Darwinian evolution - still a theory in crisis.

[Hans Blaster]

Matter that doesn't form a living organism ... aka lifeless matter.

Life isn't special.

 

[Buzzard3]

Life isn't special.

So a human being is no more special than a rock?

 

[BCP1928]

So a human being is no more special than a rock?

Only to themselves and their creator.

 

[Larniavc]

Do you mean it's a fact that life arose naturally from inanimate matter?

Sure. It happens every day. You get a bunch of the right molecules and elements, give 'em some energy and boom: organic chemistry.

 

[Larniavc]

So a human being is no more special than a rock?

It depends who you are talking to And what definition of 'special' you are using. Ore containing plutonium is really special in terms of building a nuclear power plant. A random guy walking past said power plant? Not so much.

 

[The Barbarian]

So a human being is no more special than a rock?

Not if God gives each of us an immortal soul. If that weren't true, we'd be mere physical entities, albeit sentient ones.

 

[Bradskii]

Wake me up when someone manages to produce a viable organism from inanimate matter.

You got kids? Well, you did it.

 

[Hans Blaster]

So a human being is no more special than a rock?

Perhaps I should have said "life isn't magic". There is no special essence to lifeforms. They are made of ordinary matter. Animate/inanimate is a meaningless distinction.