(August 14, 2017 at 6:05 pm)Khemikal Wrote:(August 14, 2017 at 5:52 pm)rjh4 is back Wrote: I am not sure I understand what you mean by "religious objection". Consequently, I am not sure how to respond.
As in, the objections of people who religiously believe in a creator god - to the notion of life having been the product of a series of chemical reactions.
I would say there is still a valid objection.
The fact is, I was clearly not as precise as I should have been in formulating my position as frankly I never thought about life from non-life in the way you presented it. I worded by objection broadly enough such that it covers things we observe and you pointed that out.
However, there still seems to be a big difference between the life from non-life that we observe and what would have had to happen when no life existed. The kind we observe requires life to get more life. It is the living cells that take non-living matter and produce more life.
So I still think there are issues with the idea of life coming from non-life via a series of chemical reaction without some other life participating in the process.
