Origin of life emerged from cell membrane bioenergetics

[AlecBGreen]

1. as a lover and teacher of science

this has always been the most vexing question to me and the hardest to answer to my students. While i believe life spontaneously arose on earth through chemical means, its hard to say that to deeply conservative teens with a straight face and expect them to buy it. "It just DID, trust me" isnt a very convincing argument. If people are to accept spontaneous generation of life, scientists must propose and demonstrate a valid method for it to occur.