File this one under "Why Do We Still Believe Discredited Scientific Experiments?"
Miller-Urey were the scientists who created the now very famous 1952 experiment that supposedly proved evolution. When people talk about the primordial ooze experiment that was sparked by lightning and which "proved" evolution, this is what they are talking about. This is also known as molecules-to-man evolution, or as skeptics call it, "from-the-goo-to-the-zoo-to-you" evolution. The problem is that the experiment was cooked from the beginning, by being recreated in an oxygen free environment, as oxygen is widely known to be detrimental to chemical evolution. Scientists now know today that the early atmosphere on earth had far more oxygen than even previously believed. The result of this experiment? Equal parts right-handed and left-handed organic molecules were consistently produced. This is a toxic mixture which cannot produce life.
Miller-Urey? Epic fail
Photo credit: (http://www.cbs.dtu.dk/staff/dave/roanoke/bio101ch19a.htm)
Additional Resources
Why the Miller-Urey Research Argues Against Abiogenesis - Dr. Jerry Bergman, PhD Biology
Proof of Young Earth Creation - Dr. Jason Lisle, PhD Astrophysics
A List of Modern Day Scientists Who Believe Science Supports the Biblical Account of Creation
Radiocarbon Dating Proves Evolution? Not So Fast, Says Dr. Andrew Snelling, Geologist
Answers in Genesis
Creation Museum
