Coding skills

Dear all,

I have heard many arguments from s/w engineers(doing appln
programming) having 2-4 years of experience that

1) There is not much deal in coding, anyone can do it, as lots of
source code are available in the net

2) coding only amounts to 30% of the project

3) it is all about designing the project done by project lead /
project manager

4) some even say that computer programming doesn't have much
scientific basis although mathematically it may have some basis

Is there any truth in above statements ?

                             OR

why coding skills are not given much im****tance ?