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Origin of Life

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Are you referring to the book of Genesis and John Chapter 1? I think I'm following ok.
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I am not using any specific section of The Bible. But it is plainly seen that God is life, just like God is light. Do you believe light was created by God.
 
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... so we look for evidence.

And you don't have any.

None.

All you have is ... life.

So you ASSUME it came from whatever -- (not whomever, whatever) -- and inject that assumption into the equation.

In short, you have zero evidence it was a natural process.

And the fact that you can't demonstrate that process is telling.
 
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And you don't have any.

None.

All you have is ... life.

So you ASSUME it came from whatever -- (not whomever, whatever) -- and inject that assumption into the equation.

In short, you have zero evidence it was a natural process.

And the fact that you can't demonstrate that process is telling.
Which is more believable
A. Life came from non life by random chance
B. God created life
 
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Which is more believable
A. Life came from non life by random chance
B. God created life

Good question.

My answer: B
 
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And you don't have any.

None.

All you have is ... life.

So you ASSUME it came from whatever -- (not whomever, whatever) -- and inject that assumption into the equation.

In short, you have zero evidence it was a natural process.

And the fact that you can't demonstrate that process is telling.
I know that you don't believe the science. But your understanding of it is so catastrophically woeful that I thought you might have decided to find out about it so that you wouldn't be arguing from a position of ignorance.

Silly Bradskii. You're not the slightest bit interested. Unsubscribing...
 
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Which is more believable
A. Life came from non life by random chance
B. God created life
Quick post before I'm off. You can go with B if you like. Science investigates how He did it.
 
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I know that you don't believe the science. But your understanding of it is so catastrophically woeful that I thought you might have decided to find out about it so that you wouldn't be arguing from a position of ignorance.

Silly Bradskii. You're not the slightest bit interested. Unsubscribing...

Wait!!!!

Don't go!!!!

What about the video in the OP, which shows how impossible it is for life to have arrived by random chance?
 
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Quick post before I'm off. You can go with B if you like. Science investigates how He did it.

Fair enough.

But until science admits there's nothing they can investigate, we'll have these debates time and time again.
 
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I am not using any specific section of The Bible. But it is plainly seen that God is life, just like God is light. Do you believe light was created by God.
Yes.
 
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Are chemicals still self organizing?
Sure. It's an inherent property of matter. Though you're not likely to see new life organize itself again, since it's no longer a sterile environment. There are lots of predators now. Craig Venter is/was looking to see if it may have happened in ancient times, though.
 
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Are chemicals still self organizing?
Everyday. Self-organizing systems are quite common. Crystallization is the most common form.

Modern life is self-replicating.
 
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