[Ignatz]

What evolution requires to happen is simply the existence of imperfect self-replicators and it doesn't matter how these self-replicator originated.

Then why do the PatrickHenry's and VadeRetro's of this website argue so vehemently (might I say, with religious fervor) against creation, God, or even ID? Why don't they just say, "ToE doesn't have an answer for the origins of life, so it may be correct that it was created by some intelligence."?
My guess is that the answer lies very much in the realm of an internal fear "so great that it cannot be acknowledged".

[BMCDA]

Why don't they just say, "ToE doesn't have an answer for the origins of life, so it may be correct that it was created by some intelligence."?

I'm pretty damn sure they said just that and not only once but several times.

My guess is that the answer lies very much in the realm of an internal fear "so great that it cannot be acknowledged".

Fear? No, we just don't think that an "Intelligent Designer" is necessary to explain how life developed (or originated).

[balrog666]

Then why do the PatrickHenry's and VadeRetro's of this website argue so vehemently (might I say, with religious fervor) against creation, God, or even ID? Why don't they just say, "ToE doesn't have an answer for the origins of life, so it may be correct that it was created by some intelligence."? My guess is that the answer lies very much in the realm of an internal fear "so great that it cannot be acknowledged".

You must not read many Crevo threads. We state the obvious all the time. Here's one: The Theory of Evolution, just like the Theory of Gravity, does not address the origin of life.