In 1835 for someone to insist on a particular nature of the stars without empirical observation would have been a statement of belief, not science. When the observations were made and confirmed then it could rightfully be called science.
One day you may be able to show how life arose from inanimate matter, but until that day it is not science.
Doesn't Genesis give an account of life arising from inanimate matter?
"And the earth brought forth grass."
It is written.
Inquiries as to how exactly the earth did bring forth grass may or may not succeed, but it would seem to me that such inquiries must remain in the realm of natural science, if they are to be actual inquiries.