By definition he theory of evolution doesn’t deal with how life began only what happened after.
If you oppose scientific materialism you will have a much easier time of it challenging it on origin of life questions than evolution questions. As flawed as the theory of evolution may be, they at least have a superficially plausible story and a view with a lot of adherents.
When it come to the origin of life there is no consistent or coherent theory just a hodgepodge of speculations along with some extremely difficult if not impossible contradictions involving needing proteins to create proteins and the sheer complexity of the simplest cell.
The weakness of the atheist materialist case is origin of life questions not evolution likewise the mind body problem not monkeys evolving to humans by natural selection is the place to attack them.
The simple fact is that around 1940, there were all kinds of problems reconciling evolution and genetics. These were resolved simply by the likes of Julian Huxley’s sophistries and the pronouncments of secular humanists dismissing any problems. The developments involving DNA has added nothing toward a generalized theory of life.
Maybe in 1870, bu6t that sure aint true now