Largest Genome Ever

sciencehabit writes "A rare Japanese flower named Paris japonica sports an astonishing 149 billion base pairs, making it 50 times the size of a human genome — and the largest genome ever found. The genome would be taller than Big Ben if stretched out end to end. The researchers warn however that big genomes tend to be a liability: plants with lots of DNA have more trouble tolerating pollution and extreme climatic extinctions—and they grow more slowly than plants with less DNA, because it takes so long to replicate their genome."

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Can atheists refute one simple fact?

[Smidge207]

The universe had a beginning
Anything that had a beginning must have been caused by something else
Therefore, the universe was caused by something else (a creator)
Every part of the universe is dependent
If every part is dependent, then the whole universe must also be dependent
Therefore, the whole universe is dependent for existence right now on some Independent Being
Every event that had a beginning had a sufficient cause
The universe had a beginning
Therefore, the universe had a sufficient Cause
Every effect has a cause
The universe is an effect
Therefore, the universe has a Cause
An infinite number of moments cannot be traversed
If an infinite number of moments had to elapse before today, then today would never have come
But today has come
Therefore, an infinite number of moments have not elapsed before today (i.e., the universe had a beginning)
But whatever has a beginning is caused by something else
Hence, there must be a Cause (Creator) of the universe
An actual infinite cannot exist
An infinite temporal regress of events is an actual infinite
Therefore an infinite temporal regress of events cannot exist
The temporal series of events is a collection formed by successive addition
A collection formed by successive addition cannot be an actual infinite
Therefore the temporal series of events cannot be an actual infinite
Some things undeniably exist (e.g., I cannot deny my own existence)
My nonexistence is possible
Whatever has the possibility not to exist is currently caused to exist by another
There cannot be an infinite regress of current causes of existence
Therefore, a first uncaused cause of my current existence exists
This uncaused cause must be infinite, unchanging, all-powerful, all-knowing, and all-perfect
This infinitely perfect Being is appropriately called “God”
Therefore, God exists
This God who exists is identical to the God described in the Christian Scriptures
Therefore, the God described in the Bible exists
7.2 Argument from cosmological natural theology

Time, space and matter came into existence at a certain point in the finite past.
Since time, space and matter began to exist they had a cause.
Therefore, whatever caused them was time-less (or eternal), space-less (not subject to locality, or omnipresent) and matter-less (immaterial, non-physical, or spirit).
7.3 Forms of the teleological argument

All designs imply a designer
There is great design in the universe
Therefore, there must be a Great Designer of the universe
7.4 Forms of the ontological argument

God is defined as a being than which no greater can be conceived.
Such a being can be conceived.
If there were no such being in reality, then a greater being—namely, a being than which no greater can be conceived, and which exists—can be conceived.
Yet nothing can be greater than a being than which no greater can be conceived.
Therefore a being than which no greater can be conceived—i.e., God—must exist.
God is the entity of which nothing greater can be thought.
It is greater to be necessary than not.
God must therefore be necessary.
Hence, God exists necessarily.
7.5 Forms of the moral law argument

Moral laws imply a Moral Law Giver
There is an objective moral law
Therefore, there is a Moral Law Giver
There are objective moral laws
Moral laws come from a moral lawgiver
Therefore, a moral lawgiver exists
If atheism is true, everything is permissible.
7.6 Dostoevsky’s argument from the consequences of positive Atheism

If atheism is true then man is “the chief of the earth”
If man is “the chief of the earth” then he can abandon absolute standards (i.e., morality)
If man can abandon the absolute standards then “everything is permissible”
Therefore, if atheism is true, everything is permissible
7.7 The argument from joy

Every natural innate desire has a real object that can fulfill it
Human beings have a natural, innate desire for immortality
Therefore, there must be an immortal life after death!

Re:Can atheists refute one simple fact?

[Anonymous Coward]

Fact: Jesus was gay.

Mohammed was too, probably. They may be in heaven right now porking the shit out of each other.

Re:Smidge207 is an obvious troll

[mr_bubb]

This is the greatest post ever, anywhere.