“Where did the first cell come from?”
That’s completely irrelevant. But you know that.
Only because it’s the central issue that would blow the ToE out of the water.
At what point did the first clump of chemicals become life in order to pass down its genetic information?
Did the first cell just pop into existence?
Are viruses alive? Are they the precursors to whole cells?
If not, then what was?
How far back does one go in the chemical structures to determine life?
What is life?