Quote:If odds are so far against the chance production of life by accident, why not consider an alternate.
Because the odds against the production of life by accident aren't all that great. In fact, they're 1:1. How do I know? I'm alive.
Quote:I have not tried to fill you with religious ideas at all, just trying to refute ideas which have no useful place in science.
Biology has no useful place in science?
Quote:I believe that animals change for a reason, to improve their useful life here on this planet.
What you believe is utterly beside the point. You have no supportive evidence for your belief in this matter.
Quote:If life is something beyond just a collection of physical parts, then we have to pursue that in a non-mechanical way.
I refer you to the ephors reply to Phillip II.
The rest of your post has been more than amply addressed by others.
Boru
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