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How the ATP synthase points to design in nature

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Introducing a new video to Congressional staffers:

“Irreducible Complexity” (IR) is a term coined by Lehigh University biochemist and Intelligent Design advocate Michael J. Behe. The Department of Defense (DOD) organizational chart may seem irreducibly complex, as do congressional parliamentary procedures at times.

But beginning with his 1996 book, Darwin’s Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution, Behe has been talking about incredibly complex machines at the nano level that must be assembled in a certain order before they can perform functions that are essential to the continuation of a living organism’s existence.

Mark Tapscott, “Life Is Simply Impossible Without This ‘Irreducibly Complex’ ATP Generator, So How Did It Get Here?” at HillFaith



After all this time, the number of systems that defy a simple, Darwinian explanation has grown to staggering levels but the dogma retrenches as before.


DNA as a master of resource recycling

Before you go: DNA uses “climbers’ ropes method” to keep tangles at bay It all just swished into place among unthinking cells billions of yours ago. Otherwise we wouldn’t be here. Go tell it on the mountain.

The amazing energy efficiency of cells: A science writer compares the cell to human inventions and finds that it is indeed amazingly energy-efficient.

In addition to DNA, our cells have an instruction language written in sugar Of course it all just tumbled into existence and “natural selection” somehow organized everything. As if.

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Yes, and about to be corrected! Thanks!News
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The ATP synapse must be the junction of the two subunits. ;) But yes, ATP synthase is definitely evidence for intelligent design. It consists of two very different subunits that have to be externally and stably tethered together, just the right distance apart. The architecture and subunit composition of ATP synthase- If you take a look at ATP synthase you can see it consists of two major subunits (F0 & F1) that are connected together by an external tether. This tether doesn't have anything to do with the functionality of either subunit but without it no ATP synthase. The problem for evolution by blind and mindless processes is exacerbated. Not only does it need to produce the two subunits but one has to be embedded in some membrane so that a gradient can be formed. And the other has to be stably tethered to the membrane the proper distance away. The tether looks like the membrane subunit F0 somehow formed an external docking site the proper length with F1 forming an external mating site. Again these two different protein subunits, the tether and mate, have nothing to do with the function of the protein complexes they are attached to and tether together. And without them there is no way to get the two working subunits together to produce ATP. There you have it- A simple external tether that stably holds the major F1 subunit/ rotary motor the proper distance away from its F0 motor force is evidence for the Intelligent Design of ATP synthase. The two major subunits and how it works is just icing on the cake.ET
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News: The OP headline says: "How The ATP Synapse Points To Design In Nature" But isn't it "ATP Synthase" instead?pw
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