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I answered how DNA can form from the atoms that are already present. All it takes is presence of the atoms and an energy source, and the atoms will assemble into a large variety of molecules. The atoms already exist all over the earth, where they coalesced from space dust many billions of years ago. The energy comes from the sun and from radioactive decay on the earth.

yada, yada, yada....

And so the beat goes on.... interminably. Without respite, without light, without grace.

Did you understand a single thing I wrote in my last????

Did you understand a single thing I wrote in my last????

I did. And I addressed it all.

What I understand is that you are looking to science for answers that the scientific method cannot provide, and you blame (if that is the right word) science for not being able to answer those questions.

Science, of any discipline, is no more and no less than a description of the physical universe. No matter how you pose the questions, you aren't going to get any more than that out of science. I have the impression that you want science to affirm your faith--it cannot do that!

Yes, I am passionate about science; the physical world holds wonders beyond imagination. I am also quite aware of what science is, of the types of questions the scientific method can and cannot answer. Decades ago, I learned to accept the fact that science simply is not the tool to answer questions about faith. It is normal to have doubts, to wonder if, in reality, this physical world is the only existence we will ever know. But what I decided, long ago, is that even if we cannot prove in a tangible manner (in other words, by using the scientific method) that there is a basis for our faith--that it really is possible to trust in Jesus and to be assured of a place in Heaven--there is no reason to live as if we don't have that assurance. Science simply cannot answer metaphysical or philosophical questions, and we must accept that:

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
Courage to change the things I can,
And wisdom to know the difference.

I like to think that I know the difference.

And so the beat goes on.... interminably. Without respite, without light, without grace.

I know...right???...it’s as if not seeing the forest for the trees isn’t enough, it’s as if there’s a back-breaking effort to only allow ones-self to see the trees and nothing else. Ever.

Interestingly DNA, benzene, ketones all the organic molecules in a human being can be stacked onto a platform, every single solitary atom of a person accounted for and carefully placed together just exactly and perfectly so, and yet only some intelligent designed energy or force with purpose is going to make it all breathe, dream walk, talk, love.. have a soul.

It can’t happen just because we want it to be so.