| bimmylee said:
@Scoobes You automatically get a million respect points for not believing an ounce of the bull that is "The Da Vinci Code." Well done! Your argument regarding Christianity and politics is interesting; I would very much like to know where you get your information for such a position. Also, don't forget that the Bible is actually a compilation of many books by many authors, and its historical accuracy amongst other ancient texts is second to none... but that is an entirely different argument. @Both of you, in regards to Mitochondria Firstly, I sincerely appreciate your mentioning of Endosymbiotic Theory in the first place, as I had never heard of it previously. As for why Mitochondria have to be able to live on their own, it's because that's the only way you could ever get conclusive proof from this theory. If they did at one time, it would have been millions of years ago, and that's the problem. It can't be replicated. This is not to say that it is a useless theory; clearly these similarities are real, and I actually find them quite interesting myself. All I meant to say is that it is not the be-all end-all theory, which is why I still hold that macro-evolution is no more defensible than Intelligent Design. |
I'm at Uni so I don't have the books available to quote, but I'll try and dig them out for you. Some of the information is also from documentries I've watched (which is where the archaelogist/priest came in) so I'm not sure if I'll be able to dig up what the programmes were, but I'll try. To be fair to Dan Brown, I believe he used some of my sources for background info on his books, but then went into overdrive for the sake of his fictional story. The odd titbit of info may have some vague bearing in reality, but the vast majority is dross. My partner did a unit of Religious studies as part of her degree which was also taught by a priest so I'll ask her for some info as well.
Give me a few days, if you haven't heard anything then PM me a reminder as I'm pretty busy at uni at the moment.
