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You think that the origin of life is commonplace if I read your response correctly. ... Well, we disagree. I'd say that that process would be a longshot. Too bad.

Yes, life is probably common in the universe. But that does not diminish us. The odds against the appearance of our species, and than against any one of us appearing out of the human population are enormous. So I think each of us is unique and precious, unlikely to ever be duplicated. If we were the product of a miracle, the deity who created us could -- if he wished -- instantly create billions just like us on a whim, and that would cheapen the value of the individual.

It's like this for me. If I was at a race and had to bet on horses and one of them was "origin of life through natural processes is COMMON" and the other was "origin of life through natural processes is PECULIAR", it would would be an easy bet for me.

Remember how War Emblem stumbled coming out the gate at the Belmont this year? COMMON would stumble and PECULIAR would win by a mile.

Common would be a bad bet.

Besides that: Do you know what Jesus had to say about the origin of life?