Institute for Creation Research

[quote]From: Barry Desborough [mailto:barry.desborough@*******.fr]
Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 12:36 AM
To: Info
Subject: Question

Dear Sirs/Mesdames

I think it should be possible to find the remains of the original kinds that were either drowned in the Flood, or died shortly after being released from the Ark. After 4,000 years, there is a good chance that their DNA would still be fairly intact. Has anyone gone looking for the remains of any original kinds, with a view to sequencing their DNA and showing that it contains a superset of the DNA of their microevolutionarily derived modern examples? It would demonstrate, beyond any shadow of a doubt, even to the atheists and evolutionists, that Genesis is literally true.

Yours faithfully

Barry Desborough
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[quote]From: Info [mailto:Info@ICR.org]
Sent: jeudi 27 août 2009 22:05
To: barry.desborough@wanadoo.fr
Subject: Question

Dear Mr. Desborough,

Thank you for your inquiry about original kinds as evidence against evolution. Many living life forms are considered to have retained their original form, such as bats, ants, sharks, snakes, other reptiles, etc. Evolutionists know well that these and other life forms have not changed in millions of evolutionary years. In fact, species thought to have gone extinct are still being found and are now called “living fossils,” including vertebrates (mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, bony fish) and invertebrates (insects, crustaceans, mollusks), not to mention plant groups. Thus, scientific facts that disqualify evolution – including those ICR has documented – continue to dissuade many (including Christians) from embracing evolution.

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Thank you again for your interest.

Bruce Wood

Communications Liaison

Institute for Creation Research
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[quote]From: Barry Desborough [mailto:barry.desborough@*******.fr]
Sent: vendredi 28 août 2009 05:29
To: 'Info'
Subject: RE: Question


Hello Bruce, and thank you. So, nobody has thought of sequencing the DNA of 4,000 year old remains. I think it should be done, because, if you would allow me to play devil's advocate, evolutionists will say that evolutionary change is not mandatory, and although some creatures will appear not to have changed, they may have changed in many subtle ways, and what about the ones that have changed? I think DNA analysis will clear this up. It would show that there has been a loss of information in all creatures, whatever their appearance. Perhaps you could put this forward to your colleagues in the research institute?

Thanking you again

Barry Desborough
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