Theoretical origin of life; earliest possibly found (Introduction)

by David Turell , Friday, September 09, 2016, 01:56 (2779 days ago) @ David Turell

Another comment:-http://www.evolutionnews.org/2016/09/greenland_fossi103110.html-"From the New York Times:-"Geologists have discovered in Greenland evidence for ancient life in rocks that are 3.7 billion years old. The find, if confirmed, would make these fossils the oldest on Earth and may change scientific understanding of the origins of life.-"Experts are likely to debate whether the structures described in the new report were formed biologically or through natural processes. If biological, the great age of the fossils complicates the task of reconstructing the evolution of life from the chemicals naturally present on the early Earth. It leaves comparatively little time for evolution to have occurred and puts the process close to a time when Earth was being bombarded by destructive asteroids. [Emphasis added.]-"The microbial mats from the Isua Greenstone Belt involved creatures already "fairly evolved."-"Several different species of microbes are involved in stromatolite creation. The Isua structures, if indeed stromatolites, would represent fairly evolved organisms.-"If life on Earth did not begin until after the Late Heavy Bombardment, then it had a mere 100 million years in which to evolve to the quite advanced stage seen in the new fossils.-"If so, Dr. [Abigail] Allwood wrote, then "life is not a fussy, reluctant and unlikely thing." It will emerge whenever there's an opportunity.-"But the argument that life seems to have evolved very early and quickly, so therefore is inherently likely, can be turned around, Dr. [Gerald] Joyce said. "You could ask why, if life were such a probable event, we don't have evidence of multiple origins," he said.-"In fact, with trivial variations, there is only one genetic code for all known forms of life, pointing to a single origin.-***-"If some unguided chemical and biological evolutionary model must be assumed as explaining the origins of life, then something is wrong. Life springs up easily. It must, "whenever there's an opportunity." If so, it should have happened repeatedly on earth -- why not? -- leaving evidence in the form of multiple genetic codes. But there is no such evidence.-***-"For evolutionists, it's a dilemma without an apparent solution.-***-"Whether the origin of life, of complex animals, or of homo sapiens with our gift of speech, wonderful things have a funny way of "slipping suddenly into being," in Michael Denton's phrase.-"Remember, this is all apart from the devilish difficulties for theories of unguided origins. Innovations don't "evolve." They spring into existence, we find again and again, with an alarming abruptness. As if by design."-Comment: My thoughts exactly. Common descent, one form of DNA through out. One origin! As soon as it could! Miracle is the best possibility. From God.