Return to David's theory of evolution (Evolution)

by David Turell , Wednesday, March 22, 2023, 20:13 (610 days ago) @ David Turell

dhw and I are in a discussion of God's actions in evolving advancing life forms. Our separate views of God are obvious. Mine is a purpose driven God wo knows exactly what to do and does it.
dhw has three humanized forms as previously described by him. In discussing evolution dhw has no concept of how I imagine my God in action. Tisi s shown in preparing for a necessary oxygen level by evolving cyanobacteria well in advance of the Cambrian era. Here is another example, nitroge n levels:

https://phys.org/news/2023-03-geoscientists-life-evolution-million-years.html

"Is nitrate responsible for algae, flowers, and even your neighbors? A team of Virginia Tech geoscientists have unearthed evidence that may indicate yes.

"The team's findings, recently published in Science Advances, reveal an increase in biologically available nitrogen during the time that marine eukaryotes—organisms whose cells have a nucleus—became dominate. Complex eukaryotic cells evolved into multicellular organisms and are credited for ushering in a whole new era for life on Earth, including animals, plants, and fungi.

"'Where we sit today, with life as it is on the planet, is the sum total of all the events that happened in the past," said Ben Gill, an associate professor of sedimentary geochemistry and co-author on the paper. "And this is a key event where we shift from dominantly prokaryotic ecosystems—cells that are much simpler than the ones in our bodies—to eukaryotes. If that did not happen, we would not be here today."

"Previous research focused on phosphorus' role in the rise of eukaryotes, but Junyao Kang, a doctoral student in the Department of Geosciences and lead author of the paper, was curious about the part nitrogen played in this event.

"This data is unique because nitrogen isotope data are virtually nonexistent from the early Neoproterozoic time period, or between a billion and 800 million years ago," said Kang.

"Collaborating with the Nanjing University in Najing, China, Kang has spent two years working to understand what drove the rise of eukaryotes through nitrogen isotope analysis of rock samples from the North China Craton. Home to rocks dating back 3.8 billion years ago, the region was once covered by an ocean.

"'We had some rough ideas of when eukaryotes became ecologically successful," said Shuhai Xiao, professor of geobiology and a paper co-author. "They had been there for a long time in a low-key status until about 820 million years ago, when they became abundant."

"Kang decided he wanted to learn why. He took the data from the rock samples, entered it into a larger database, and analyzed it across a longer time scale that spanned different geographic locations.

"'Once we did this kind of integration and put it into a big picture, we saw the rise of nitrates through time, which happened around 800 million years ago," said Kang."

Comment: in my view God is in total control of what has to be controlled for God to continue evolving more and more life. Snowball Earth is proof enough. dhw, because of his Darwinist training does not understand my approach. God's designed evolution mimics Darwin's common descent but is God's common descent. Because of varying climate and environmental conditions dhw somehow thinks luck is involved!! How is that possible with a God in total control, described above. As before dhw is totally confused as to how to think about my God. In his thinking, dhw keeps trying to drag into the equation natural Darwinian evolution to challenge God's evolutionary designs. Darwin blew it. Natural selection is not a proven concept, and it is a passive mechanism. Darwin's contribution is shoving evolution down everyone's throat. Accepting that we evolved, my view is God CHOSE to evolve us from Archaea.