(March 11, 2012 at 1:18 pm)NoMoreFaith Wrote: Its also worth noting that the major arguments against abiogenesis (the creation of organic matter from non-organic materials).
As stated nobody has the full answer yet, but we can show the individual parts can certainly occur naturally, with complex amino acids found in meteorites for instance and recreation in labs, which can link together to form proteins etc
I'm not a biochemist so the interactions are somewhat more complex than I can certainly describe and doing so would probably be dangerously inaccurate, but the fact remains that there is observable reactions which combined with billions of years, and the fact we exist make for a sound premise to state that a supernatural design agent is highly unlikely to be required in the process of life.
But the main point is; There is no shame in I Don't Know, the question is, does God belong in the gaps of our ignorance.
The mechanism of how a protocell can form is well known. The mechanism to form a modern cell isn't known yet but one must walk before one runs.
