Origins of Life

Response to comment [from a Christian]:  [Origins of Life]

* Cosmological argument:

• Everything that had a beginning has a cause.
• The universe had a beginning.
• Therefore, the universe had a cause.

Design argument:

• Every design has a designer.
• The universe—and life—has a highly complex design.
• Therefore, there is a Great Designer.

Moral argument

• Moral laws require a lawgiver
• Absolute moral laws exist.
• Therefore, there is an absolute Moral Lawgiver...  Full text:  10 Q & A on Atheism and Agnosticism

Also see:

Evidence of God by Lee Strobel 

Response to comment [from a "Christian"]:  "Life came from non-living material billions of years ago."

The problem with that is, you cannot get something from nothing.  

Response to comment [from a Christian]:  "The problem is non-living material is not 'nothing', it is something."

Aren't you our resident PhD (phenomenal dud [Rogers])?  Where do you get your mass?  

Scientists admit that they do not know what over 90% of the universe is.  They don't know what it is and they don't know how to find out what it is.  Yet, some are sure that something came from nothing and God had no hand in creation.  I'll go with what God says (Ge 1:1).  

Response to comment [from a Christian]:  "Matter = something."

Science 101:  Everything that has a beginning has a cause.  If you'd like us to believe another theory, please provide us with a first cause.  If you'd like us to believe another theory, please provide us with matter (and no borrowing God's; you'll have to get your own).

Response to comment [from a Christian]:  "The cause of the Big bang is unknown.  It may have been directly caused by God..."

May have been?  How astute.   I'm going with the first cause of the universe was God (Ge 1:1).  It takes years of education to become foolish (1 Cor 1:25).  It is wise to believe God's word over man's opinion.

"[T]he ultimate cause of the universe doesn't have any bearing on the origin of life anyway."

Scientists tend to worship themselves as gods.  I'm going with the real deal.  The true God had something to do with the origins of life, too (Ge 2:7; Ac 17:28). You may want to just say "thank you" (Ec 6:12). 

Response to comment [from a Christian]:  [Scientists tend to worship themselves as gods.] "That's silly."

Response to comment [from a Christian]:  "You're nuts. No scientist I know worships themselves as a God."

Response to comment [from other]:  "I know a number of very good scientists whose belief in the Christian God is every bit as sincere as yours..."

It's a stereotype--but an accurate one. 

Origins of Life