[Doctor Stochastic]

It is not a "position" that evolutionary theory has to do with the changes in living organisms. It is the entire point of the theory. You really need to stick to the point in these discussions.

You may also want to read a bit about Pasteur. He did not prove that abiogenesis was impossible. He proved that worms bacteria did not spontaneously arise from a sterile medium; not the same thing at all.

Establishing that abiogenesis is possible or impossible has no bearing at all on what happens to organisms afterword.

[LiteKeeper]

This is going to be final entry for now, because I really have to get back to work. But...

Evolution is based on certain presuppositions. One of those presuppositions is that that there is a naturalistic explanation for life (read, non-supernaturalistic). You can ignore the issue of origins all you want, even though many people, like Richard Dawkins choose not to ignore it. And, I am well aware of the claims of evolution. But, at some point to establish the validity of your position you have to illucidate your presuppositions - the most important of which is where did life originate. Until that is done, the rest is unimportant. Life had to come from somewhere. Ignore the answer to that question at your own peril.

Good afternoon to all of you. I wish I had more time, but I must, at some point, justify the paycheck that my boss seems insistent on giving me.