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I agree - I see the subjectivity in the question and am hoping to see several opinions of the best evidence. However, as far as DNA, isn't DNA fairly limited in the time-scale? Isn't DNA unavailable after a few thousand years?

What is the best available evidence that is held that confirms that all life came from one initial living combination of molecules?

Science cannot determine that evolution occurred without divine intervention. Science cannot determine that evolution occurred with divine intervention. Science cannot answer the question - it can only offer evidence. You are the sole juror.

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Maybe the whole thing isn't perfect, but as designed? Maybe it is perfect. You don't consider it perfect, so what property of the atom would you change that would improve the result?

I did not and am not. But it begs the question: What one particular way should it have been done that would be better? I don't know either. I suppose the whole thing could be death-free. . .but I can imagine some real problems with that. I suppose every creature could have a fixed and...

I'm actually taking it one step further. Assuming God and assuming the creation event was that of the atom (seems obvious, assuming God even in a YEC scenario), it's plausible that the system of everything is very good. It's plausible that the system cannot be improved upon, especially if the...

What would things be like today if radioactivity didn't exist? I don't know either, but it's quite plausible to think we would not exist.

I can honestly say without reservation, I'm not surprised. :P

The answer to your question can be found in this discussion.

It's OK to say "I don't know" when answering a question. No biggie, really. Any change to the properties of an atom that results in anything other than what we have today would be a less than perfect design.

Maybe. Maybe not. How could it have changed?

Maybe. Maybe not. How could it have changed?

Oh, I didn't get that from the OP. She just said, "If I were a deity, I would be ashamed if I designed humans." To me, creation and intelligent design converge on the atom as having been created and intelligently designed and why evolution and everything else does what it does. I don't...

That's your "what if" exercise? Do you have to be led every step? With even just a smidge of contemplation, one should realize the impossibility to know the full range of implications of the assumption of a different eye. One can easily point out the way an eye could be better as a...