Language of Evolution D. Pitman M.D. © June 2003 Last Updated:
October 2007 Table of Contents An Explosion in a Junkyard A
common argument put forward against the theory of evolution is
that evolution is statistically impossible, like an explosion in
a junkyard creating a Boeing 747. Evolutionists ridicule this
argument and hold it up as proof of the ignorance of those who
use such “strawman” arguments. Of course strawman arguments are
those that attempt to attack a particular position or idea by
presenting a false idea as the real thing. In other words, the
opposing position is misrepresented by a weaker and easily
defeated strawman argument. So, what is the “real man” of
evolution? is undeniable that the simplest living system far
outshines the complexity of a Boeing 747. Even the "simplest"
living cell easily does the job. So, here we have our biological
Boeing 747. How did it get here from the surrounding pile of
non-functional biological “junk”? The odds of such complexity
suddenly assembling itself from