[GourmetDan]

"Says who? That is known as an argument from ignorance. Just because you are incapable of grasping how something might have occurred does not make it magic."

And spontaneous appearance from unknown 'natural' causes isn't magic?

Your 'arguments' apply equally to your position.

[ndt]

"And spontaneous appearance from unknown 'natural' causes isn't magic?"

In the case of the origin of life, there is no single accepted theory. It is called an argument of ignorance exactly because we don't know the details. Science keep looking and you throw up your hand and say God did it. What is the evidence you provide to support your contention? Your own ignorance. There is a reason creationists don't do any original research, ignorance is their tool.

It's a very tenuous position you put God in. You have relegated his acts to the decreasing number of unknowns. Everytime science fills a gap in knowledge, God looses a little richness.

[Stultis]

And spontaneous appearance from unknown 'natural' causes isn't magic?

I think you don't know what "spontaneous" means.

Historically "spontaneous generation" was a creationist theory, and was finally abandoned by science shortly before Darwin introduced his ideas on evolution. As I mentioned previously, Darwin's views included the denial of spontaneous generation. Darwin saw the origin of life as most probably a unique and one time event. Modern scientists concur. No serious researcher has proposed a theory involving the spontaneous origin of life since the 19th Century.