• How it began

I saw Ben Stein's movie “Expelled.” It’s a documentary that is informative and somewhat entertaining. It documents the absurdity of scientific review of evolutionist and Darwinist theory and the illogical disdain for intelligent design among educrats in universities and academia.

The first big question that evolutionists can’t answer is “How did life begin?” How did the dozens of amino acids and hundreds of organic compounds first get together, where did the RNA and DNA come from, and how did the first multi-layered cell wall form around all these components at a time when there were no organic compounds? Everything was inorganic before life began.

Even more puzzling, if all this stuff did come together, where did the genetic codes come from that allowed life to reproduce itself? Cell division can’t evolve, it has to be complete and functional when the first cell comes into being.

It takes far more faith to believe an organic body comes from inorganic material, or that aliens from another planet “seeded” life on earth than it does to believe God created it. Science is supposed to verify evolution, not so. The evolutionist’s “origin of life” is a theory with no scientific proof or even a theory that is credible. One fact about liberal theology, it wants to use the power of the state to quell dissent and prevent debate. We see the same “earth is flat” dogma and resistance to debate in regards to global warming. Where are the real scientists who are seeking the truth and who encourage debate?

Nolen P. Cox

Valdosta

• I can drive 65

Does anyone remember when the interstate speed limit was increased from 65 mph to 70 mph? Does anyone remember the strict warning that we were given? The warning stated that 70 mph does not mean 71 mph. Anyone caught exceeding the 70 mph limit would be ticketed.

How many of you have traveled the interstate at 70 mph and not have had your “doors blown off” by vehicles traveling 75-80 mph? Although there are a few truckers that have slowed down to conserve fuel. The 70 mph limit seems to be merely a suggestion rather than the law.

I travel the interstate frequently and set my cruise control at 65 mph. Believe it or not I get at least two to three more miles per gallon at the slower speed. Just think about how much fuel our country could save by returning the speed limit to 65 mph and strictly enforcing it. New speed signs would be a small price to pay to save fuel.