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DistortoiseLP t1_iufgt94 wrote

>So ask yourself, is it even possible to calculate the odds that the level of sophisticated nano-engineering required to create such a DNA strand for one cell, much less for three trillion cells?

The odds of what? That question doesn't make sense, though looking around their site I'm assuming that was supposed to suggest this claim supports Intelligent Design.

At any rate, it isn't sophisticated at all. The vast majority of it doesn't do anything, and this is much of the reason you have such an abundance of it. An "engineered" organism made in accordance to some purposeful design would contain a far leaner profile of instructions for encoding it.

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>HillFaith is the ministry that God called Mark Tapscott to in 2018, and which, despite serious obstacles like the Covid lockdown in 2020 and a shattered kneecap in 2019, is now steadily maturing in its capabilities and resources, and its capacity for serving people on Capitol Hill.
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>Mark has been an award-winning investigative news reporter and editor since 1985, he was a Reagan administration appointee from 1981 to 1985, and he worked as a press secretary and chief of staff for two House members and as communications director for a senator between 1977 and 1980. Congress has been a major focus of Mark’s life and work for many decades.
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>HillFaith is rigorously non-partisan, witnessing to and seeking to serve congressional aides and employees without regard to their employers’ partisan identification or personal leanings. Jesus is neither Democrat, nor Republican, and His life-changing Grace and Salvation are available to every person.

Whoo boy. Quite a biology source you found here. I wasn't expecting this DNA trivia to immediately spiral down the rabbit hole of Christian Nationalism.

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josetemprano t1_iufipgc wrote

Yeah - some religious org shouldn't be used as a source for science articles

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substantial-freud OP t1_iufke23 wrote

You think the tenets of Christian Nationalism are

  • DNA is the repository of biological information
  • Jesus is neither Democrat, nor Republican
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DistortoiseLP t1_iuflos8 wrote

No, I think Christian Nationalism is a ministry that lobbies Christian apologetics exclusively to American lawmakers and their staff:

>First and foremost, HillFaith, as an apologetics ministry, seeks to share the Good News of the Gospel of Jesus Christ in a fact-driven, logical and non-judgmental way with those who work as aides to senators, representatives, congressional committees and congressional agencies.
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>Mark is a regular participant in Faith & Law activities and works with other ministries with activities and concerns on Capitol Hill. HillFaith is unique in being the sole apologetics-based ministry with its focus entirely on men and women working in Congress and on Capitol Hill.

Their videos, including the one you shared here today, are in service of that mission:

>Most of the content that appears on HillFaith is intended to answer objections of critics of Christianity and to illustrate how having a saving, personal relationship with Jesus Christ transforms hearts, minds and cultures.

The site makes no effort to hide what they're about and what they're promoting to the American government. Are you seriously about to argue with me about is?

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