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Flagella are not Irreducible complex, and thus not designed:Welp... for a long time I wanted to bring up the issue about the Engine(s) within each of our cells...but I couldn't remember the name...I didn't...
But if you click the link in my signature and look at the TEXT on the right.. and read under "Proof of God/Design". I think some of you may be suprised.
I'm glad the link reminded me of its' name and now I can find pictures of it..
http://www.arn.org/docs/mm/flag_labels.jpg
http://www.nanonet.go.jp/english/mailmag/2004/files/011a4.jpg
http://www.sciencemusings.com/blog/uploaded_images/motor-753655.jpg
http://www.physics.ox.ac.uk/biophysics/images/flagellar motor.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irreducible_complexityThe flagella of certain bacteria constitute a molecular motor requiring the interaction of about 40 complex protein parts, and the absence of any one of these proteins causes the flagella to fail to function. Behe holds that the flagellum "engine" is irreducibly complex because if we try to reduce its complexity by positing an earlier and simpler stage of its evolutionary development, we get an organism which functions improperly.
Mainstream scientists regard this argument as having been largely disproved in the light of fairly recent research.[44] They point out that the basal body of the flagella has been found to be similar to the Type III secretory system (TTSS), a needle-like structure that pathogenic germs such as Salmonella and Yersinia pestis use to inject toxins into living eucaryote cells. The needle's base has many elements in common with the flagellum, but it is missing most of the proteins that make a flagellum work. Thus, this system seems to negate the claim that taking away any of the flagellum's parts would render it useless. This has caused Kenneth Miller to note that, "The parts of this supposedly irreducibly complex system actually have functions of their own." [45]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_of_flagella
Flagella are actually a compartment thought to have evolved via the endosymbiont theory (baaaad word)
much in the way of mitochondria and chloroplasts.