[ArGee]

Well, when I was a kid and mixed odd chemicals, added energy in various forms, and waited to see what happened, something strange would happen pretty frequently. We had to evacuate the house once. I didn't do that one again. That's science.

Right. And when you do another one and the result is a polypeptide chain of amino acids capable of reproducing itself when floating in a sea of other polypeptide chains of amino acids, none of which existed until you waited to see what happens, the idea of abiogenesis will be science.

Until then, it's faith.

Shalom.

[OBAFGKM]

"Right. And when you do another one and the result is a polypeptide chain of amino acids capable of reproducing itself when floating in a sea of other polypeptide chains of amino acids, none of which existed until you waited to see what happens, the idea of abiogenesis will be science.

"Until then, it's faith."

ArGee, the essence of what you say here is that if you personally don't understand how the process could have happened, then it must have happened magically. That is a step back towards unquestioning superstition.

My only faith here is that science will eventually find a good description for naturally occurring abiogenesis. That faith rests on the fact that science has an excellent track record for finding descriptions for other natural phenomena, and on the fact that never once has it been necessary to posit the existence of a Magician or Intelligent Designer.