Subduction Zone
Veteran Member
So abiogenesis does not offer any idea as to WHAT might have been the first form of life, is that what you are saying? I remember you didn't like a dictionary definition of abiogenesis, so how about the following, do you want to refute it also by saying oh, they don't know what they're talking about maybe?
Incorrect. We have an idea, but it is a rather limited one. I have gone over that with you because so many creationists get what the first life would have been like terribly wrong since the compare what first life would have been like to existing life.
wikipedia under abiogenesis
" biology, abiogenesis (from Greek ἀ- a- 'not' + βῐ́ος bios 'life' + γένεσις genesis 'origin') or the origin of life is the natural process by which life has arisen from non-living matter, such as simple organic compounds. The prevailing scientific hypothesis is that the transition from non-living to living entities on Earth was not a single event, but a process of increasing complexity involving the formation of a habitable planet, the prebiotic synthesis of organic molecules, molecular self-replication, self-assembly, autocatalysis, and the emergence of cell membranes. Many proposals have been made for different stages of the process, but the transition from non-life to life has never been observed experimentally."
Remember it says natural process. The Bible does not say "natural process." But yes, that God caused life to be on the earth.
Which is why I used a qualifier. Remember when you gave your own definition for abiogenesis? I said that by the definition that you gave that you believed in abiogenesis Now you are using a different definition so of course I will give a different answer when you do that.
And another false claim. I have offered to help you to learn countless times. You never took me up on that. When you take a class you do not get to tell the teacher how to teach or what he can teach. And the importance of Miller-Urey experiment has been explained to you countless times too. Why did you even bring it up? Were you not listening? Have you not noticed lately how almost everyone who understands evolution has been chewing you out for how you do not listen and will not learn?My comment -- uh - yeah...and like to walk out of class if I could because there ain't gonna be any answers except um, we don't know now -- maybe later. Maybe you think wikipedia is wrong when they say the transition from non-life to life has -- never been observed experimentally. About the Urey-Miller experiment, it also says: "The classic 1952 Miller–Urey experiment demonstrated that most amino acids, the chemical constituents of proteins, can be synthesized from inorganic compounds under conditions intended to replicate those of the early Earth. External sources of energy may have triggered these reactions, including lightning, radiation, atmospheric entries of micro-meteorites and implosion of bubbles in sea and ocean waves. Other approaches ("metabolism-first" hypotheses) focus on understanding how catalysis in chemical systems on the early Earth might have provided the precursor molecules necessary for self-replication."
But they don't KNOW that.
So again, even the Urey-Miller experiments are contrived and not demonstrating in reality how life got started on the earth. Maybe you have more information.
People cannot help you the way that you want them too because your way is incorrect.