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Nobody (in their right mind) would suggest that it has a will and is acting intentionally, or that some unseen deity's hand is continually pushing it along, so it must be acting as its chemical structure compels it to act. This base-pair by base-pair copying motion must simply be what the chemical structure of RNA does. So why this chemical structure and not some other? This is a question that doesn't appear to lend itself to a scientific answer. Perhaps an ID'er would suggest that a higher intelligence designed the chemical structure of RNA to do just what it does. That may or may not be, but, clearly, it's not an hypothesis of empirical science. As a consequence, prolonged examination of such a hypothesis—as if it were a scientific hypothesis—has absolutely no place in a science classroom.

The more we learn about the microscopic world, the less likely it seems that non-physical (or non-mathematical) principles are needed to explain its behavior.

You sound like a 19-year-old who's just started college and is new to the wonders of both science and philosophy. Your conclusion is a perfect example of a non-sequitur and reveals gigantic gaps in your knowledge of both science and philosophy.

"You sound like a 19-year-old who's just started college and is new to the wonders of both science and philosophy. Your conclusion is a perfect example of a non-sequitur and reveals gigantic gaps in your knowledge of both science and philosophy."

I am tempted to agree with you on this one (BTW anyone attacks me I am a catholic)

I wasn't writing a treatise, nor is my concluding sentence intended to be a deduction from the remarks of the preceding paragraph. If you'd care to specify what it is that I've said that is mistaken, I'll be glad to hear it.