BTW, the issue of abiogenesis as NOT being a part of the TOE has been discussed more than once around here. Many will say that the TOE does not include any theory of origins at all.
On the other hand, many of us were taught that some protein sea was struck by lightning and that the first cell came from that event and that's what got the whole ball rolling. I remember that. I've posted material before that supports that this is what we were taught back in our era. It was linked, although it was presented as one idea; a smooth transition.
This mechanistic view of the origin and evolution of life is atheistic, and it is what many reference.
Personally, I don't see any necessity for any God if all these other things are factual. I've never had anyone explain to me how a God could fit into it, nor what characteristics such a God would have.
Feel free to fill me in if you have the time. I'm assuming, of course, that you are some variety of theist. Is that accurate?
Is there something wrong with the idea that God started it all?
Or does it just not seem very "miraculous" to you?