[Sabertooth]

The very first life forms could have been the result of a lightning strike on a pool of chemicals, or they could have been zap-poofed into existence by a supernatural entity or they could have been seeded on the planet by alien life forms (who may or may not have completely different physiologies than us). How those life forms got there is irrelevant to evolution.

Agree with the first sentence, though my blind guess would be "none of the above." Not sure the second one follows.

I'm not saying origins are necessarily relevant to evolution (though I tend to think they would be), but how can you rule out relevance?

[Dimensio]

I'm not saying origins are necessarily relevant to evolution (though I tend to think they would be), but how can you rule out relevance?

Well origins might explain why some of the biology is arranged the way that it is, but if a god can supernaturally invoke the existence of cells that are physically identical to cells that might have come about through completely natural origins, they're going to evolve in the same way absent divine intervention. Evolution isn't a relevant factor until the life is already there, which is after the fact -- which is why it isn't related to the origins of life from "non-life".