Then I don't follow the reasoning.
That seems to imply that not only is creation of self-replicating molecules by naturalistic means impossible, but so is the actual replication process once they do exist.
Think of it in terms of A) non-Life creating life = impossible B) even if you start with the first self-replicating proto-cell, materialist evolution still = impossible.
[[That seems to imply that not only is creation of self-replicating molecules by naturalistic means impossible, but so is the actual replication process once they do exist.]]
Not really, because once created fully functional, it has all the ‘mega-informaiton’ in it’s purest form fro mwhich to draw on for replication- As species don’t need to ‘evolve higher’, they are thus not hampered by the impossibilities that face naturalism- and can and do go from completed to less fully functional via adaptions and mutaitons- which is exactly what we see in nature and the evidneces- going from pure to less pure as entropy results (Which perfectly follows the second law btw)