DNA & Design Series by Dr Gasser Hathout

Lecture 9: The Myth of Junk DNA.  This lectures continues the prior, looking closely at the latest scientific advances which have shown that the idea of “junk DNA”, and with it, the notion of poor design oof the DNA code, has been entirely debunked.  Detailed analysis of non-coding DNA shows that it is transcribed, and has essential functions in gene regulation, bolstering the argument for intelligent design.

This multi-lecture series takes an in depth look at DNA, the repository of genetic information, and makes the case that DNA speaks strongly for intelligent and deliberate design, and against a random origin of life on earth, which has been the prevalent dogma in the biological sciences.  The series asserts that as we learn more about the structure and function of DNA, incorporating the advances of the last two decades, the stronger this case becomes.  The series begins illustrating this paradigm—that advances in knowledge often overturn previously accepted dogmas – by looking at a macro issue where this has happened: the vertebrate retina.  The series then moves to introduce the viewer to the genetic code and how it works, and tackles such issues as the optimality of the genetic code, the  myth of junk DNA, the information enigma of DNA, and the “chicken-and-egg,” problem of DNA and proteins.  All of this is done using primary scientific source literature, and numerous papers and books are referenced.  If you love science, and are interested in how scientific advances make the case for the handiwork of a Divine Intellect, this series will be of interest to you.