Evidence God Exists: Part II

[AngelThMan]

...It sounds more like he found a way to justify his beliefs without denying that abiogenesis happened at least once. He is still claiming that science not only will not, but cannot duplicate it. Period.

...Science is a process, not some book with all the answers laid out from the get-go. Wannabe aviators made failed attempts to fly for centuries before they finally did it in 1903. Doctors failed miserably to cure their patients, often spreading more disease and causing more harm than good until the acceptance of Germ Theory. Man stared into the cosmos and wondered for millennia what occupied the heavens, but it wasn't until the invention of the telescope (and many subsequent improvements on the technology) that we knew.

Molecular biology has made some amazing progress in the last century. The discovery of DNA, the advent of genetic engineering, and an extremely detailed understanding of cellular processes has been achieved. We know so much more about the cell than we did just 50 years ago, that it's laughable to discount current attempts to create artificial life by pointing at early failures. It's comparable to looking at all the wackos in history who strapped wooden wings to their arms in an attempt to fly, and saying "manned flight is impossible, just look at the thousands of failed attempts so far. These Wright Brothers should just give up, 'cause it's not gonna happen."

The scientific community has accepted the fact that abiogenesis in its old form has been debunked. They have moved on to what they term the 'modern hypothesis of abiogenesis,' in which life emerged only once.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spontaneous_generation

The point is science is no longer trying to replicate abiogenesis in its old form. Craig Venter et al. are trying to create artificial life, which is different from abiogenesis, in which life emerged from inanimate matter.