[microgood]

It's an assumption based on reason and evidence.

One person's reason is another person's illogic. Please point to the evidence that raw materials self assembled themselves into life.

[orionblamblam]

> Please point to the evidence that raw materials self assembled themselves into life

It's all around you. Simple chemicals combine into complex chemicals all the time. Simple life is just complex chemistry.

[Mark Felton]

Is there only 1 form of life?

If not, then random processes should have evolved a huge number of alternate forms of life not based on DNA, here on earth alone

If our life form is singular, then given the complexity of the simplest form of life it is mathematically inconceivable (tends to infinity) that random process and random enviromental variables would all conspire to create the 1 and only system of processes that comprise life.

BTW: Since evolution favors the strong, then there should be many other species of life that have attained much similar levels of intelligence, theology, language, creativity, tool making, abilities to synthesize ideas and predict future trends, etc, as man.