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== Mutations and Evolution == | == Mutations and Evolution == | ||
It is clear that new [[gene]] [[alleles]] are accumulating in populations today, but there are two possible sources for these changes; mutations and intentional changes introduced by [[genetic recombination]]. The [[theory of evolution]] attributes the continued production of genetic diversity to mutations, but [[evolutionists]] overlook the fact that the [[cell]] was [[intelligent design|intelligently designed]]. The cellular machinery was programmed to perform a level of self genetic engineering, and is editing genes systematically through a process called so that organisms can [[adaptation|adapt]] to a wide variety of conditions. | It is clear that new [[gene]] [[alleles]] are accumulating in populations today, but there are two possible sources for these changes; mutations, and intentional changes introduced by [[genetic recombination]]. The [[theory of evolution]] attributes the continued production of genetic diversity to mutations, but [[evolutionists]] overlook the fact that the [[cell]] was [[intelligent design|intelligently designed]]. The cellular machinery was programmed to perform a level of self genetic engineering, and is editing genes systematically through a process called so that organisms can [[adaptation|adapt]] to a wide variety of conditions. | ||
Evolutionists contend that mutation, acted upon by [[natural selection]], is the mechanism for evolutionary advancement. | Evolutionists contend that mutation, acted upon by [[natural selection]], is the mechanism for evolutionary advancement. | ||
There are many examples put forward by evolutionists that attempt to show how new genes have been introduced to the genome of an organism. However the "new" information that is contained in the organism almost always comes from pre-existing genes and it is often unknown what process is actually responsible for the creation of this "new" gene. | |||
Despite the few examples of genetic mutations that increase the information in the genome, it is unrealistic to assume that this information would assemble in the first place because there would be no genetic information for mutations to act apon. | |||
New beneficial types of structures and functions not already resident in the gene pool of the species are highly unlikely through the process of mutation. This is to say that mutations are not a reasonable means of producing cascading morphological change and to suggest that the evidence would support the neodarwinian mechanism is unfounded. | |||
=== Mutations reduce rather then increase information === | === Mutations reduce rather then increase information === | ||
