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In reply to the discussion: Attention Atheist, can you please do me a favor and listen to me....... [View all]Drahthaardogs
(6,843 posts)We can barely create a nitrogenous base in the laboratory via the primordial soup or its derivative theories, let alone a complete protein. To have a living organism, we would need to be able to create multiple proteins, then fine a way for them to join, and finally develop a synergy that results in metabolism as an active metabolism is a general requirement to be considered alive. It is why viruses are not considered living things.
The conundrum deepens when you look at the ubiquitousness of life here on earth. It literally covers everything. The deepest ocean to the highest mountain peak. We even have life living on life in the form of mites, and yet again via bacteria. Bottom line - with the sheer volume of life on earth, it should be easy to re-create in a laboratory. In fact, it should be easier since we can control the conditions. It also begs the question why is not still occurring on earth today? Please give me an example of a biochemical reaction that stops? Why is new life (not evolution, but new life creation from primal ingredients) not occurring today? It makes no sense. This only happens when the raw ingredients are used up - but they are very abundant on earth.
The bottom line is that something incredible happened at one point in time that no longer occurs. The scientific explanation is not very good so quit pretending that we understand it all. We don't.