OldDoc wrote:
OK, here's the nonsensical content rebutted: The first "irrefutable" claim in that presentation is that evolution violates the second law of thermodynamics. This is false - in simple terms the second law applies only to closed systems, which are systems in which energy neither enters nor exits. The universe, for example, is a closed system. However, within the universe are many open systems, which are systems in which energy can enter and leave. Thus, a living organism maintains itself temporarily in a complex state by accepting energy from the surroundings and using that energy for self maintenance. To claim that the second law prohibits more complex structures from forming from less complex is a lie - it actually happened to you! You were conceived as a simple single fertilized egg, but look at you now - organs, systems and other complex stuff from a simple structure. So, the first irrefutable claim is refuted. I don't have time to refute the other claims, but they are the usual creationist misstating of science. Also, please note that my discussion of the second law is very superficial since I have used metaphor and analogy since the mathematics is too complex to present here, but it proves the same thing I just said in words.
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I would have to see where he said this about the violation of the 2nd law of thermodynamics. Maybe he was talking about the law of Entropy which Darwinian evolution does violate, we can see that everyday in this world. Everything living and non living substances are deteriorating, Darwinian "evolution" is not immune to this law (Entropy). Living organisms can NOT add non material information to it self, it can ONLY be added by an immaterial source, namely a non material Intelligent agent. In order for evolution to be possible, a non material information code MUST be added to the DNA molecule. No amount of thermodynamic energy added to a living organism can increase or add non material information code that is necessary to increase the possibility of a species evolving into another different type of species. This takes a non material information code that is carefully programmed into the DNA molecule. So the conclusion is, The Law of Entropy inhibits the process of Darwinian evolution from happening. Anyway, tell me where (time stamp) in the video he said or implied about the violation of the 2nd law of Thermodynamics.