[William Terrell]

The theory of evolution says nothing regarding "something" rising from "nothing", nor does it say anything regarding "life" rising from "non-life".

If the vast array of species of plant, animal and insect here today were to have come into being by blind chance through a precess of evolution, you either have to start at some point with no life at all, or explain the origin of the proto-life.

Which would you choose?

[CarolinaGuitarman]

"If the vast array of species of plant, animal and insect here today were to have come into being by blind chance through a precess of evolution,..."

Evolution doesn't proceed though *blind chance*.

" you either have to start at some point with no life at all, or explain the origin of the proto-life."

Evolutionary theory starts with the first imperfectly self-replicating organism. It matters not how this organism came to be. In the same way, it matters not when calculating f=ma where matter came from.

[Dimensio]

If the vast array of species of plant, animal and insect here today were to have come into being by blind chance through a precess of evolution, you either have to start at some point with no life at all, or explain the origin of the proto-life.

This is incorrect. The process of biological evolution starts at the point where the first imperfect replicators start replicating for the first time. How those first imperfect replicators came to exist is not addressed by the process of evolution.