Question for Atheists - How Can Evolution Be Reconciled with the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics?

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How can the Second Law of Thermodynamics be reconciled with progressive, naturalistic evolutionary theory?

A popular objection by Creationists is that evolution is impossible because of the second law of thermodynamics, which means things always degenerate into chaos and never develop into a more ordered system.

Let's recap the law, work out what they get wrong, and explain it properly.

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