"Sorry, but the Theory of Evolution does not concern itself with how life got here or how the very first lifeforms were created. Obviously, inanimate objects did not "evolve" into life anymore than H20 "evolves" from hydrogen and oxygen."
This claim always amazes me. We have no clue how the first living cell could have come to be without ID, but we know for "fact" that all life after that can be explained by random mutation and natural selection with no ID.
How anyone can actually hold such inconsistent views is beyond me.
I need to get to work, so I'm bailing on this thread for now at least.
The appearance of the very first living cell is outside of the scope of the Theory of Evolution, plain and simple.
No matter how that first cell got here, it wouldn't effect one iota of the Theory of Evolution. Is it really that hard to understand?