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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 4851401" data-attributes="member: 24302">But you&#039;re assuming we have very limited info on mitochondrial DNA as if there hasn&#039;t been extensive research done on it.&nbsp; Scientists are just stumbling around in the dark.&nbsp; And use an article that clearly states that it&#039;s possible that some comes down through the father as if that&#039;s concrete proof that proves your assertion.&nbsp; And it was never for me about whether mothers alone pass it along.&nbsp; It was about scientists studying DNA that&#039;s passed down outside of the DNA in chromosomes and discovering that they can trace mutations that occur in population groups.&nbsp; That&#039;s all.&nbsp; Nothing earth shattering.&nbsp; But very significant.For those that insist on denying science I would say look around you.&nbsp; Everything we have today isn&#039;t because God sent us cars, airplanes, computers.&nbsp; We have all these things we take for granted because for centuries men studied the world around them.&nbsp; Long ago when our world was, by today&#039;s standards, primitive, men were developing mathematics.&nbsp; Figuring out gravity.&nbsp; Learning our relationship to stars in different seasons for sea navigation.&nbsp; They laid a groundwork that was built on over time, often studying minutia like mitochondrial DNA, amoebas, rock strata, you name it.&nbsp; This isn&#039;t about proving there is no God.&nbsp; I believe he gave us the power to reason and improve our lives.&nbsp; As the great philosophers En Vogue once stated:&quot;Free your mind and the rest will follow.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 4851401, member: 24302"] But you're assuming we have very limited info on mitochondrial DNA as if there hasn't been extensive research done on it. Scientists are just stumbling around in the dark. And use an article that clearly states that it's possible that some comes down through the father as if that's concrete proof that proves your assertion. And it was never for me about whether mothers alone pass it along. It was about scientists studying DNA that's passed down outside of the DNA in chromosomes and discovering that they can trace mutations that occur in population groups. That's all. Nothing earth shattering. But very significant. For those that insist on denying science I would say look around you. Everything we have today isn't because God sent us cars, airplanes, computers. We have all these things we take for granted because for centuries men studied the world around them. Long ago when our world was, by today's standards, primitive, men were developing mathematics. Figuring out gravity. Learning our relationship to stars in different seasons for sea navigation. They laid a groundwork that was built on over time, often studying minutia like mitochondrial DNA, amoebas, rock strata, you name it. This isn't about proving there is no God. I believe he gave us the power to reason and improve our lives. As the great philosophers En Vogue once stated:"Free your mind and the rest will follow." [/QUOTE]

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