WTF

This is crazy

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/05/atheist-chaplains-worm-food_n_3393122.html

conspiracy?

There seems to be a multitude of Conspiracy theories regarding The Theory of evolution on the internet.

I am really interested in talking to someone who believes these conspiracy theories.

Please if you subscribe to the idea please contact me on the blog.

And now some ideas from the conspiracy theories    

From http://www.darwinconspiracy.com/

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NEW SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES PROVE DARWIN WAS WRONG

Researchers in genetics and embryology are learning something new every day.  The more they learn, the more obvious it becomes that it is impossible for humans to have evolved from apes. 

We wish to reiterate and emphasize that this website will inform you about the latest scientific discoveries based on peer reviewed research papers published in the most respected scientific journals.

For purposes of clarity and ease of writing, on this website, we will use the term "Darwin Busters" to refer to scientific evidence that strongly contradict "ape to human evolution" theory.

Since 2001, many scientists conducting research in genetics and embryology have discovered more than just a few Darwin Busters. 

Here are four Darwin Busters:

Darwin Buster One: Darwinians have been dead wrong whenever they have claimed that the "genetic matter of ape and humans is 98% identical." The ape and human chromosomes are remarkably divergent and too different for "ape to human evolution" theory to adequately explain.  For example, the human Y chromosome has twice as many genes as the chimpanzee Y chromosome and the chromosome structures are not at all similar.

Darwin Buster Two: There are laws of embryology that directly contradict "ape to human evolution."  One reason is that genes work together in teams to form body parts during embryonic development.  This makes it impossible to add genes to any genome because there is no way to coordinate any new gene with existing genes.  Yet "ape to human evolution" requires apes and humans to be able to add genes - for example, the chimpanzee Y chromosome has 37 genes and the human Y chromosome has at least 78 genes.

Darwin Buster Three: The laws of genetics prevent "ape to human evolution" from ever taking place.  One reason is there is no genetic mechanism that creates new genes.  But "ape to human evolution" relies on apes and humans having the ability to create new genes with new functions.  New genes are required in order to have morphological changes, such as gills into lungs or more efficient brains.  So called "gene duplication" is not evidence that organisms can create new genes.  Although bacteria can duplicate existing genes by mistake through "gene duplication," this only occurs in single sex bacteria and this is not evidence that apes and humans can create new genes with new functions. 

Darwin Buster Four:  Darwinians have no explanation for why humans and apes have a different number of chromosomes.  Darwinians claim that "chromosome fusion" of two ape chromosomes into a single chromosome resulted in humans having only 23 pairs of chromosomes while apes have 24 pairs.  But there is not one example of "chromosome fusion" in mammals.  Darwinians claim that 1 in 1000 human babies have a "fused chromosome" but this is an out and out lie.  They are actually referring to Robertsonian Translocations, which are "translocations" and not fused chromosomes and does not result in a change in the chromosome number.  Besides, scientifically derived facts refute "chromosome fusion" can occur in apes or humans. 

We have just provided you with a summary of four Darwin Busters.  Each one busts and invalidates "ape to human evolution."

But of course almost all atheist scientists refuse to admit any of them because they worship Darwin   And almost all scientists are atheists because people of faith no longer seek careers in science.

Also, you probably have not even read any news about any of this because there is a very powerful worldwide atheist Darwin Conspiracy that actively suppresses the truth about evolution and instead spreads lies.

This is why we created this website.  We are here to combat the Darwin Conspiracy and bring you the scientific information you need to make your own judgment about "ape to human evolution" theory.

To help you to begin to understand the truth about "ape to human evolution" theory, we prepared the following short summary of the theory, and we provide you with some details about the first Darwin Buster we listed above.  In the future, about every five weeks, we will add details about the other three Darwin Busters.

Interesting topic of discussion.

The role of the common soldier. How has it changed over the years? What direction is it going in?

Is the infantryman becoming obsolete?