[Hank Kerchief]

“Okay, you got me. I forgot completely about mules.”

I think you were concentrating on the fact that an organism is distinguished from non-organisms by the fact of their “life,” and of course one characteristic of life is the ability to reproduce—without which, there would be no more life.

Unless you are Evo of course, in which case you would believe it could start up all over again, all by itself. Though I’m not a theist, one of the reasons I could never accept evolution is that fact about life—it only comes from other life. Just once demonstrate that life can “start up” by itself, then I will have listen to the other evo arguments.

Hank

[MamaTexan]

I think you were concentrating on the fact that an organism is distinguished from non-organisms by the fact of their “life,” and of course one characteristic of life is the ability to reproduce—without which, there would be no more life

Exactly!

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Unless you are Evo of course, in which case you would believe it could start up all over again, all by itself. Though I’m not a theist, one of the reasons I could never accept evolution is that fact about life—it only comes from other life. Just once demonstrate that life can “start up” by itself, then I will have listen to the other evo arguments.

I agree.

Small scale changes to an organism caused by it's environment, I can see.

Major events, like becoming a completely different organism or appearing suddenly from nothing is something I never understood the logic of.

[IronKros]

The Theory of Evolution does not cover the origin of life.

Big Bang Theory, Abiogenesis and the Theory of Evolution are three completely separate theories.

[UCANSEE2]

Though I’m not a theist, one of the reasons I could never accept evolution is that fact about life—it only comes from other life.

Earth itself it life. Life has always been here.