Intelligent design

Would you not consider dna basically *directions* or an *instruction booklet* made to tell a cell what to do, how to perform, etc.?

Would you consider dna to be intelligent design?

I know its a very controversial topic, what do you think???

I think that just because something looks structured doesn't mean it was designed. DNA is amazing, but it has all the hallmarks - the disorganization, the redundant sequences and left-over, unused code - of the product of natural selection. Some of the properties of DNA, such as the fact that it _can_ mutate non-destructively, and the similarity in DNA between species, forms some of the evidence for evolution.

 
Instruction Booklet developed over eons of evolution.

However, I do believe in a God that started the ball rolling.

***Would you not consider dna basically *directions* or an *instruction booklet* made to tell a cell what to do, how to perform, etc.?***

...no... I would not...

***Would you consider dna to be intelligent design?***

...no... it has too many flaws...

Of course not. There is absolutely no proof of a designer. Jumping to conclusion like that is just wishful thinking on the part of believers.

Intelligent design in a scam created by fanatics in order to force creationism into our kid's science classes. It is nothing but creationism dressed up in a lab coat. It has nothing to do with real science.

arachnid, I would just like to say the DNA you called redundant may play more of a role than we know. We tend to say things are redundant when we dont know what they do but there is a lot of evidence emerging suggesting the non-coding regions of DNA are hugely important, particularly in regulating gene transcription.

***there is a lot of evidence emerging suggesting the non-coding regions of DNA are hugely important, particularly in regulating gene transcription***

Absolutely - but I was referring to redundancies such as repeated genes, the fact that we have two copies of every chromosome, and so forth, rather than the so called 'junk DNA'.

kool kool just find it interesting!