Categories or Degrees of Existence (Agnosticism)

by David Turell , Wednesday, July 14, 2010, 04:35 (5246 days ago) @ Tim

Wow. I wrote this very nice reply to you, and then hit Send (in reply mode), as if it were a personal e-m, without hitting the link to bring me to this forum. Sorry if I seem a shade late; I was awaiting a response from you.-Let me warn you. Occasonally this forum has a hiccup and a reply does not post. I copy it, if it is of any length before submitting, and then I am protected from re-doing some brilliant comment.
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> What you are really asking is: How did the complex cell become extant? One might accept the simple cell as inevitable, given evolutionary pressures; But how did the complex cell evolve???? The complex cell seems to need the Intelligent Design argument to resolve the issue.
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> However, what you might consider is that, in the same way that there evolved a simple cell, out of biological necessity, came the complex cell, given the extant, stable structure of the simple cell. Necessity is the key to understanding this concept.-Chance appearance of even a 'simple cell' is not so simple, since the most simple of cells is, of itself, an extremely complex entity. My contention is there are no simple cells. The list of requirements for the smallest Mycoplasma reaches hundreds of structural protein molecules, many enzymes, and many injesting and ejecting processes. So I remain of the opinion that intelligent design is a requirement for any appearance of first life. Necessity can only come from an underlying driving force to bring life from inorganic matter, which of itself has no demonstable driving force.