[PatrickHenry]

It's always an ignoramus who thinks that understanding biogenesis is necessary before understanding variation and selection.

Understanding the chemical processes that led to the first life on earth is as un-important to evolution as the question of whether the Vikings really sailed to North America before Columbus is to understanding the political history of America. The Viking question is interesting, but ultimately it has no bearing on our history.

[js1138]

It's equivalent to saying that understanding the formation of heavier elements in supernovas is essential before you can understand chemistry. It is an interesting historical topic, but not required for understanding how elements behave in the here and now.

I am quite willing to accept the assertion that most biologists believe abiogenesis happened, and that a few have written popular articles declaring that some major part of the history has been solved.

So what?