So other than the fact that evolution and abiogenesis are not the same subject, something your homeschool education left your child ignorant of, what other areas of biological evolution do you feel knowledgeable enough about to school a college professor?
Well, if not cynically, said. Let’s not confuse the subject here. Let’s start by defining our terms. Evolution means change over time. Nothing more. It does not pretend to describe origins. It wasn’t intended to do so. It only descibes change that are retained and passed on to future generations of a species.
Stein sought to bring the original source into the argument. This is not evolution. This is also an unsolvable riddle. Organic molecules are created from inorganics routinely as part of the balanced chemical equation of this world - but that does not mean an organic compound = life. Only that a carbon based molecule exists in a transitionary state. Life and how it began is a fascinating topic. But as of yet unprovable by the available science. So we can safely take it on faith that life DID happen and thank God that it did. Evolution, as I said, does not address that. Only how life changed once it got here.