"They do not question their premise (life arose spontaneously from dead matter)"
Of course life arose from organic compounds (what you call dead matter). Where else would it come from? Did it appear magically out of thin air? Are new species appearing instantly from non-existence to existence, or are they the result of sexual and non-sexual reproduction?
If you believe that species were suddenly put on earth by god you are of course rejecting not only evolution but the laws of physics as well.
You aren't making yourself clear here.
If life only comes from life, how/why would one assume life came from non-life?