At the beginnings of the discovery of DNA scientists were able to partially understand what 2% of DNA was for. They relegated the other 98% to the status of junk, left over from the evolutionary process. Creationists always held the view that this "junk" would one day be seen for what it really was, a vital part of the DNA from which we are all built. Last year 400 scientists from various parts of the world who had been working on what DNA is for, brought out 30 papers showing that they now knew what 80% of DNA was for and expressing the belief that eventually the purpose of all of it would be discovered, although maybe not before the end of the century. This major project is known as ENCODE and you can read about it's findings in Nature(link below) Once again we see intelligent design in the beauty and mystery of DNA.
ENCODE
I have written in previous posts about disasters. In the case of Concorde, decisions by people, plus other factors were directly to blame for the event. In the case of the Penlee disaster it may have been avoided if someone had made a better choice in the time beforehand and as a consequence brave men and the ship's crew and the captain and his family died. 9/11 was certainly the result of wicked men committing a terrorist act, but even in this there was heroism notably by another Cornish man, Rick Rescorla who helped many to safety and left it too late to help himself. In situations like this we see what the human spirit is capable of both good and evil. What of disasters that come on people because of the earth restless movement of tectonic plates. Often people live near volcanoes because the land is rich and fertile and they have the chance of a better life there when the volcano is resting. We cannot blame them for that but sometimes people become complacent...
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