Sunday, February 24, 2008

DUST

Quote:
Many have brought up the idea that God created humans through the dust of the Earth. Interesting concept since the dust of the earth is silicon dioxide and flesh is mosty caron, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen sulfur and phospherous. Not a heck of a lot of silicon.

Response:
"Beyond the grave – understanding human decomposition
Arpad A. Vass

All these processes together (autolysis, putrefaction and diagenesis) eventually result in complex structures composed of proteins, carbohydrates, sugars, collagen and lipids returning to their simplest building blocks –essentially dust to dust."

For the whole article click on this link:
http://www.sgm.ac.uk/pubs/micro_today/pdf/110108.pdf