John C. Sanford

Quotes by John C. Sanford (born in 1950), an American plant geneticist, a former Atheist, and author of Genetic Entropy & the Mystery of the Genome where he provides compelling evidence that the human genome is deteriorating and therefore could not have evolved in the way specified by modern evolutionary theory.

• Isn't it remarkable that the Primary Axiom of biological evolution essentially claims that typographical errors plus some selective copying can transform a wagon into a spaceship, in the absence of any intelligence, purpose, or design? - Genetic Entropy & The Mystery of the Genome, pg.9

• Yet I am still not convinced there is a single, crystal-clear example of a known mutation which unambiguously created information. There are certainly many mutations which have been described as "beneficial", but most of these beneficial mutations have not created information, but rather have destroyed it. - Genetic Entropy & The Mystery of the Genome, pg.17

• Population genetics is a field that is extremely theoretical and mathematical. Theoretical mathematicians are constrained (completely) by their axioms (assumptions), upon which they choose to build their work. The entire field of population genetics was developed by a small, tightly knit group of people who were utterly and radically committed to the Primary Axiom. Today, it is still a very small field, still exclusively populated by "true believers" in the Primary Axiom. These people are extremely intelligent, but are totally and unconditionally bound to the Primary Axiom. For the most part, other biologists do not even understand their work - but accept their conclusions "by faith". Yet it is these same population geneticists themselves who have exposed some of the most profound limitations of natural selection. - Genetic Entropy & The Mystery of the Genome, pg.46

• Human genes never exist in "pools", they only exist in massive clusters, within zeal people. - Genetic Entropy & The Mystery of the Genome, pg.54

• Selection works on the genetic level, but fails at the genomic level. - Genetic Entropy & The Mystery of the Genome, pg.64

• Every single beneficial mutation would always be inseparably tied to a large number of deleterious mutations. - Genetic Entropy & The Mystery of the Genome, pg.82

• What is the mystery of the genome? Its very existence is its mystery. Information and complexity which surpass human understanding are programmed into a space smaller than an invisible speck of dust. Mutation/selection cannot even begin to explain this. It should be very clear that our genome could not have arisen spontaneously. The only reasonable alternative to a spontaneous genome is a genome which arose by design. - Genetic Entropy & The Mystery of the Genome, pg.151

• A car is complex, but so is a junkyard. However, a car is complex in a way that is very specific — which is why it works. It requires a host of very intelligent engineers to specify its complexity, so it is a functional whole. - Intelligent Design: Professors discuss Teaching the Controversial Subject Xiaowei Cathy Tang. Cornell Daily Sun (November 15, 2005)

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