Dr. James Tour Destroys Origin of Life Myths with Hard Science

[@DrJamesTour]

"Many of the big paradoxes have been solved." - Origin of Life Researcher, Steven Benner kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6XbnnyQrJh3mqM

[@littleacorn2244]

Why did Tour go on a Christian talk show a week after this interview and claim Benner said "ALL the big paradoxes (of OOL) have been solved"? How do you justify this dishonesty by Tour?

[@Birgit-o9v]

nothing has been solved, not scientifically , not philosophically, not by religions. All my respect to James Tour for pointing this out from a scientific viewpoint. But Jesus the son of God knew the origin of life, the purpose of life, and God's heart for creating human beings. If the resurrection of Jesus was real, then the birth of Adam and Eve was in a similar way. God created the science, If we would not have the strict distinction between male female, and the species.....people try to deny this distinction, hybrids that cannot multiply, one generation only. Male female we get perversion and extinction, plus the whole universe hates such development.

[@0607guy]

​@@littleacorn2244 And surely you are also calling out Steven Banner's dishonesty as well right????

[@littleacorn2244]

@@0607guy As a primary OOL researcher Benner was merely expressing his expert opinion. Tour was flat out lying about what Benner said. Pretty big difference, right?

[@gregorym3020]

@@littleacorn2244 From my life time of viewing life and science no evidence of life created by molecular chemistry stands up to scientific scrutiny. None. So it looks like the Book of GOD has always been true and therefore will not change. Everything looks like it is designed by an infinite Mind.That is a leap of faith for a gross line of thinking mesmerised by material theories that are not proven.

[@Hont4321]

How can we get you, Dr. Tour, on the Joe Rogan podcast?

[@markmetternich7629]

Heck yes!

[@mattk6719]

This.💯

[@dariuscharles6883]

Yes we need Dr. James Tour on Rogan Show. Pray for it to happen

[@DavidWalterCarlson44]

@Hont4321 That is an excellent Idea 💡

[@timothyyoung4463]

Amen!

[@vzmichael]

I love James Tour. Great man of science and faith.

[@gladishilton1943]

Sorry, but James Tour is one of the most dishonest and disgraceful Apologists on the planet. You're in love with a charlatan.

[@squirrelfrendotcom]

That's the best explanation of who Jesus Christ truly is...Dr Tour, you are the person who started my awakening to The Truth. It happened while watching your videos on OOL and the reality of what's going on there, and that just shocked me so much that I kept digging. I found Jesus Christ, Our Wonderful Savior, because of the seed you planted. Thank you for helping Him change me completely.

[@JesusistheonetrueGod]

That is awesome

[@ChristisLord2023]

Praise God

[@DavidWalterCarlson44]

Thank you, Dr. James Tour from Alberta, Canada 🇨🇦

[@ChaZ-cp6qw]

Soon to be Alberta, USA

[@versastyle5007]

​@@ChaZ-cp6qwno.

[@kojobadu7339]

Dr Tour is incredibly brave

[@rabby-u]

If i could tell you my story in this comment section, i would struggle to find justice in my words to accurately communicate how poignant Dr.Tour's testimony is to me. I hope i can one day thank you in person for your courage and honesty, and perseverance in the Faith 🙏✝️

[@kevinkelly2162]

If something is good or logical or beneficial then one does not need to persevere.

[@jacob.tudragens]

​@@kevinkelly2162 Is that why you and your ilk persevere like you do? Because nothing y'all say is "good or logical or beneficial" to humanity!

[@rabby-u]

@kevinkelly2162 Evil attacks the good, stupidity tries to confuse and vice destroys. If you live in an artificial bubble of delusion, you may avoid these unpleasantries and no perseverance seems necessary.

[@lizadowning4389]

@@rabby-u "... live in an artificial bubble of delusion" What a nice way of describing your position. Do you have any evidence other than "man" writing theological texts like the biblical narratives? Isn't taking god(s) as real based solely on what unknown ancient men once wrote "living in a delusion"? Why are there as many different yet at times very similar theological narratives as there are ancient cultures? Is someone believing in Jupiter, Zeus, etcetera deluded? If so, based on what? And more to the point why are they different from yours? What is the criterion that assures that "yours is true"?

[@kevinkelly2162]

@@rabby-u 'an artificial bubble of illusion'. I couldn't have put it any better myself. You spend a lot of time talking to yourself imagining there is some big guy listening. That is just self obsession.

[@pamgardner8961]

I stumbled upon this from a comment on a post on X. I’m a Christian and also interested in believers who are scientists share their knowledge and faith. Wow! Did you ever deliver! This is one of the best hour and twelve minutes I’ve spent on social media. I can’t wait to share with family and friends! God bless you and your ministry and love for Jesus!!

[@KenJackson_US]

The details are even better. Check out his multi-hour analysis videos.

[@Peter-y5y9i]

Dr Tour and Dr Jonathan Safarti, great debunkers of OOL theories. They deserve more views for sure.

[@BillG8718]

Two Biblical creationists with zero published OOL papers between them. 😄

[@johnglad5]

​@@BillG8718Dr. Tour has no published papers? He is noted as one of the top chemists by the secular society. OOL is chemistry. PTL

[@littleacorn2244]

@@johnglad5 *Dr. Tour has no published papers?* Correct. He has no published papers on OOL research. He's never done a minute's work in the subject.

[@mirziyodm]

@@littleacorn2244 Are you an idiot, honestly? The one doesn't need to do OOL work to critique and asses from scientific standpoint the works of those who does it. Is Tour qualified to assess their work? Without question, YES and better than MOST of people on this planet, he's one of the leading organic chemists in the world and OOL research is PURE CHEMICS (not biology). Btw, who do you think peer-review those OOL papers, dummy? OTHER SCIENTISTS, who absolutely don't have to be OOL researchers themselves! So your "argument" against Tour is nothing but idiotic.

[@littleacorn2244]

@@mirziyodm You certainly are an idiot if you fall for Tour's creationist gimmick.

[@Metanitra]

Love you work Dr ❤️

[@JL-qo7cs]

Great interview. Jim said that God didn't give us the details of creation but I think that he gave us all the details that we need in that he created it by speaking or thinking it into existence.

[@ninas717]

I don't have a science background at all but I never get tired of listening to Dr Tour. So grateful for his passion and courage! It inspires us all to share our faith with confidence.

[@AlexanderosD]

Love Dr. Tour's passion for science and Jesus! ❤ You are a role model and inspiration.

[@MS-od7je]

Science belongs to God!

[@BillG8718]

Which God? Humans have invented thousands.

[@MS-od7je]

@ the one in whose image you are made!

[@BillG8718]

@@MS-od7je I wasn't made unless you count my parents. My species evolved from earlier ancestral species. So did yours. 🙂

[@MS-od7je]

You are made in a mathematical pattern. That pattern has a beginning and an ending on the real number line and is simultaneously infinite ( borders) and finite ( limited area.

[@oxcart4172]

Then why do all the so-called holy books get it wrong?

[@mattk6719]

Jordan Peterson needs to hear Tour on abiogenesis.

[@moses777exodus]

33:00 Questions: Regarding Assembly (Theory) Hypothesis, is it possible to determine the Assembly Index (AI) of Polypeptides, Polysaccharides, Polynucleotides, etc? If so, what would be the AI for these bio-molecules? And what would assembly hypothesis conclude about the intelligent origins of these molecules?

[@hopeinHim5160]

Great work Dr. Tour!

[@Argo1188]

Dr Tour is such a beautiful person. What an amazing passion for Christ.

[@MagdalenaMcintyre]

Dear Dr. Tour & Dr Safarti, thank you most sincerely for enlightening us. Every time I listen to you, the more I hear your amazing insights, your very clear Spirit inspired counter arguments are a joy to listen to. God bless you as you go. Much love. ❤❤🇿🇦🇮🇱

[@PopsMdub]

Wow, that was powerful, and brilliant conversation. Thank you and God bless you both.

[@stephenhartshorne4043]

Dr Tour you will probably never read this comment but I want to tell you your passion and integrity make me cry ,I feel it .most of what you say goes over my head but your honesty integrity make me cry please carry on doing what you do .

[@DrJamesTour]

From Zac M, Dr. James Tour's Associate: Thank you for the kind words. I will pass your message along to Dr. Tour. Blessings.

[@andytavs2890]

​@DrJamesTour Hi Zak M, can you please thank Mr Tour also from me. Just watched the whole interview and most of the scientific goes over my head also. However I believe 100% what he said. Even an uneducated can look at life and have a basic understanding of how complex life is to come out of nothing. It just goes to show that not all, who have a masters degree have common sense. God sure does blind the minds of unbelievers. Please tell Dr Tour, that what he is doing is helping bringing the lost closer to faith. I am sure there is a special place in heaven, for people like James

[@MithrasTheElder]

Mr Tour makes me cry as well, but for very different reasons.

[@tracylh]

Wooooo hooooo .. hallelujah… what a beautiful offer to people who are curious or skeptical 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@lizadowning4389]

"what a beautiful offer to people who are curious or skeptical" I'll grant you "curious" ... after all that is why folks take their children to the circus, to look at "them curious creatures". "Skeptical" ... nope, that is a bridge too far. Misrepresenting science, quote-mining scientists, distorting facts on OoL research, being ignorant on most of the field of inquiry and its achievements, doesn't make one a skeptic. It makes one a fraud, a liar and an embarrassment to what science actually entails.

[@millosmos]

love such topics ❤

[@derrickgrays3109]

Wow this was so inspiring and life changing in more ways than 1. Thank you and God bless you Dr James Tour

[@MithrasTheElder]

Out of curiosity, exactly how did this broadcast change your life? I don't expect an answer, of course, yours is just a token post to say you've been here, but I'm curious anyway.

[@dannybbolt]

Wish the host didn't hurry you along when you started talking about the chemistry of sars-cov-2. Would have really liked to hear more about that.

[@dariuscharles6883]

DR.Tour we need you to get on the Joe Rogan Show!!! Lets pray for it guys.

[@MicDread]

And bring prof Dave with you.

[@Metanitra]

It's crazy that people would rather listen to an ex-guitarist who reads texts to explain theories on KZbin than a super-influential scientist in his field (even influential scientists like brian keating acknowledge his work).

[@deepcosmiclove]

Celebrity Scientists must be pretty.

[@cocoloco5533]

Tour doesn't work in the field of OOL research. He continually demonstrates he hasn't even read any actual OOL research papers in years.

[@Metanitra]

@@cocoloco5533 Have you read them? Are you a chemist? Are you involved in Dr. Tour’s work? Do you understand the papers you’ve read? Have you studied, honestly? Are you more informed on this subject than a chemistry professor?

[@cocoloco5533]

@Metanitra I've read every paper Tour has published on OOL. Every last one of them. 🤣🤣😂😂

[@Metanitra]

@@cocoloco5533 Yes, surely you’re a renowned chemist who has understood all of Dr. Tour’s explanations, going by the pseudonym ‘cocoloco53,’ and you’ve read all the papers of someone you claim to despise. But hey, good for you, my friend. If you’re telling the truth and you’re satisfied with your version of it, then great-you must be more informed than Dr. Tour. You must be a world-renowned researcher.

[@andytavs2890]

Protect James Tour at all costs!!

[@littleacorn2244]

Protect him from what? The scientific research which threatens his creationist beliefs and scares him so badly?

[@andytavs2890]

​@@littleacorn2244protect him for Satan's agenda and people like you who haven't got a clue

[@MithrasTheElder]

@@andytavs2890 What a pity Satan is just a figment of your imagination! What degrees in science do you have?

[@andytavs2890]

@MithrasTheElder I have 360° degrees in science thank you very much

[@MithrasTheElder]

@@andytavs2890 I.e. zilch. All you have is that book of lies and stories you call the bible.

[@pdanoe]

I think James Tour performs better in this situation, than what I saw in a formal debate. He can keep his calm here, which is important in order to let the message speak.

[@midimusicforever]

Well done, doc!

[@moses777exodus]

35:30 Is it true that one of the supposed uses of Assembly (Theory) Hypothesis is to detect intelligent life elsewhere in the universe. "Causal history" implies an intelligent process of assembly of an object.

[@RodMartinJr]

One of the areas hardest hit from *_Scientism: Science by Logical Fallacies,_* has been on the myth of Plato's Atlantis. Why such a knee-jerk reaction? When I investigated, I discovered tons of evidence the scientists ignored out of *_Fear of ruining their careers._* This was bizarre, Twilight Zone behavior. I ended up writing a 780-page book on the topic: *_Mission: Atlantis._*

[@kenobrien8074]

@@RodMartinJr 780 page science book? Intriguing

[@RodMartinJr]

@@kenobrien8074 Yes, mostly science and logic, plus evidence. It does discuss the logical fallacies of some skeptics and some "believers," too.

[@intentionally-blank]

Are your books readable by someone without scientific background?

[@RodMartinJr]

@@intentionally-blank Yes, they are all for the layman. My scientific essays are published separately. My book on climate science was a #1 weather Bestseller on Amazon for 14 weeks -- *_Climate Basics: Nothing to Fear._* My book, *_Thermophobia_* made it to #7, and *_Red Line -- Carbon Dioxide_* made it to #25. My latest book in the science genre is *_Terraforming Mars: Remaking the Red Planet, Ready for Life._*

[@intentionally-blank]

@@RodMartinJr That's great. 😇

[@inukithesavage828]

Get this man on Rogan or Timcast!

[@mattk6719]

This

[@brianhankambe6303]

Glad I stumbled on this page. God is faithful

[@oliverjamito9902]

Thank you for walking with the HELPER the Comforter dwelling within thee!

[@fredericosilva3640]

Thank you for the truth.

[@paulgarnier879]

They want to dismiss god because it relieves them of all moral compass

[@iriemon1796]

1) Why would it relieve them from a moral compass; 2) What makes you think they follow a "moral compass" if they believe in a god?

[@cocoloco5533]

It's really sad if you need a book to tell you to not harm your fellow humans.

[@lizadowning4389]

So you only have a moral compass because of your god? Second. Over 99.99% of Federal inmates are confessed religious persons. So less than 0.01% is atheist. Atheist population in US is around 15% (not including another 10% unaffiliated). Therefore, the so-called "morally depraved atheists" should account for even more than 15% of inmates, yet they don't. In contrast, despite religious people having a moral compass from their theological dogma, it shure doesn't hold them out of prison. So what can we learn? 1. Your statement is both false and preposterous. 2. You're a hypocrit ... ranting and accusing atheists for lacking morals while in fact it is the religious community who holds the record for lack of morals.

[@conspiracy1914]

@@iriemon17961) because there would be no lines that is set as a foundation. example. GOD says being gay is wrong. people can even argue for beastiality. as all people have their own opinion which is subjective. the people that wanna do dirty stuff can find like minded people and make it normal. as you see today. thats exactly what happens where there is no foundation. anything goes. its just how much normalization and how fast. 2) the moral compass based on the persons belief is their moral compass. you might not agree with that specific values it being from a different faith or non believer.

[@markmetternich7629]

LOVE Tour! Prebioticly relevant studies! What a point!!! There are none. Scientificism.

[@BillG8718]

_Prebioticly relevant studies! What a point!!! There are none._ Except for the thousands which have been published, like this 2022 paper in _Nature_ *Emergent properties as by-products of prebiotic evolution of aminoacylation ribozymes* or this 2024 paper from the Royal society *The prebiotic emergence of biological evolution*

[@BillG8718]

Here's another 2024 paper in _Journal of Molecular Evolution_ *Stem Life: A Framework for Understanding the Prebiotic-Biotic Transition*

[@BillG8718]

@@markmetternich7629 Tour lied and claimed there are no relevant prebiotic studies. You're gullible enough and ignorant enough to swallow his lie without bothering to check. I just posted three which I know you won't look up either. BTW eejit all three of those papers are available open access.

[@billharris3887]

Love the tenacity.

[@cocoloco5533]

More like OCD.

[@tonydoran5147]

A remarkable man!! ..

[@marbanak]

In the history of Science and Math, I know of several topics, in which the conclusion was "No solution possible". Alchemy; Perpetual Motion; 'Trisecting an Angle'; Fermat's Theorem. I anticipate a day, when Origin of Life researchers conclude that it just cannot be done without allowing some intelligence input.

[@vernmaxwell3733]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Love your passion 💪💪💪💪 this was fantastic 👏👏👏👏 THANK YOU

[@BillG8718]

A passionate liar is still a liar.

[@iriemon1796]

@@BillG8718 ["A passionate liar is still a liar."] Often more so.

[@robertmcclintock8701]

(　:ﾟ皿ﾟ) This is an artistic proof of a created universe. When you paint a shadow it's the opposite color of the object that made the shadow. Nobody knew what the opposite color of white was so the artists avoided painting white on white. The opposite color of white is baby blue and baby pink. The first artist to figure it out was Norman Rockwell. I was the second artist to figure it out. I saw it in the corner of a white room. The lighting was perfect to see it. Pigments have different rules than light. It took them thousands of years to get all the pigments they have now.

[@Kawitamamayi]

I think it’s not: “unknown therefore supernatural miracle by God,” but actually is: “An all knowing God who is personally knowable and seeks to be personally known, who brought into existence all organized things from nothing, therefore those mechanisms can be known and are are worth the pursuit of discovery.” Am I mistaken?

[@littleacorn2244]

*Am I mistaken?* in this case yes. All Tour has been arguing for almost a decade is the tired old "God Of The Gaps". If science can't explain OOL then Tour's GOD must have done it.

[@andrewmattox1233]

@@littleacorn2244, No, you are mistaken in what is being presented. 1. OOL needs to show how dirt, rocks, and water (and the elements contained within) can go through the various chemical reactions to produce the various building blocks for making a cell (the first living thing). 2. This is not what some OOL research are doing. They are using purified chemicals to do their reactions. If they tried to get the same outcome in the real world (which is where OOL would have actually occurred) they would NOT get the same outcomes, because of all of the contaminates and competing chemical reactions. *Some OOL researchers are being intellectually dishonest. And refuse to add a "scoop of dirt" to their reactions... I.E. reproduce the actual environment of a "pre-life earth" I.E. "We know process for how RNA was formed!!!!" : Would that process work, if you added some scoops of dirt to your process (introduce real world conditions)? : "You are a NAME!!!!!" "God of the gaps" has nothing to do with his claims. That is just the current go to dismissal, when OOL researcher are challenged on their claims.

[@littleacorn2244]

@@andrewmattox1233 *OOL needs to show* Or else what? You'll yell and scream and stomp your feet, demand creationism be returned to public schools?

[@Roescoe]

@@littleacorn2244 I can read that you didn't listen to this conversation where that's specifically not what Tour is saying. So much so that he's said "If we discover how OOl happened, I'll say Oh, that's how you did it." The processes of life creation are not unknowable in Tour's estimation.

[@mirandahotspring4019]

Yes!

[@ericchionh9766]

Time is the enemy of chemical evolution and the crazy thing is that evolutionists keep saying give it more time. If given enough time, this & that may happen. Which is why, according to them, everything is in terms of hundreds of billions of years lol 😂

[@MithrasTheElder]

As opposed to... how many is it you creos claim... 6000 is it? Oh that's right, one of you, Bishop Ussher worked out the exact date: 4004 BC! Had the continents rocketing around the globe like freight trains. I suppose you also believe the earth is flat? The vast majority of flat earthers are Christians.

[@cocoloco5533]

No one invented deep time. Deep time is a conclusion drawn from multiple lines of physical evidence in geology, biology, paleontology, radiometric physics, etc.

[@codonmatrix4510]

Oh no, you've incurred the wrath of the trolls, with truth. Whatever shall you do?

[@moses777exodus]

29:00 Regarding OoL research, virtually everything that the OoL scientists appear to be doing is Investigator Interference (i.e. use of Mind/Conscious/Intelligence); then claiming Methodological Naturalism (i.e. non-use of Mind/Conscious/Intelligence). And even with all of the Investigator Interference, the Ool Scientists have still been unable to demonstrate abiogenesis.

[@iriemon1796]

There have been lots of things we have not understood or demonstrate. Lightning, meteors, earthquakes, eclipses and rainbows all fit in that category. What's your point?

[@davidsawyer7880]

I like that the question was asked at roughly 30 minutes in. To paraphrase. " Show me where you are going with this? It doesn't have to be complete with every detail and nuance. Just give some insight into your answer." That is a very reasonable question.

[@gladishilton1943]

That's actually stupid. It's like asking Columbus: What new land will you find on your journey? Given me insights into what this land will be like?

[@markgilrosales6366]

@@gladishilton1943 nope. It is like asking Colombus how did you get here?

[@gladishilton1943]

@@markgilrosales6366 You do realise the journey to a complete understanding and verification of how Abiogenesis occurred is still ongoing?!?. You're asking how Columbus got to the final destination whilst Columbus is still enroute! Don't you understand anything?

[@truincanada]

Sonon believers, Dana White Up and finally be not a loser. Ha loved that. Thanks Dana too

[@Roescoe]

Haha that round-about insult was hilarious.

[@joewright9879]

Every time I hear conversations about OoL research, C. S. Lewis’s third book in his space trilogy, ‘That Hideous Strength’, comes to mind.

[@treeLiter]

💪

[@oliverjamito9902]

My pop James, I think of thee! Likewise, thank you for thinking of me!

[@Violeta-l3u]

I came on your podcasts and streamings trough your testumony about bekoming Christ b-eliever on one for Israel in the second mounth of pandemic 2020 and since than i am looking for your sharing.

[@mohebalikalani2115]

Jet Plasma machine can produce Proton+ Positron or H++ in pure water for treatment and speed in reactions. in this scientific hypothesis, Jet plasma machine with strong power dynamic magnet that covered with carbon Nano tubes with layer of silicon and graphene has ability to produce H2o2 and H+ in microwave and electro magnet field conditions, speed of it (SMCO magnet) can pass H+ through the silicon with cover of graphene, as a result it produces photons, reflection of photons when they hit the gold plating copper wires can produce Positron+ Electron through the carbon Nano tubes, this method H+ can absorb positron in a very limited radius and electron can pass in graphene layers. as a result, H++ can store in liquid hydrogen by vacuum pump. this Ionized solution can use for treatment and speed of reactions.

[@RodMartinJr]

Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot (1796-1832) *_SOLVED_* origin of life in the early 19th century! He discovered *_Entropy!_* He discovered that Life was NOT formed from nature. Perhaps he didn't state this explicitly, but non-life is entropy-based, and life requires non-entropy! 😎♥✝🇺🇸💯 "And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent" (John 17:3, ESV). (Jesus praying to HIS God - the ONLY True God)

[@davidperry3096]

Could we ever understand what He did even if He gave us the science?

[@mattk6719]

Yes, that's the whole point of it. That we can know Him through his creation.

[@miklosfabian4722]

A scientist who regularly confesses to a priest has no problem saying, "Yes, I made a mistake in my scientific work."

[@RodMartinJr]

The John Birch Society has plenty of evidence on the roots of the nonsense we find in science. But that's only one aspect of it. The other part seems to be the *_attitude of Certainty._* I talk about this phenomenon in my book, *_Dumb Genius: How intelligence is sometimes its own worst enemy._* And having suffered through that attitude on numerous occasions, I speak from experience! 🤣😆🤣😆🤣

[@iriemon1796]

I heard people say human flight is an optical illusion created by the government to control our minds.

[@jperez7893]

Sara walker makes a compelling case for assembly theory that prevents the creation of complexity without an intelligence behind it

[@MithrasTheElder]

-Oh, and what is this case? Assembly theory says nothing about god(s).- I believe I misinterpreted your post, after looking at Walker's Wiki entry - sorry about that! Still, I have reservations about assembly theory and its relatives. Does it actually explain any questions in evolution that haven't been answered? Does it make predictions about future discoveries? Even Darwinian evolution, compelling though his case was on the face of it, didn't really get off the ground till people realised that it made certain predictions that had to be true if the theory were true. That includes the ability to find transitional fossils in strata between older and newer species, or the ability to match taxonomic trees based on genetics with trees based on the fossil record. Does assembly theory do anything like that? I'm not really that familiar with it, though I'm not agin it in principle, but even some scientists in the field have expressed their doubts about its usefulness.

[@rebanelson607]

At this time in history the key to staying sane is to remind yourself that we are living in a new era: the POST TRUTH era. People like Dr. Tour are essential to our survival because he is challenging the lies. Unfortunately, it seems that people are choosing to ignore the truth and embrace the lies.

[@gladishilton1943]

Spoken like a true Apologist - saying what is diametrically opposite to the truth.

[@Peter-y5y9i]

@@gladishilton1943 Do you live under a rock? Lies are as common as dirt these days. Nothing new about that. What is new is the gullibility of people who gladly embrace lies and reject truth. Lies: you can choose your gender. There is such a race as Palestinian. Putin was justified invading Ukraine. Israel is committing genocide. Israel is starving people in Gaza. Electric vehicles are bad for the environment. No one is buying electric vehicles. And on and on it goes.

[@ianmonk6211]

@@rebanelson607 fulfilling bible prophecy.

[@kevinlinton3582]

Well done Sir, when you challenged the conventional scientists, you called them out. What they deal in is speculation and not theories as they do not have any evidence to substantiate themselves. I agree with Dr. Tour; there is far too much speculation that has been dressed up as theories.

[@BillG8718]

You sound just like the Flat Earthers trying to justify their attacks on NASA.

[@candicejoesugoma8410]

I see you're delving into science again, will we see a round 2 with Dave?

[@sabhishek9289]

Dave is a living example of the Dunning Kruger effect. "Never argue with stupid people, because they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience." -Mark Twain

[@MithrasTheElder]

Oh, I hope so. Watching Mr Tour prancing around screaming and waving chalk at Dave Farina was priceless the first time around. Could do with a good laugh.

[@sabhishek9289]

@MithrasTheElder Well, you should see Dr Tour debate with Dr Lee Cronin a leading researcher in the field of origin of life who actually knows the chemistry behind origin of life research. Not a single moment exists where Dr Lee Cronin discusses the chemistry behind origin of life research.

[@candicejoesugoma8410]

@@sabhishek9289 with all due respect, Tour had every chance to keep his composure and actually debate Dave, and counteracting his points, but sadly that just didn't happen

[@ChristisLord2023]

Rest assured sir, there are many of us Christians who love the gift of scientific knowledge God has blessed us with, we just reject those unproven assumptions that come with some of it.

[@jimmymanning1995]

What is Decay?🍂

[@conspiracy1914]

death of living matter. from the sound of it

[@oliverjamito9902]

Shared "i" Am come forth!

[@AncientDownfall]

Haven't you learned your lesson yet?

[@MarcelinhoTheRock]

Wow, this is heat

[@anthonybaroh871]

He is right

[@TaxEvasi0n]

What happened to Dave Farina? I haven't seen any drama with him for a while. Is it because he realised his science clowns were making him look bad for lying about James?

[@MithrasTheElder]

He was last debunking a flat earther, who is to astronomy what Mr Tour is to biology.

[@TaxEvasi0n]

@ That's a pretty baseless opinion. Dr James Tour is at the top of his field. Present an argument against his claims. Solve the paradoxes. Explain how mitosis can happen before all it's current parts came to existence. You sound like another deranged and delusional naturalist because you don't like that his opinions have more weight than yours, and goes against your religious beliefs of naturalism. Why can't anyone answer his questions? Prove him wrong?

[@MithrasTheElder]

@@TaxEvasi0n His field is biology? Someone had better tell Rice, they think they have a chemist. Bible-thumpers love believing in magic, and they don't much care about facts, either, so your weird religion fits you and Mr Tour to a T. Dave Farina wiped the floor with Tour, left him gibbering and screaming like an unevolved ape.

[@tarunasaja5588]

@MithrasTheElder lol indeed, these religion people are allergic to evidence-based facts. They’re just too lazy to think of the world around them and put god as the cause and origin of things. I wonder why they don’t attribute human calamities to gods? Isn’t he the almighty? it would be a piece of cake for him to make everyone happy and safe.

[@cocoloco5533]

@@tarunasaja5588 It's a simple formula: If something good happens GOD did it. If something bad happens THE FALL did it. It's the one-size-fits-all excuse used by theists for centuries.

[@OPINIONESconVictorManuel]

Those who deny Jesus’ Deity do not understand what Dr. Tour was talking about; the desire of God walking among men. That is love!

[@lostat400]

People accept the reality that they are presented with, When you spend your life, wanting to sin, it is very hard to depart from that attitude, even if you want to. It is not like checking a box, it is a desire for the things of this world.

[@Snaxx_23]

True but we have Jesus to help.

[@robertmcclintock8701]

( ・_ゝ・) Consciousness is the particle and wave double slit experiment. The cones and rods of your eyes preserve the particle and wave duality so your vision don't look like a flat screen television. It's supposed to be a violation of physics but it is the only exception in the whole universe.

[@refuse2bdcvd324]

The Law of Biogenesis settles it:God is the only logical conclusion.

[@littleacorn2244]

There is no scientific "law of biogenesis."

[@Westrwjr]

10:00 mark - Quote: "It's also very scary .. to think about the scientific community wielding such power." It’s an unfortunate reality about Science as a worldview, an ideology, and even a modern pagan god. Today’s scientists-though I hesitate to call them 'modern'-react just as defensively to challenges against their 'god' as Christians do to critiques of theirs. These secular scientists exert significant influence over the interpretation of scientific data, the scope of research topics, and the direction and conduct of their peers in the scientific community. All are forced to watch what they say and do as if employed by the PRC-CCP.

[@MithrasTheElder]

Ah, those pesky scientists, always demanding evidence for your opinions before taking them seriously! How dare they!!!! They must all be.... COMMUNISTS!!!!!!!!!!! You right-wing folk are something else, mate.

[@scottsmith9232]

Dr Tour is a saved man and everyone else that is saved that heard his testimony knows that he is saved. Thank God for sending us all Jesus to rid us of our sins.

[@larkint1]

The crux of the issue: John 3:19-20 19 And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.

[@manofgod321]

Dr. James “The Destroyer” Tour

[@cocoloco5533]

Yes, he certainly destroyed his scientific reputation with this creationist nonsense. 🙂

[@mirandahotspring4019]

All he's destroyed is his own reputation.

[@WintersFall]

⁠@@cocoloco5533 7:15 you did not watch the entire video, which reputation was destroyed? You cant attack his argument so you attack the man, typical noob atheist 😂

[@WintersFall]

@@mirandahotspring4019h-index of 178, which reputation was destroyed? Hahaha typical noob atheist 😂😂😂

[@conspiracy1914]

@@mirandahotspring4019 he raised it. he is calling out charlatans. to back up their claims. which they cannot. so they go silent. and now they bank on you regular people to carry it forward. that just believe all claims on papers and just argue without addressing

[@RodMartinJr]

Clovis First is another area where science by fear and ridicule have been used.

[@georgbenad4436]

The great German physicist and father of television, Prof. Manfred von Ardenne, once answered my question about why he, as a scientist, believed in God as follows: "Matter without spiritual information has never produced anything meaningful. Spiritual information can manifest itself even in the molecular structure of matter." He shared this with me in 1993 during a guided tour of his research institute. Like Prof. Lazar, he emphasized the crucial significance of information and its origin! ! 1 !😇😇

[@littleacorn2244]

You can't even define "information" as it applies to biological life, let alone "spiritual" information.

[@georgbenad4436]

@@littleacorn2244 Somehow you seem to be in the wrong I have only quoted the statement of the prominent scientist, it is a mystery to me that you members of the atheist sect react so nervously......

[@littleacorn2244]

@@georgbenad4436 Pretty funny you admit to posting words of which you don't even know the meaning. 😆

[@georgbenad4436]

@@littleacorn2244 You have a strange logic, so why don't you answer the following question: Is the genetic code a real code? That should not cause you any difficulties...

[@littleacorn2244]

@@georgbenad4436 That depends on the definition of code you are using. Yes naturally occurring DNA encodes information about the species' local environment. Many natural processes are known to encode information. No DNA is not an intelligently designed substitutions code like Morse code. Now WTF is "spiritual information" and how does it manifest itself in a genome?

[@Will_Schrank]

Dr. Tour is a distinguished scholar but people have pointed out to him in no uncertain terms that he has the science wrong, and I would invite anyone interested to look it up. That doesn’t mean his critics are right or he’s wrong; but the claim that people have not challenged him on the science but have only accused him of being a religious fanatic is simply not accurate. As for origin of life research, I think everyone agrees that a) there was a time when there was no life on earth, and b) there is life on earth now. Therefore, we should all be able to agree that somehow life on earth originated at some point, and it would be interesting to know how that happened. I respect the efforts of those trying to solve the origin of life problem. Labeling the entire project as a scam while contributing nothing doesn’t strike me as helpful. Claiming God did it might be true, but that just inserts a WHO; it does nothing to explain the HOW and is of no value to science.

[@MithrasTheElder]

I think that basically sums up attitudes that scientists interested in OOL research have about Mr Tour. He's just a shrill naysayer who comes across as extremely fearful of what research might discover, and covers this up for his adoring worshippers as a cloak of scientific criticism. What he clearly means by it, taken in his personal context for his worshippers to swallow, is he thinks it was magic. He wouldn't use the word magic, of course, believers hate having their religion called belief in magic. :)

[@oliverjamito9902]

What is my 1st and 2nd commands without my little New minds Sons and daughters to glorify?

[@moses777exodus]

15:40 The Field of Science is no different than any other field of human endeavor, which eventually experiences corruption; the entropy of humanity. Science has become Big Business and as such requires comparable regulation and oversight to prevent fraud / scams.

[@mattk6719]

So the answer to corruption is government? 😂

[@rogerprout5574]

❤

[@oliverjamito9902]

Pop John keep watch! Devine Laws unseen nor seen come here in front and remind!

[@cocoloco5533]

Tour claims he isn't religiously motivated yet almost every post by his supported here mentions GOD or JESUS or Tour's devotion to Them. Tour even spends more than half this video telling us how his devotion to God motivated EVERYTHING in his life. Why does anyone think his attacks on abiogenesis and evolution are any different?

[@stevenwiederholt7000]

@cocoloco5533 Where is his Science s Bad? Cite Sources Please. I could also ask Where his Faith is Bad. Cite Sources Please.

[@cocoloco5533]

@@stevenwiederholt7000 Tour has never published any science against OOL research. Only voiced his personal opinions on YT videos. He's certainly entitled to his personal opinion just as actual OOL researchers are entitled to ignore his religiously motivated blathering.

[@stevenwiederholt7000]

@@cocoloco5533 You Tube Search Addressing Abiogenesis: Season 1 "religiously motivated blathering." I suspect That is THE REAL reason you don't buy into what he says. BTW I missed the pat whee you Cited Sources Please.

[@littleacorn2244]

@@stevenwiederholt7000 We all missed the part where Tour submitted his OOL criticisms for peer-review and scientific publication.

[@stevenwiederholt7000]

@@littleacorn2244 Because Its Already Been published!

[@hongotedesco8931]

I don't get it, there is no origin of life theory, so what are these myths? How can you call something a myth if it doesn't exist?

[@s.unosson]

To say that there is no origin of life theory is just a trick to kill arguments like those of James Turn.

[@nlormanstuckman7408]

Motivation is Sate

[@1967MGC]

OK, I've confessed that Jesus physically rose from the dead and believe in my heart he did. Before I actually studied the Bible I believed EVERYTHING that was in it, even though I struggled with some of what was stated. But over the years, the zeal I had when I was young is largely gone. I've had years of depression and made lots of mistakes, and find myself with the problem that Paul described about being a slave to sin. I find I love and hate sin at the same time. I've prayed for release- and succeed for a time- but then always fall on my face! DR. Tour says confession and belief in one's heart in Jesus's physical resurrection saves us, but then I read in the Bible that "faith without works is dead". Then elsewhere I read how God is likened to a potter, making one vessel to save and one for destruction. Confusing.

[@RodMartinJr]

Science studies the products of God's Creation; the aim is a better understanding of God's Truth, albeit on the side of Nature. Spirituality studies the Source of Creation; the aim is a better understanding of God's Truth, on the side of the non-physical. And science, without the toxic, sinful attitude of skepticism (with its potent BIAS of doubt), can be used to study spiritual action (miracles). 😎♥✝🇺🇸💯 "And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent" (John 17:3, ESV). (Jesus praying to HIS God - the ONLY True God)

[@gregrice1354]

Evidence based believer in Jesus and the reliability of truth claims of the Bible here. 1. You state your own summary categorization of issues. 2. You refer to quote from Bible. Do you gather anything about your public posting? Anything about the order or sequence you post? Anything about implication of your own categories being set forth first? We all get excited - by intentional planned provocation of the commercial internet - and BLURT out our ideas, without the amount of self-control and momentary pause that a grade 2 schoolchild takes before responding to a test question or before responding to his/her teacher.

[@iriemon1796]

Gee its complicated, we haven't completely figured it out yet, therefore the answer must be an invisible magic man. Now there's a great scientist for you.

[@intentionally-blank]

What is "invisible magic man" a reference to?

[@iriemon1796]

@@intentionally-blank The one that supposedly created life, since according to Tour there is no possibility it could have happened naturally.

[@intentionally-blank]

@@iriemon1796 I've watched a few of his vids. I think I would remember him referring to an "invisible magic man".

[@iriemon1796]

@@intentionally-blank He's kinda coy about it so he can pretend he's a scientist.

[@intentionally-blank]

@@iriemon1796 How long have you been godless? Are you a convert from a religion?

[@DepletedUrbranium]

HOHOHOOoooold on a sec. You need to drill waaaay down on what you said at 10:35. I'm sorry, that needs to be addressed. I need the chemistry down to the atom. I need the name of the protein, and the location of the residues in question. Also the a link to the paper that alerted you would be nice. Please do this.

[@MithrasTheElder]

Mr Tour has become a professional conspiracy theorist, a necessary qualification to pretend that scientists is conspiring to deny whatever it is Tour is claiming at any time. In this case, it was a gene encoding the covid (SARS-CoV-2) spike glycoprotein to make it more infective in humans. There's a novel insertion of a short poly-arginine sequence (PRRAR) into the protein that enhances fusion with the cell membrane by generating a cleavage site for the protease furin, thus increasing the chance of successful infection. Mr Tour claims that this mutation, which is unusual and its source isn't known, couldn't possibly have arisen by natural mutation, based on, I surmise, the conspiracy theory that the virus was engineered in a Chinese lab. Unless he thinks it was an act of god. He does say that people shouldn't trust anything scientists say. He claims he's a scientist. We should draw our own conclusion about trusting anything he says. Now it's fair to be skeptical about individual claims, such as Tour's claim that there have been no significant advances in abiogenesis research.

[@RunQC]

It's common knowledge by everyone that has studied the virus ....ever hear of "gain of function "? The virus came from a lab and was designed to do what it did. The whole point of the research is to learn how to fight such a virus...Fauci has admitted this is being done and is on record saying even if there is a global pandemic the risk is worth if. You are way way way behind.

[@RunQC]

@MithrasTheElder What are you talking about? There is consensus with the experts in the field that say the virus is man made to have a gain of function.

[@DepletedUrbranium]

@@RunQC While I don't care much about consensus, I do believe the furin cleavage site is very good evidence that the procedures in the EcoHealth alliance DEFUSE proposal were in fact followed but with different funding. Page 13 of 75 explicitly says they will look for "potential furin cleavage sites" and seek to "introduce appropriate human specific cleavage sites" in this Coronavirus. This is about the most damning evidence you could possibly find given the next closest sequence with a furin cleavage site had something like 40% similarity. My question though was about cationic centers which James finds compelling and I would like to know what he's surveyed from the literature to have arrived at that opinion. I'm not asking because I doubt him, but because I believe him because he has a very good track record when I've checked out his claims in the past.

[@MithrasTheElder]

@@RunQC Consensus of whom, exactly? What's the evidence for this? I'm not saying the virus wasn't engineered, as we don't know how the mutation originated, but that's a far cry from being a conspiracy buff, like virtually all right-wing nutcases are these days.

[@1951NBN]

"it's religious." Yes, you cannot serve God and Mammon.

[@ckimsey77]

Claims "basic compounds" served as pieces to build the basic building blocks....but with lipids, before there was life to build hydrocarbons, would large hydrocarbon chains/polymers even have existed to be possible to *maybe have built the lipids from??? What would have been the "natural" source of long chain hydrocarbons? Polymers, especially larger ones made of many subunits, generally do not form spontaneously under normal conditions; in fact its quite rare. Even if they do, simple statistics of equilibrium/chance stacks against larger molecules forming unbranched as the reversal breakdown is always occuring simultaneously. Even with a low probability of a bond breaking, as a polymer builds length to 15, 20, 30 monomers etc, this low probability grows exponentially as this low chance builds up by having many more opportunities to happen. Also, having linear polymer chains with no branching becomes exponentially unlikely the longer the chain gets. Finally after all these general problems with forming polymers by chance and spontaneously, forming carbon-carbon bonds...especially in a specific location, is quite difficult to pull off on purpose in a lab with great equipment; so how does unguided chance do what chemists struggle greatly to pull off with proper planning, knowledge, and needed equipment??? Mainly the mechanism of C-C bonds forming hydrocarbon chains is free radicals, which is totally random in where it happens and which of the 4 bonding sites on the carbon atom the other one bonds to. So just by dumb luck time after time with no exceptions, this random process ALWAYS bonds in the place to grow a linear string with no branching? Really? Go into a lab and build a 20 carbon atoms long linear hydrocarbon with no branching from basics like methane/propane and other "basic molecules" of C-H containing molecules. How would you do that??? Further, how would that then happen without you guiding the process outside in a puddle? Don't worry, I'll wait...

[@raygiordano1045]

Yes, the problems that confront the concept of blind chance and natural laws are beyond insurmountable, I just happen to be a retired chemist, so I can see the merit in your very valid points. The odds against Abiogenesis are what made me first realize there's definitely a God, later revised to the Christian God. The trouble is: The most troublesome fatal flaws in Evolutionism are just be outright ignored.

[@iriemon1796]

Tour pretends to be scientist, but he's not. A scientist is supposed to look at the verifiable evidence objectively and make conclusions based on that evidence. Tour is a passionate believer in the Bible. As a believer, the Bible is the inerrant word of God. As the inerrant word of God, everything in the Bible must be true. Since in the Bible God created life and man, abiogenesis and evolution must be false. Since abiogenesis must be false, evidence that supports it must also be false. Same with evolution. If someone start out with a predetermined conclusion and they are not willing to challenge or accept the possibility that that a priori conclusion may be wrong, we can be surprised when such a person concludes that evidence contradicting his a priori conclusion must be false.

[@jaybennett236]

He IS a scientist. He is NOT an origin of life scientist. Most of your complaint is re. his religion. Typical. There are many nonreligious scientists who have disagreed that abiogenesis and evolution theories have problems!

[@BillG8718]

@@jaybennett236 Tour WAS a scientist. Now he's just a two-bit charlatan pushing his creationist idiocy.

[@iriemon1796]

@@jaybennett236 Maybe 2, or 3?

[@rogerklima]

Everyone belive in something. Almost no one the atheist or the creationists are open to change their minds. Wach the debate won't change ours also, but it can make understand the other side. This looks enough. Something is better than nothing.

[@lmb1931]

@@iriemon1796 Mind reading is a logical fallacy.

[@oliverjamito9902]

Grace so Love the little child born "i" Am is who I AM?

[@NandKumar-qq3xk]

Sound or sognal energy and when hiting any objectiv then it rediet freequency will be new befor and after reflaxions and it will make a new bond of frequency heartz forme and once new object with once new more toward's and new bond of new ? Depend on your using energy source"

[@BrianSmith-gp9xr]

Have not met J.C. yet. but have had an experience with my Angel and Something created this universe and life and I call that identidy . The creator. or...God. How is that a problem? Look around.

[@s.unosson]

I have a question to Dr. Tour: You use the expression: "God came to earth as a human." Isn't it more correct to say: "God sent a representative, his son, as a human to the earth."? That sounds much more logical, for if God came to the earth and died here, was the universe without God during a few days, before Jesus' resurrection?

[@MithrasTheElder]

Mr Tour doesn't do questions, but here's Christianity in a sentence: God created Adam and Eve knowing that they would sin against him; banished them from the Garden of Eden; got fed up with humanity continuing to sin as he knew they would; sent himself down as his own son; sacrificed himself to himself to appease his own wrath; then raised himself from the dead after a long weekend to sit at his own right hand in heaven. I don't think I left anything significant out. Weird, huh?

[@codonmatrix4510]

I think the clue is in the passage, in the beginning was the word and the word was with God and the word was God. Think about that. Think of an ancient king. His word was law, even he was subject to it. So, in the beginning was the word. God's spoken word. the word was with God - of course it was, it was with Him because He is the one who said it. The word was God, yes, it's God because God said it. What does it say about Jesus? The WORD made flesh. God's word, law, edict, became flesh. Jesus was God's word embodied into a human. Jesus was the law embodied because He actually obeyed God's laws as an example. The law personified.

[@RodMartinJr]

Bless you, Dr. Tour for your Humility to God and to His Truth. You're one of my favorite scientists and Christians despite being a Trinitarian. 😎♥✝🇺🇸💯 "And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent" (John 17:3, ESV). (Jesus praying to HIS God - the ONLY True God)

[@MetalWolfz]

You should publish your critques and evidence in a peer reviewed journal like all other science you have done.

[@jon__doe]

Wouldn't get published. Peer review is protections for the concensus view.

[@gladishilton1943]

@@jon__doe Peer Review is not about upholding a consensus view - it's about trying to eliminate errors or mistakes! Whether James Tour got published or not depends on what claim he was trying to make in his paper: If he was simply passing a critique on abiogenesis - essential expressing an opinion - then he might get published but it would likely be neither interesting nor of much value to the scientific community. If on the other hand he was making the bold claim he wants everyone to believe - that abiogenesis is impossible (especially without a god) - then his paper would undoubtedly fail peer Review because it is practically impossible for James Tour to prove such a negative assertion, and he doesn't have even the tiniest skerrick of evidence that any god has ever existed.

[@tofo2]

As good also made the atoms some powerful reading glasses must have been needed. The image of good as an old man with a beard seems naive. I am not sure I would want to meet an entity that created the atoms. Such a creature seems non human.

[@jon__doe]

@@gladishilton1943 Funny you should say this. There was a paper published 2018 by Edward Steele in the journal Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, that essentially says abiogenesis is impossible therefore panspermia. This notion that there is no evidence for God's existence is not true. I think you're conflating evidence with empirical evidence, though you might say that the impossibility of abiogenesis is tangible evidence that an alternative should be looked into. Testimony is evidence. It's used in courts every day. There is also evidence for a separation of brain and mind.

[@cocoloco5533]

@@jon__doe You mean this paper "Lamarck and Panspermia-On the efficient spread of living systems throughout the cosmos" which is just a rehash of the already discredited "it's too improbable" creationist argument based on GIGO "calculations"? 😆

[@RodMartinJr]

*_Science is all about SEEING the Glory of God's creation._* 😎♥✝🇺🇸💯 "And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent" (John 17:3, ESV). (Jesus praying to HIS God - the ONLY True God)