jay zhang
undergraduate
- July 13, 2008 • 5:10 am PDT
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Three years ago when I was a freshman, a US friend of mine chatted with me about Jesus and bible. He said he was not a supporter of Darwin's theory, and he believed God exists somewhere.
That time I just graduated from high school and had received typical Chinese education for years which advocates atheism and sniffs at religions, so I thought he was crazy. Darwin's evolution was so straightforward and must be absolutely right. Everyone with the normal mentality should accept the theory.
After three years and as a senior, I myself begin to question evolution. I have great interest in molecular biology. Having learned some knowledge on this subject, I am lost in perplexity. For example, transcription and translation of genes are so complicated; in the processes many enzymes are needed; hundreds of biochemistry reactions happen; each reaction is coupled to another reaction incredibly neatly. If someone say this is the result of Darwin's evolution, then I will ask: how long it takes to evolve to such extent. Maybe ten billion years, I guess. Oh, it's still too short, I am afraid. Of course someone may say: so what? Probably the guy does not have the common sense that our solar system formed only five billion years ago. So I think at least evolution must be modified if not abandoned. Besides, Darwin's evolution has no use at all when facing the ultimate problem of the origin of life--how nonlife substances are transformed to original simple life forms.
If one person insists that Darwin's evolution is a solution to every life phenomenon, I gotta say he is too arbitrary and simple-minded.
Now I have no idea about whether there exists a great mystery force. Although we can't prove God exists, we can't prove God does not exist either.
That time I just graduated from high school and had received typical Chinese education for years which advocates atheism and sniffs at religions, so I thought he was crazy. Darwin's evolution was so straightforward and must be absolutely right. Everyone with the normal mentality should accept the theory.
After three years and as a senior, I myself begin to question evolution. I have great interest in molecular biology. Having learned some knowledge on this subject, I am lost in perplexity. For example, transcription and translation of genes are so complicated; in the processes many enzymes are needed; hundreds of biochemistry reactions happen; each reaction is coupled to another reaction incredibly neatly. If someone say this is the result of Darwin's evolution, then I will ask: how long it takes to evolve to such extent. Maybe ten billion years, I guess. Oh, it's still too short, I am afraid. Of course someone may say: so what? Probably the guy does not have the common sense that our solar system formed only five billion years ago. So I think at least evolution must be modified if not abandoned. Besides, Darwin's evolution has no use at all when facing the ultimate problem of the origin of life--how nonlife substances are transformed to original simple life forms.
If one person insists that Darwin's evolution is a solution to every life phenomenon, I gotta say he is too arbitrary and simple-minded.
Now I have no idea about whether there exists a great mystery force. Although we can't prove God exists, we can't prove God does not exist either.
