The Origin of Life

[Thorvald of Lym]

Everybody has their own views on the creation of the universe. This thread is dedicated to those who wish to express their opinion on the origin of Life, the Universe and Everything. 42
Are you a Creationist, believing that God created all in seven days? Are you an Evolutionist, convinced that plants and animals were created, destroyed and modified through the process of natural selection? State your side here, but PLEASE do not turn this into a mêlée of viewpoints.

 

[Mr. Dictator]

where is the option for "supremely evolved purple cloud beings created us for fun"?

cause that would be evolution and creationism in a way because there would be no god.

 

[El_Machinae]

I don't know what the first replicating organism was, and I don't think we ever will. I expect the number of viable theories to increase with time however. Since we don't know the specific soup that the life was formed in, different self-replicating molecules would be more likely in different types of perfectly viable soups.

 

[Thorvald of Lym]

where is the option for "supremely evolved purple cloud beings created us for fun"?

The "Let me tell you a story" serves as the 'other' option.

 

[Yoda Power]

Since when was evolution an -ism?

 

[Thorvald of Lym]

Since when was evolution an -ism?

Since it was a system of thinking.
You wanna give me a better word?

 

[Mr. Dictator]

The "Let me tell you a story" serves as the 'other' option.

you know, normally i notice these kinda things, haha.

but i chose evolution.

 

[GenMarshall]

I take a Theistic Evolutionist approach on this.

 

[SG-17]

im a Christian yet i know much about Darwin's theories, and i have always though of it as option 3
i have heard supporters of evolution alone called Darwinians, before, and according the FF2 spell checker, it is a real word.

 

[Mirc]

For me, something close to 3, but not exactly. I have my own tweaks to the Theory of Evolution and so far they seem ok. (don't ask me to share them )

I take a Theistic Evolutionist approach on this.

Something like that for me too.

 

[MjM]

Evolution is the most logical reason, so far.

 

[Babbler]

The theory of evolution by natural selection is the best explanation from the diversity of life we have.

 

[Atlas14]

The collisions of a series of chemicals is how life formed. Evolution merely describes how life after it already formed has evolved.

 

[puglover]

I'll say this about the Origin of Life: "I don't know"

I do know there's a Creator, but it seems people like to pretend as if they know everything about how life came to be. I don't know if he used evolution to make his universe or how long it took. I just admit that I don't know.

 

[Bill3000]

Since it was a system of thinking.
You wanna give me a better word?

It's not "a system of thinking" - and evolution doesn't even account for the origin of life. The term you are looking for is "Abiogenesis."

 

[mdwh]

1. What's "evolutionism?" It's not really a term used for modern day scientific theory as far as I'm aware (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionism ).
2. Evolution has nothing to do with the origin of life. Where's the option for "Abiogenesis", or "However it happened, it didn't involve God or magic fairies?"
3. I'm not an evolutionist, I'm someone who accepts science.

PS - are we allowed to discuss this? The other thread questioning religion got closed.

 

[The Last Conformist]

I voted for "evolutionism" on the supposition it's the naturalistic option. As Bill3000 and mdwh point out, the theory of evolution doesn't deal with the origin of life.

 

[Elrohir]

I believe God created the universe. Don't bother me with the details.

 

[Bast]

I believe in panspermia theory and subsequent evolution.

 

[Harbringer]

I'm not going to act like I know, so I'm going to say let me tell you a story, ramble for a few hours, and be on my way. I don't take religion seriously at all, it just seems like a bunch of people pulled something out of there ass and decided to believe it and I'm not going to say evolution either, because I honestly don't know.......