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Formation of life.
September 22, 2014 at 1:58 pm
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Atheist what are your beliefs about the reasons for life into existance?
I certainly have my own beliefs but to avoid causing an arguement I won't mention them.
This doesn't have to be backed up with evidence I just want to hear your personal views.
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RE: Formation of life.
September 22, 2014 at 2:01 pm
(September 22, 2014 at 1:58 pm)C4RM5 Wrote: Atheist what are your beliefs about life coming into existance? I believe that life has, in fact, come into existence.
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RE: Formation of life.
September 22, 2014 at 2:02 pm
It's called abiogensis, and to answer your question I don't know how life began. There are a number of possibilities other than god though.
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RE: Formation of life.
September 22, 2014 at 2:02 pm
I have no beliefs on the matter, but I think the best explanation is that life arose out of the interactions of simple organic compounds.
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RE: Formation of life.
September 22, 2014 at 2:04 pm
(September 22, 2014 at 2:01 pm)Tonus Wrote: (September 22, 2014 at 1:58 pm)C4RM5 Wrote: Atheist what are your beliefs about life coming into existance? I believe that life has, in fact, come into existence.
I made a mistake on my question, face palm, I will learn for next time but any way what are your views.
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RE: Formation of life.
September 22, 2014 at 2:07 pm
(September 22, 2014 at 2:04 pm)C4RM5 Wrote: I made a mistake on my question, face palm, I will learn for next time but any way what are your views. I don't know how life came about. It seems likely to have been either some chemical interactions or possibly seeded by meteors or other space debris, from some world where those chemical interactions took place.
My interest in it is academic. It'd be nice to know, but has no bearing on how I live my life.
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RE: Formation of life.
September 22, 2014 at 2:07 pm
There are no reasons. It just is what it is.
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RE: Formation of life.
September 22, 2014 at 2:20 pm
Life probably came about very slowly with chemical interactions and other factors over time producing something that definitely was life. I would imagine that the exact moment life emerged would be hard to pin point, like so much of nature it would be a gradient rather than a line.
If you can find it on line I recommend "the wonder of life" by Dr Brian Cox who does a good job of looking at biology from a physicists point of view.
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RE: Formation of life.
September 22, 2014 at 2:25 pm
Evolution explains how life changes from one thing to the next due to different pressures. Where life first arose is from molecules, or primitive particles. It takes a while, but if something is possible then it doesn't matter how slim the odds are. It will eventually happen.
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RE: Formation of life.
September 22, 2014 at 2:26 pm
The reason life exists is for the sole purpose of life-forms having discussions pertaining to the reason for the existence of life.
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