Archaea Are Complex, Not Primitive
by Owen Borville
Archaea are complex mature organisms, not primitive members of the original tree of life as evolutionists commonly classify.
Archaea are single-celled, prokaryotic organisms (organisms whose cells lack a defined nucleus) that have distinct molecular characteristics separating them from bacteria (the other, more prominent group of prokaryotes) as well as from eukaryotes (organisms, including plants and animals, whose cells contain a defined nucleus).
Their name, archaea, means ancient or primitive in Greek, however despite this evolutionist-inspired name, archaea are anything but ancient or primitive and creationists believe that archaea were created fully mature and functional during a special creation 6,000 years ago with many functions that benefit the Earth's ecosystems.
Evolutionists have difficulty explaining the origin of archaea, along with bacteria and eukaryotes, the three organisms at the simplest stage of the evolutionist tree of life. However, these three organisms are not primitive and ancient, but were created fully mature and complex during a special creation event, as the creationist model explains.
Archaea and bacteria are both prokaryotic, lacking a nucleus and have similar features, but are different enough that evolutionists have difficulty describing their origin or how each evolved.
Bacteria and archaea each are similar size and shape, have cell membranes, but each is composed of different chemicals, further complicating how one evolved from the other.
Archaea are extremophiles, and can live in conditions of extreme temperature, acidity, alkalinity, or chemical concentration that bacteria cannot, such as hot springs, and deep-sea vents. Evolutionists must explain how archaea obtained this ability to live in these extreme conditions that creationists explain were given as part of a special design and creation.
While both reproduce asexually, unlike bacteria, archaea produce no spores, and cannot do photosynthesis. Spores allow bacteria to remain dormant over years.
In ecosystems, archaea are a major source of methane. Archaea consume methane in order to make the Earth a more habitable place for humans and animals.
An archaea cell is complete with an outer capsule and cell wall, plasma membrane, cytoplasm, a central nucleoid with DNA, ribosomes, pilus, and the flagellum, a complex motor that helps the cell move. Bacteria has most of these same organelles but has different chemicals inside their cell wall while the genes of archaea and bacteria differ. The flagella itself is complex enough to question how it could evolve and it is described as "irreducibly complex."
If archaea, bacteria, and eukaryotes are the ancestors of all life on the evolutionist tree, what were the ancestors of these three? Evolutionists believe that archaea and bacteria had a common ancestor, but what was it? Evolutionists have difficulty describing this proposed ancestor.
Creationists argue that these three organisms were created fully mature, uniquely different, and complex with all of their complex organelles during a special creation event. All parts of the cell were needed to exist fully functional for the cell to function and could not have evolved over long periods of time.
by Owen Borville
Archaea are complex mature organisms, not primitive members of the original tree of life as evolutionists commonly classify.
Archaea are single-celled, prokaryotic organisms (organisms whose cells lack a defined nucleus) that have distinct molecular characteristics separating them from bacteria (the other, more prominent group of prokaryotes) as well as from eukaryotes (organisms, including plants and animals, whose cells contain a defined nucleus).
Their name, archaea, means ancient or primitive in Greek, however despite this evolutionist-inspired name, archaea are anything but ancient or primitive and creationists believe that archaea were created fully mature and functional during a special creation 6,000 years ago with many functions that benefit the Earth's ecosystems.
Evolutionists have difficulty explaining the origin of archaea, along with bacteria and eukaryotes, the three organisms at the simplest stage of the evolutionist tree of life. However, these three organisms are not primitive and ancient, but were created fully mature and complex during a special creation event, as the creationist model explains.
Archaea and bacteria are both prokaryotic, lacking a nucleus and have similar features, but are different enough that evolutionists have difficulty describing their origin or how each evolved.
Bacteria and archaea each are similar size and shape, have cell membranes, but each is composed of different chemicals, further complicating how one evolved from the other.
Archaea are extremophiles, and can live in conditions of extreme temperature, acidity, alkalinity, or chemical concentration that bacteria cannot, such as hot springs, and deep-sea vents. Evolutionists must explain how archaea obtained this ability to live in these extreme conditions that creationists explain were given as part of a special design and creation.
While both reproduce asexually, unlike bacteria, archaea produce no spores, and cannot do photosynthesis. Spores allow bacteria to remain dormant over years.
In ecosystems, archaea are a major source of methane. Archaea consume methane in order to make the Earth a more habitable place for humans and animals.
An archaea cell is complete with an outer capsule and cell wall, plasma membrane, cytoplasm, a central nucleoid with DNA, ribosomes, pilus, and the flagellum, a complex motor that helps the cell move. Bacteria has most of these same organelles but has different chemicals inside their cell wall while the genes of archaea and bacteria differ. The flagella itself is complex enough to question how it could evolve and it is described as "irreducibly complex."
If archaea, bacteria, and eukaryotes are the ancestors of all life on the evolutionist tree, what were the ancestors of these three? Evolutionists believe that archaea and bacteria had a common ancestor, but what was it? Evolutionists have difficulty describing this proposed ancestor.
Creationists argue that these three organisms were created fully mature, uniquely different, and complex with all of their complex organelles during a special creation event. All parts of the cell were needed to exist fully functional for the cell to function and could not have evolved over long periods of time.
