Originally posted by avalanchethecat
Actually moon1969 didn't make his point clearly enough. All those scientists don't believe that life came from non-life, they simply accept it as the most likely explanation. They would, of course, all modify their position should new data be found which did not accord therewith. The fact remains that the vast majority (and we're talking so cl ...[text shortened]... o give the impression of vast age in order to fool the rational into rejecting his existence.
You are making a bold statement it is the most likely, you really don' t know
what is likely or not! So suggesting one is more likely is very close to you
having blind faith and just running with it. You don't know you assume, you
assume more than a few things with it comes to life from non life, you assume
a lot of things on how everything got here, and than you claim because of your
assumptions that one way of it occuring is more likely over another, where
in fact that is just you assuming your beliefs about the past are true so you can
call them the most likely.
Kelly