Why Something Rather Than Nothing?

[Heywood]

Nobody has ever seen abiogenesis....so why should you believe it has happened?

Do I really have to do everything for you? You could of at least read what is currently been done. Second, your argunment is a god-of-the-gaps variation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abiogenesis...generation

Iron-sulfur surfaces, which are abundant near hydrothermal vents, are also capable of producing small amounts of amino acids and other biological metabolites.

In 1961, it was shown that the nucleic acid purine base adenine can be formed by heating aqueous ammonium cyanide solutions. Other pathways for synthesizing bases from inorganic materials were also reported.

I'm posting only two. There are more.

None of those are observations of abiogenesis. No one has ever seen abiogenesis so why should we believe it happened? I am arguing that your claim...that atheist only believe things which have been shown to be true....is false. I am arguing by presenting an example of a belief held by atheists which has never been shown to be true.

I am not arguing the existence of God. There is no God of the Gaps here no matter how much you plead that platitude.