> >Brett, do you believe that *DNA* is the agent for biological evolution?
>
> As DNA is made up of chained proteins and energy bonds; no, energy must have
> predated DNA as an evolutionary blueprint.
The term "energy" has been widely mis-used and abused in its short life
(what is it, 50? 75 years old?).
Reed is a much better person to tell you about chemical bonds than I (who
never even took high school chemistry), but I think it is important to
realize that the "energy" that holds a DNA chain together is no more
mysterious than the chemical bonds that allow the poisionus Chlorine and
Sodium molecules to join and form table salt (sodium-chloride). Wondrous
yes, but mystical, no.
"Energy" means specific things when used in chemistry or physics. And
those uses /are not/ always interchangeable.
-Prof. Tim