Questions: Veritas 2020 #17 Evidence from Molecular Biology (26:49)

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  1. When did Charles Darwin write “On the Origin of Species?”
  2. Why did atheists appreciate Darwin’s book?
  3. At the time that Darwin wrote his book, what did scientists think about the smallest unit of life?
  4. Who are molecular biologists?
  5. What have molecular biologists discovered about life?
  6. What is a simple living cell really like?
  7. How many atoms might there be in a simple living cell?
  8. How few proteins might a very simple, conceivable but not known, cell have?
  9. What are proteins made of?
  10. How many different kinds of proteins are there?
  11. How many atoms are in a typical protein?
  12. Can these atoms just come together on their on to make a protein?
  13. What are Amino Acids?
  14. How many different kinds of amino acids are there?
  15. What can Amino Acids be compared to? (Amino Acids  are to proteins what ______ are to words)?
  16. How many different amino acids might there be in a typical protein?
  17. How are protein molecules assembled?
  18. What is an RNA molecule? How many atoms in a typical RNA molecule?
  19. What is a DNA molecule? How many atoms in a typical DNA molecule?
  20. How long might a DNA molecule be if you stretched it out?
  21. How long might a DNA molecule be if you enlarged it to the diameter of your little finger?
  22. What does the DNA molecule do?
  23. Can a DNA molecule reproduce by itself?
  24. What is true about the simplest self-reproducing unit imaginable that makes it very, very difficult  for honest skeptics to reject God?
  25. Can scientists, with all their genius and all their elaborate scientific equipment, produce a unit from scratch that can reproduce itself?
  26. What are two examples of interdependent molecules in a cell?
  27. What is the significance of interdependent molecules in a cell?
  28. What is good analogy to the possibility that all the parts of a reproducing unit might come together by sheer chance?
  29. What famous law of physics makes it impossible for these parts to come together by chance over billions and billions of years?
  30. Who was Francis Crick?
  31. What did Francis Crick have to say about the origin of life?
  32. What illustration did Fred Hoyle use to show how absurd it would be to assume that life came about by chance?
  33. What does God say about His creation in Romans 1?