Genome complexity: modifying RNA controls of genes (Introduction)

by dhw, Thursday, April 13, 2017, 10:10 (2570 days ago) @ David Turell

dhw: Nobody is claiming that when bacteria have fulfilled all their basic needs, they begin to philosophize, to paint pictures and write symphonies, to explore the universe. All forms of life live extremely limited life styles, but some are more limited than others. That does not make them automatons. The appearance of intelligence, no matter how limited, may well denote the existence of intelligence.

DAVID: Your point is well-taken, but the simplicity of bacterial lifestyle which you have tried to equate to our lifestyle doesn't work. Bacterial lives are so simple, full genome directions can give the appearance of intelligent action when it is simply intelligent design of controls and responses.

My post pointed out that all the basic needs you had listed are shared by humans. I did not equate basterial lifestyle with ours, as should be clear from the passage you have quoted. The fact that some organisms lead simpler lives than others does not mean your God has had to preprogramme or personally direct every single decision they make. However, taken to its logical conclusion, your argument can be applied to every form of life. Perhaps we are all variations of the Stepford wives and don’t know it.