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Well, you know, one of the types of evidence that people will point to as evidence for

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a creator's handiwork in life is the fact that these systems are irreducibly complex.

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That biochemical systems, they consist of a number of parts that have to interact precisely

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in order to carry out function, and if even one of those parts is missing, that system

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has no function.

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And that kind of system is difficult to envision how it could emerge through evolution.

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But that doesn't just apply to biochemical systems.

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The entirety of the cell is irreducibly complex.

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The simplest bacterium has to have a membrane, it has to have a mechanism for DNA replication,

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for energy harvesting, it has to have the capacity to produce proteins.

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And all of those have to be present simultaneously.

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And that means that that system is irreducibly complex.

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It can't come into existence in a piecemeal fashion.

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And we now know that at minimum, you're looking at several hundred genes in order to satisfy

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that requirement for life.

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But for life to exist independently on its own, you're looking at even more genes, probably

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on the order of 1,500 to 2,000 genes.

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So the complexity of life in its minimal form is absolutely astounding and suggests that there

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has to be a creator.