I had a recent debate (albeit one-sided like most end up being..yay
subjectivism!) about Evolution and mutations. Now, I do not object to
mutations. Those are evident. However, I oppose mutations to be used as a
grounds for Evolution. Mutations frankly do not help evolutionary
theory at all.
-One problem is the mathematical. Mutations occur on an average of once
in every ten million duplications of DNA. Humans have around 100
trillion cells.The mathematical problem for evolution comes when you
want a series of RELATED mutations. The odds of getting two mutations
that are related to one another is the product around a hundred
trillion. Any two mutations can produce something not very significant.
Two mutations are hardly enough to create a new structure or organism.
More mutations are required for that. You would have to have one in a
billion trillion to get three mutations in a row. The ocean is not large
enough to hold the needed bacteria to make three in a row related
mutations. Earth is not big enough to make four related mutations. It
would take way more to turn a fish into a scientist. Four mutations
don't even accommodate for real changes toward evolution.
-Mutations are going the wrong direction. Just about every mutation we
notice is identified by the disease or abnormality that it triggers.
Creationist scientists utilize mutations to explain the origin of
diseases and defects. Using mutations to explain the breakdown of
existing genetic order (called creation-corruption) is the opposite of
using mutations to explain the build up of genetic order (called
evolution). Mutations have attributed various genetic abnormalities
into the human population. Some people incorrectly assume that mutations
are a means of creation. Mutations, however do not create. They
corrupt. Evolutionists have a problem with trying to explain why
mutations do not go in the right direction and end up being 1000 times
more harmful than not. Since there are more harmful mutations, it is
strongly discouraged to marry a relative. People that do so increase the
odds that bad genes will show up. When you think of Cain and his wife,
we have to remember that mutations had to have time to accumulate in the
population. At that time, there were no such risks. Mutations are
difficult to eliminate by selection so they have to build up in
populations within time. Evolutionary geneticists, refer to the problem
as “genetic load” or “genetic burden” that describes clearly that the
term is meant to imply a burden that “weighs down” a species and lowers
its genetic quality.
-Mutations presuppose creation. Mutations are from genes that already
exist. Most are caused by replication errors. You need to have the gene
before you have the mutation. To make evolution even seem like a
credible scientific theory, they need to find a way to heavily increase
the genetic information. As of now, they're showing everyone that
evolution is nothing but a faith based system hiding behind a cloak with
the word "Science" painted on it.