Originally Posted by The_Real_Hawkeye

Why do you keep saying that evolution has something to do with how life got started?

The origin of life (OOL) is a completely unsolved problem. This is a given and admitted to by OOL researchers.

That said, OOL is related to Darwinian evolution in two ways: one, it is the boundary case. It is often referred to as chemical evolution or biochemical evolution. OOL researchers work toward defining an evolutionary process that is prior to the simplest cells we see today. Even the simplest organisms are incredibly complex. Two, it suffers from the same probabilistic problems that Darwinian evolution suffers from. Meaning that if chance is a primary component of the process it is very, very difficult to believe it happened.

Even if you ignore these two points, given the fact that OOL is so deeply difficult to explain you have to ask yourself how did it happen if there was no Divine intervention. Sure a materialist just laughs and begs the question by saying it had to of happened because there is no other way. This is pure faith. I find this the most interesting since it shows that atheists rely on faith too.

Last edited by walkingman; 11/25/09.