Quote Originally Posted by birdgirl73
You have been making a solid point throughout, Fuego. And I've been following this thread since earlier. I'm very tired tonight and very emotionally exhausted, which means I'm not really even smart enough to reply with any skill. But what speaks to me--and don't anyone feel the need to argue here; this is just me expressing what I've been thinking as I've been pondering the miracles of biochem and life and molecules and DNA Fuego referenced--is that it makes me very happy to think about the mysteries of the scientific/biochemical universe having had a designer. I'm fully aware that this is likely just me wanting to make sense of something I can't understand. It's also me struggling spiritually right now because of life-and-death circumstances in my life. But I find the idea of a grand design a comforting and pleasing thought. I who was raised to be a doubter and a questioner, a don't-believe-it-till-it's-proven empiricist, and, essentially, a heathen.

When I look at cells and cell division. When I look at how genetic information makes us into what we are. When I look at adenine, guanine, cytosine and thymine and how they work together to build people. When I consider human reproduction from haploid and diploid chromosomes to conception to birth. It pleases me to think of these wonderful things as being part of a grand plan, whether I truly buy that intellectually or not. On an emotional/spiritual level, it gives me peace right now.

I've followed you well, Fuego, and I'm glad you had the nerve to stay with this. I'll probably get flamed clear out into next month by the hard-shell scientists. But I know why you think this way about biochem because I do the same thing. Whether we're right or not isn't going to be something we'll ever figure out. I'm sure of that. But I still like thinking about it all.

Keep up the science study, Fuego. I'm glad you wrote this thread. I've enjoyed it.
straight from the most intelligent, logical, and well educated person on this site. im laughing my ass off. im so highh.