"God created man out of the dust of the ground. Was the dust bad or a net negative until God breathed the breath of life into man? It was dirt. Dirt is not generally used as a good word in the Bible. So what?"
Your friendly resident Christian chemist has posted something like this before -- but I guess once more won't hurt:
Behold - the" Dust of the Earth"...
("And God saw that it was good...")
Man said, "Sure -- I can create life. First , you take some dirt..."
God said, "Wait a minute! First, you have to create the dirt."