the rocks speak

I too find the diversity of life on earth, with countless methods of survival, protection, and behavior, incredible in its ingenuity and variety.But I don't find complexity to be a compelling argument for design. Complexity has been proven to arise through purely mechanistic means. Furthermore, designers tend to design not towards variety and complexity but rather uniformity and simplicity. If life is designed then it is by a just-barely competent designer. That's my view, anyway.Darwin could be wrong about orchids and still have a valid theory. I'm not impressed by attempts to discredit a 19th-century scientist by pointing out things that he couldn't have known at the time.Science moves forward and sometimes leaves even great men behind. But some theories stand the test of time and the theory of evolution, so far, is one of them.

Can I claim I meant "men" in the neutral sense? Probably not...Sadly, great women being left behind in the sciences would seem to the the rule for most of science's history... Even to this day efforts to restore female luminaries to their proper place of respect occasionally meet opposition from those who fear that lifting up a woman means pushing down a man...

If you won't believe John doesn't know, believe I don't know. Humor me. What's the difference? At least give an example of organic matter vs. inorganic matter, preferably of similar elemental composition.I mean, consider this: Is limestone inorganic matter? It's stone, right? But my bones are made of calcium, too. Are my bones inorganic matter? I would argue they're organic.When I was in chemistry class, the difference between organic and inorganic chemicals had to do with the presence or absence of carbon. In that situation inorganic molecules could become organic through simple chemical reactions. Your definition seems to be at odds with chemistry. I'd like you to address that. Well, unfortunately, when they give you the degree that's no indication you've learned anything. ..where none exists, in the view of chemists. Educated people believe all kinds of things. Then why did you bring up numbers?The only difference between organic and inorganic matter is where it is found. Organic matter is found in organisms. Inorganic is not. The chemical properties of both are identical. Or perhaps you'd care to explain, using your model of the unbridgable gap between organic and inorganic, chemosynthetic bacteria at sea floor vents? Or bacteria able to digest nylon?

I don't know how it is where you're from, but where I'm from, we warn people of things before they happen.A number of us have raised very substantial question to a number of your supporting points; in particular, people want to know why you feel there is an unbridgable gap between "organic" and "inorganic" molecules, in the face of evidence to the contrary - for instance, the synthesis of urea (an organic compound) from mineral chemicals.Do you have a cogent response, or can we assume your only purpose here is to troll?