Why Something Rather Than Nothing?

[datc]

If this philosophical assumption were to be proven false, would you accept that abiogenesis may be impossible, and that no amount of future scientific research will demonstrate it?

Of course. If it were proven false, then I would reject it. But to nip this in the bud, let me say this: the weak ideas that Christians keep throwing into the mix are not sufficient to make this proof.

Dualism has nothing to do with Christianity. To affirm dualism, we do not need theology; all we need is correct anthropology.

In other words, that there are souls and spirits, and that human nature is something sui generis, differing from matter, can be accepted even by an atheist.

Theology is a divine science; economics, ethics are human social / moral sciences; physics, chemistry are natural sciences. These three are on completely different "levels."

Dualism does not entail theism. For example, philosophically, it is possible that humans, like the material universe, have always existed. There is an endless cycle of deaths and rebirths. Each individual upon death goes to some sort of afterlife where he might linger for a few years or a few billion years, until he is reborn unto this world anew. As a result, humans were never "created."

Matter has existed forever, but it is possible that so have, under dualism, spirits. Hence, the conclusion that God created life and human beings does not follow even if abiogenesis is false.