Interesting; in the hypothetical case where they or some other group of scientists succeeded would your faith be shaken? It would seem so from your words.
Why would God be not capable of creating creatures who understand His creation well enough to create life? Is that not a limitation that you are placing on God?
Hey - I am just stating what I believe to be fact. The Bible says that God breathed into man the breath of life. I just cannot remember that last time I walked out into the back yard and found something living that did not have that ability before. And asking whether this would shake my faith is the same as asking what would happen if a rock from Mars fell onto my head and knocked me out. Possible? I would not rule it out. Probable? Not very. I do not look at it as a limitation on God - I look on it as a limitation God has put on mankind and the rest of His creation. He and only He is the Author of creation and of life. Seems pretty simple and straightforward to me. But hey - I have been wrong plenty of times!