Origin of Life
God or Natural Processes
When considering how life began, there are only two options. Either life was created by an intelligent source (God) or it began by natural processes.
No Mechanism to Spark Life
No mechanism by which non-living matter can randomly spark itself into life has ever been demonstrated. Information must come from a source of information.
Time and Chance?
To creationists, the incredible workings of the genetic code are not a mystery to be explained but instead a marvel to be understood as one of God’s most incredible designs. How such a coding system (even in a simpler form) could have arisen through random interaction is yet another leap of faith by evolutionists.
Help From Stardust
By assuming organic compounds ejected by stars could have fortified the primordial solar system, asteroids and meteorites, and of course earth with the building blocks of life, evolutionary scientists see such findings as a source to seed the process of molecules-to-man evolution.
Origin of Life Topics
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Sept. 22, 2021 from Answers in Depth
It is evident from both Scripture and observational science that abiogenesis is a myth, Genesis is real history, and God is the true life.
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Aug. 21, 2019 from Answers in Depth
The origin of life is a complicated biological problem for those who deny God’s existence. It is such an issue that many naturalists refuse even to discuss it.
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Jan. 1, 2018 from Answers Magazine
Why do so many intelligent people find the idea of molecules-to-man evolution compelling, while others consider it outrageously improbable?
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June 24, 2017 from Essays on Origins: Creation vs. Evolution
Evolutionists speculate that life gradually evolved from mere hydrogen in a series of stages.
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Jan. 30, 2017 from Answers in Depth
Biophysicists, observing the fascinating properties of liquid droplets, propose that liquid droplet physics could explain how life began.
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Las Vegas, the Lottery, and the Origin of LifeJuly 14, 2016
All questions on the origin of life hinge on our understanding of genetics because the first cell couldn’t just form and then die.
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In-Depth ArticleChiral Molecule in Interstellar Cloud Said to Shed Light on Life’s OriginsJune 30, 2016 from Answers in Depth
Evolutionists hope the first chiral molecule discovered in interstellar space will shed light on the mystery of how life evolved its biochemical handedness.
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In-Depth ArticleDo Deep-Sea “Purple Socks” Hold Early Evolutionary Secrets?Feb. 25, 2016 from Answers in Depth
Analysis of newly discovered deep-sea species led evolutionists to say that Xenoturbella, resembling a discarded purple sock, can help us understand evolution.
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In-Depth ArticlePinpointing the “Accident” That Let Multicellular Life EvolveFeb. 11, 2016 from Answers in Depth
If a computer simulation can trace a path for the evolution of multicellular organisms from single-celled ones, does that mean they actually evolved that way?
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Book Chapter1.3 The Origin of Life: DNA and ProteinFeb. 6, 2016 from Creation: Facts of Life
It’s what we do know and can explain about DNA and protein and the laws of chemistry which suggests that life itself is the result of special creation.
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Book Chapter1.1 Where to Begin?Jan. 23, 2016 from Creation: Facts of Life
Reluctant and surprised, I finally concluded that what we read in God’s Word is the surest guide to understanding what we see in God’s world.
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Magazine Department ArticleArtificial Life in Biology?Oct. 1, 2014 from Answers Magazine
Some are claiming that researchers have taken a step toward showing how life could arise from non-life.
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July 10, 2014 from Answers in Depth
Swedish meteorite said to have triggered mass destruction and opened the way for life’s post-Cambrian explosion.
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In-Depth ArticleCan Spinning Crystals Show How Life Began?March 4, 2014 from Answers in Depth
Self-assembling virtual crystals are said to show the path to life from lifelessness.
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The World’s Oldest Water?June 13, 2013 from News to Know
Researchers believe water trapped in tiny fractures within sulphide deposits has had no contact with water exposed for 1.5 to 2.64 billion years.
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Book Chapter5.6 The Origin of Biological Information and of LifeNov. 15, 2012 from Did God Use Evolution?
From these discussions it should again become clear that all efforts to explain an origin of information depending on matter alone fail empirically.
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Strelley Pool Stromatolites Strike Another Blow for Early LifeSept. 22, 2012 from News to Know
Strelley Pool stromatolites strike another blow for early life.
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Secret of Life? . . . Still Not FoundMarch 3, 2012 from News to Know
Stable molecules still don’t hold the secret spark of life.
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Mother of All Living?Feb. 18, 2012 from News to Know
Ancient sponges take center stage as “our great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandmother.”
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The “Right Hand” of EvolutionJan. 28, 2012 from News to Know
“Potentially prebiotic conditions” permit production of right-handed carbs.
Articles About Origin of Life
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Sept. 22, 2021 from Answers in Depth
It is evident from both Scripture and observational science that abiogenesis is a myth, Genesis is real history, and God is the true life.
-
Aug. 21, 2019 from Answers in Depth
The origin of life is a complicated biological problem for those who deny God’s existence. It is such an issue that many naturalists refuse even to discuss it.
-
Jan. 1, 2018 from Answers Magazine
Why do so many intelligent people find the idea of molecules-to-man evolution compelling, while others consider it outrageously improbable?
-
June 24, 2017 from Essays on Origins: Creation vs. Evolution
Evolutionists speculate that life gradually evolved from mere hydrogen in a series of stages.
-
Jan. 30, 2017 from Answers in Depth
Biophysicists, observing the fascinating properties of liquid droplets, propose that liquid droplet physics could explain how life began.
-
Las Vegas, the Lottery, and the Origin of LifeJuly 14, 2016
All questions on the origin of life hinge on our understanding of genetics because the first cell couldn’t just form and then die.
-
In-Depth ArticleChiral Molecule in Interstellar Cloud Said to Shed Light on Life’s OriginsJune 30, 2016 from Answers in Depth
Evolutionists hope the first chiral molecule discovered in interstellar space will shed light on the mystery of how life evolved its biochemical handedness.
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In-Depth ArticleDo Deep-Sea “Purple Socks” Hold Early Evolutionary Secrets?Feb. 25, 2016 from Answers in Depth
Analysis of newly discovered deep-sea species led evolutionists to say that Xenoturbella, resembling a discarded purple sock, can help us understand evolution.
-
In-Depth ArticlePinpointing the “Accident” That Let Multicellular Life EvolveFeb. 11, 2016 from Answers in Depth
If a computer simulation can trace a path for the evolution of multicellular organisms from single-celled ones, does that mean they actually evolved that way?
-
Book Chapter1.3 The Origin of Life: DNA and ProteinFeb. 6, 2016 from Creation: Facts of Life
It’s what we do know and can explain about DNA and protein and the laws of chemistry which suggests that life itself is the result of special creation.
-
Book Chapter1.1 Where to Begin?Jan. 23, 2016 from Creation: Facts of Life
Reluctant and surprised, I finally concluded that what we read in God’s Word is the surest guide to understanding what we see in God’s world.
-
Magazine Department ArticleArtificial Life in Biology?Oct. 1, 2014 from Answers Magazine
Some are claiming that researchers have taken a step toward showing how life could arise from non-life.
-
July 10, 2014 from Answers in Depth
Swedish meteorite said to have triggered mass destruction and opened the way for life’s post-Cambrian explosion.
-
In-Depth ArticleCan Spinning Crystals Show How Life Began?March 4, 2014 from Answers in Depth
Self-assembling virtual crystals are said to show the path to life from lifelessness.
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The World’s Oldest Water?June 13, 2013 from News to Know
Researchers believe water trapped in tiny fractures within sulphide deposits has had no contact with water exposed for 1.5 to 2.64 billion years.
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Book Chapter5.6 The Origin of Biological Information and of LifeNov. 15, 2012 from Did God Use Evolution?
From these discussions it should again become clear that all efforts to explain an origin of information depending on matter alone fail empirically.
-
Strelley Pool Stromatolites Strike Another Blow for Early LifeSept. 22, 2012 from News to Know
Strelley Pool stromatolites strike another blow for early life.
-
Secret of Life? . . . Still Not FoundMarch 3, 2012 from News to Know
Stable molecules still don’t hold the secret spark of life.
-
Mother of All Living?Feb. 18, 2012 from News to Know
Ancient sponges take center stage as “our great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandmother.”
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The “Right Hand” of EvolutionJan. 28, 2012 from News to Know
“Potentially prebiotic conditions” permit production of right-handed carbs.
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