RTB has a podcast service they call Science News Flash which is a commentary on science in the news that impacts Christian theism. Most of the time they do stories favorable to theism, but recently they did one with their resident Ph.D. in chemistry, Fuz Rana, on a new development wherein self-replicating RNA has been created in the lab. The audio is here:
http://podcasts.reasons.org/newsflash/20090112-FR.mp3
If that doesn't work go here:
http://reasons.edgeboss.net/download...sh/podcast.xml
and click on:
Life As We Know It Nearly Created in Lab
For a secular report of the same story go here:
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releas...-ssd010909.php
This story is about origin of life research that clearly supports a theory that there was an RNA world that could have preceded and evolved into our current DNA based life. I'm posting this mostly so theists will be aware of this research and know that more than likely there will be further advancements along these lines. Though I don't think it reduces the arguments for God, anymore than gravity or evolution do, I'm sure some theists will be troubled by it. I think theists need to reconsider their understanding of the relationship between science and theology and it would be good to remember what Augustine said around 400 A.D. - that Christians who maintain something from Scripture that is obviously false only hurt the faith. Sometimes our interpretation of the Bible is wrong, sometimes science is wrong, but I believe that when both are right there is no conflict.
If theists would like to discuss this issue further I would like to make more comments.