Today’s New Reason To Believe

Another Origin-of-Life Theory
Air date: 7-31-07
Fuz Rana, Dave Rogstad, Kenneth Samples, and Joe Aguirre

• Discussion
  • Analysis of an article in Biology Direct hypothesizing the multiverse as a solution to the origin-of-life problem
    • Eugene V. Koonin, “The Cosmological Model of Eternal Inflation and the Transition from Chance to Biological Evolution in the History of Life,” Biology Direct 2:15 (May 31, 2007).
      • Resources
  • Origins of Life, by Fazale Rana and Hugh Ross
  • The Creator and the Cosmos, 3^rd ed., by Hugh Ross
  • Read Jeff Zweerink’s ongoing series on multiverse theory
  • Listen to the July 10 and July 17, 2007 episodes of Creation Update
• Call-in questions
  • Odis from Belleville, TX:
    • What does RTB think of self-organization?
      • Resource
  • Robert Shapiro, “A Simpler Origin for Life,” *Scientific American, *abstract. June 2007, 47-53.
  • James from Phoenix:
    • Did cosmic rays bring about Ordovician extinctions?
  • Trey from San Diego:
    • Can information be added to DNA by plasmids?
  • Ed from Des Moines, IA:
    • Does detection of dark matter refute naturalism?
  • Brad from Mesa, AZ:
    • How do biologists account for the origin and history of plant life?
  • Roger from Portland, ME:
    • Several questions, including: When did death and decay occur in relation to Adam’s sin?