The older I get, the more I observe of nature and life, the more convinced I am that the chances of the complexity of life developing from chance, trial and error, random errors, chemical combinations that work is nil.
These may help your "Dawkins & Maher wannabes" friends and acquaintances to come to the same conviction.
Molecular Visualizations of DNA
Unlocking the Mystery of Life (Chapter 1 0f 12)
Privileged Planet (Chapter 1 of 12)
("a million monkeys banging on a million typewriters eventually produced this entire post." /s)