[Clorinox]

"WRONG! The scientist are playing the role of the creator in the lab. The only way to prove life formed itself is to put all the compounds on a table, shut the door, and watch it grow."

You do realize it is impossible to create a setting that was identical to the earths early environment in the lab. It is also impossible to mimic billions of years of time. Why do you think scientists will ever be able to do this?

[jwalsh07]

You do realize it is impossible to create a setting that was identical to the earths early environment in the lab. It is also impossible to mimic billions of years of time.

True, it can never be observed, it can never be replicated, it can never be repeated. So, how is it science?

[concerned about politics]

You do realize it is impossible to create a setting that was identical to the earths early environment in the lab. It is also impossible to mimic billions of years of time. Why do you think scientists will ever be able to do this?

Because they're just taking an anti-God guess? If they can't reproduce it, how do they know? Do they just pull their ideas out of a hat? Everyone puts in a theory, and they choose the first one that's pulled out if it sounds like it would fly?